In the 2012 Olympic summer games in London, Mo Farah, from England, won the 10,000 meter race in a time of 27.30 Undoubtedly he could have gone faster. Championshop distance races are often slow in the beginning stages and tactical throughout with no pacer or rabbit as they have in some of the other Diamond League races on the European track and field circuit. Nevertheless, 27.30. I have seen that race and it was rather pedestrian by Olympic standards the first mile or so.
In the Olympic triathlon the distances are a 1500 meter swim, 43 KM (27 miles) road bycicling, and 10 KM (6.2 miles) run. Alistair Brownlee, from England, won the men's triathlon at the same Olympic games. He ran the 10,000 meters in 29.07. Second place, Javier Gomez from Spain, ran it in 29.16 and Alistair's brother Jonathan did the run portion in 29.37 after he served a time penalty that he had incurred on the bike portion.
You can make your own conclusions...
I was on the edge of my seat for that triathlon. It was exciting.
ReplyDeleteI have posted the videos for the 10,000 meters and the triathlon.
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