Uh-huh and you just line up that pair of shoe at the start line and the pair of shoe gonna run by itself right and break a record..........come on......you just don't get the margin between Rudisha and the rest of the World ...............
He is almost floating on track, amazing technik and hard work that is beyond our imagination as common man. Love to see athletes achieve such an amazing feat.....
Rudisha looks totally effortless when he runs... even in the last 5 metres of a WR 800! So smooth and relaxed! Like a metronome, he just has perfect timing/coordination!
I once saw a short film on an Air Canada flight a few years ago about a teenage farm boy and runner who dreamed about running sub 1:40. Rudisha's races were featured in the kid's daydreams while he regularly ran 800m time trials on the farm road. The short ended with him running his course at the same time as the WR London run and his watch stopped at 1:39.9. Don't remember the name or producer. It was a cute display of the scenarios we all construct in our sports fantasy life. Mine is pulling off a Zatopek.
@@colbyking9258 not 35th fastest 800m. 35th fastest individual on the list. Many other runners have multiple times faster than his. Like Rudisha owning 6 out of 8 of the fastest times ever recorded.
@@Arek152 I think that would probably do it, but they would also need signs showing each 200m mark to help the athletes mentally so that they know how much left they have to go Also they would need to make the ground out of track to ensure the athletes have the same surface
As a non-running fan in Covid this has quickly become one of my favorite channels. All these races are new to me and I’m staved for sport! Keep up the great production and many thanks.
A sub-1:40 800m seems impossible, but if the 800m ever becomes a marquee event, we might see advances in 800-specific training and nutrition that could take another Rudisha-like talent to that level.
You’re gonna need a total rethink of the competitor focusing on the event. Imo to dip under that barrier it needs to be treated like the 400H. A total overhaul of the body type and speed profile. I don’t think a negative split is going to do it. It’s long been the prevailing loose strat and it’s just not working. My theory is it’s got to a running style/ body type of Jeremy Wariner. My ideal runner in a fantasy world would be stop everything and make Kirani James run the 8 at the expense of his entire program. He’s always had a smooth, long stride with a power finish. If he waited to pick his head up and push the drive phase out to 75m with a gentle taper into an extended cruise phase, he could be in he first athlete to split a truly effective sub 48 1 lap. If he got this down to a science, I really do think if he dedicated his career to it he could go 48, 51 and change. But you’d also have to raise the profile of the 800m and start attracting that kind of athlete younger. I was the lead off man thrown in with a trio of 1:53 guys in highschool to win state and literally couldn’t stand the 4x8. It’s the most painful, least sexy race in the entire world of athletics. Atleast while going to hell & back in the 400H you get to jump a few times lol you have to essentially convert a full on long sprinter into dedicated 800m runner and reclassify “mid distance” atleast make 800 it’s own thing mentally. Humans have no business going sub 1:40 tbh. But if you wanted to, imo you need a an entirely new athlete. Not even the great Rudisha can achieve this. What he’s done isn’t even human as is. I can’t ask more of him
The power in Rudisha's stride is amazing. With every stride one can see his hips push forward. All that power seems to be going to just the right places and smoothly. What a specimen!
Wilson Kipketer was one of the toughest runners the world has ever seen too. Broke the world record in a time of 1:41.25. Incredible grit, form, and work ethic.
Coe’s combined time at 800m & 1500m makes him the fastest of all time in the middle distance + 12 world records, 2 olympic 1500m golds, only man to hold 800m, 1000m, 1500m & mile at same time + fastest finish in a 800m 11.3 and 12.1 in a 1500m. I still think the guy to break 1.40 is not born yet
I think we’ll see a 1:39 eventually but it’ll take a unique talent. One of the reasons I find the 800 fascinating is because unlike a lot of tack events there isn’t one specific body type that tends to dominate. Coe’s 5-9 & competed at about 120 pounds. Rudisha’s 6-3/175.
@@grahamstrouse1165 I’ve been waiting for the 1.39 man for 40 years. It’s going to a very good natural runner with good ability at 400m running a mid to high 45 or low 46, it’s definitely going be a 400m/800m type runner to run a one-off 800m at 1:39. Hope I see it before I die. 🏃♂️
The person who breaks 1:40 will do so with the assistance of ever faster tracks and improved (carbon plated) spikes, not because they are better athletes than the current athletes at the top of the all time list. There was nothing separating Rudisha and Kipketer (about 0.2secs) and considering the difference in tracks and shoes between now and 40 years ago when Coe ran 1:41.7, nothing really between them and Coe. He was ahead of his time.
Your videos are great. I'm a swimmer and i've seen apearently unbreakable records be broken one by one. Just remember human beings are amazing. This 1'40 barrier certanly can be broken.
I put values of world record progression over last 100 years in excel, and used logarithmic formula to calculate when world records should be broken. Here is findings: 1:40 - 2030 1:39 - 2052 1:38 - 2077 And in the year 3000, we should be running 1:36.12
People have been predicting that runners will never break barriers since records keeping began. They have all been wrong. I don't see anything different here.
The limits exist but in practice no one will come close; by the time they do evolution will have moved the limit again. Or we’ll have magic Nike shoes that makes everyone able to run 1:39 800m.
They say the 400 M is the hardest race to run. I disagree. The 800 M is significantly more grueling. You’ve got to run almost as fast for twice the distance. It’s mind-boggling to see these athletes run so fast. I might be able to barely keep up with them for 100 M.
Van Niekerk ran a 43 second 400, I think that’s even harder than the 140 barrier. If you could run even a 47 and follow it up with a 53 it could break the barrier, so for a 800 runner with the athleticism of van Niekerk I think it would be very attainable
Obviously, you didn't get the POINT! Rudisha holds the BEST of 6 times of 800m out of the BEST 8 times ever! Since he ran the WR 1:40:91 8 YEARS went by...... still no change!!!! Bannister's mile WR was broken 6 weeks after he broke it! Bannister was simply a WR holder for 6 weeks.....he was the first to break it, but was a short lived record....Bannister wasn't a 2 times World, 2 times Olympic champ...... I guess watch this video a couple more times til you get it...... The 1:40 flat 800m physically comparable to the 3:26 flat 1500m .....just check out when was it set!!!
@@shandytorok259 You got it! Athletics is nearly at its zenith where improvements upon WRs only come in diminishing returns. We have science to assist recovery, perfected training methods, and elite runners who make it their all time goal to bring the best out of themselves. There isn't much we can do anymore. The person who will break 1:40 is statistically improbable. One out of a trillion. He will have won the genetic lottery.
@@seand976 That is way harder than you think. The two distances are quite different. If it were easy for a low 43 400m runner to break 1:40 you would have a good number of low 44 guys breaking 1:42 and low 45 guys breaking 1:44. 400 to 800 is the one pair of adjoining distances where the Olympic Champ at the shorter distance might not even be able to even qualify for a major champs at the longer distance even if he trained for it.
To put this in perspective the world record for the 800m (1:40.91) is the equivalent of a pace of 4.61 seconds for the 40 yard dash, if you didn’t know running a 40 yard dash under 5 seconds is already almost impossible for your average person. So to run a 800m in a pace of 4.61 per 40 yards is godly.
I mean, here's the thing, in all timed sports, there is a point in history when something is said to be "impossible" or "almost impossible." With time, these barriers will eventually be shattered.
In my opinion the 800 m is the most challenging running distance. It requires a combination of 3 factors in order to be the best. Speed, endurance and resistance. I’m not sure if the last word is the correct translation in this context. In Dutch we call it weerstand. Unfortunately the 100 m gets all the media attention and the 800 m almost none.
The only limits are the ones we put on ourselves Like the 4 minute mile The 10 sec 100m The 15 minute 1500 m freestyle and the 2 hour marathon Nothing is impossible Just another challenge
@@TheSteinbitt Maybe not in our lifetime but it will happen For years experts were saying it was physically impossible for an athlete to break the 4 min mile But it was broken There is a famous quote maybe youve heard it "Weather you believe you can or you cant both are true"
Rudisha could have run 1:40 on a perfect day with perfect conditions and perfect pacemaking. Coe could have run faster with modern training. How much is difficult to say.
In believe sebastian coe done more to improve the 800m then any other runner, he took the world record in 1979 from 143,4 done to 142.4 a huge margin of improvement, if this wasnt enough two years later in 1981 he improved the world record again this time to an amazing world record of 141.73. In the london olympics of 2012 we saw propably the greatest and fastest 800m ever run, but even more amazing is that seb coe would have came second in this race with his time of 141.73 ove 30 years after his world record time, this is why i think seb coe was the greatest middle distance runner ever .
I seriously do believe that if coe was at his peak the same time as rudisha. He would be unbeatable. Imagine if he had the training like athletes do now. He was running the streets of Sheffield. Probably never had altitude training and stuff like that. I would of loved to have been alive the same era as him.
Oh it's certainly possible. I smoked some powerful stuff, passed out on the sofa and did a 1:37.47 for 800. It was a negative split. If it wasn't for the alarm going off I could have done a victory lap. Point is: I know it's possible.
The fastest 400 meter time is 43.03. Times 2 that is 1:23.06 so you just have to get the 400 meter record holder to stop being a slacker a run another lap.
Sorry, but 43.03 plus 43.03 is 1.26’06. You should learn some basic mathematics before you speak, don’t you? Anyway, you have to understand that is almost impossible to continue running after a 400 meters record time. Is easy to think about it, of course, but that is the difference between thinking and running.
@@sergiomolinesaez you got the idea although the math is wrong. You double it than add a few seconds (up to 13 secs) and will see that sub 1:40 is very possible. They taught us if u have endurance, you dont have speed. But, Eliud Kipchoge can sprint 100 m under 13 secs. So modern athletes have both. Somebody will go sub 1.40 in the next 5-7 years.
Amazing! 50.5 is my personal best my senior year in high school, and i was spent! You think you are very fast, but than realize that this dude goes and runs two of my best 400s back to back in a 800 🤣
I appreciate David's talents and his countless first place finishes. I would enjoy seeing his trophy room. However, what's the big deal about being the first poster on a vid?
Pretty damning trend. Good content. I think most likely it's an event that doesn't attract huge numbers. They are either pure sprinters or prefer the more endurance based events. 800m just sticks out as a bit of a dog of an event, a very tough gig.
Since Bolt retired 100m doesn't attract huge numbers either.....who can run another 9.58 100m? Who can run another 1:41 800m? Who can run another 3:26 flat 1500m? These got nothing to do with attracting huge numbers, these are the edges of athletics performances and lifetime achievements of a handful of athletes taking DECADES of dedicated training......
@@Ligerpride The progression through WRs got nothing to do with attracting huge numbers.....management does, advertisement does, however there isn't much difference between the number of people watching 800m or 100m dash, normally is the SAME crowd, or at home the same people.................
basically, an athlete would have to be a solid sub 44 sec 400m runner before focusing on more aerobic-anaerobic endurance and speed endurance by running for example 2x 400m in 48s plus 200m in 24 sec max. But it would be extremely exhausting for his nervous system
Simony Amaral remember even animals who can run extremely fast, like cheetahs, can only run at top speed for a few seconds, so it’s no easy at all to break the 800 world record. It seems easy, you only have to.....people say, but if you think seriously you will understand the great amount of gifts an athlete needs to do it.
@@sergiomolinesaez I haven't stated at any moment it is going to be easy to break world record on 800m or any other distance. If an athlete has a PB of 47 sec on 400m then he runs a lap in 50 sec with less speed reserve than an athlete with a PB od 43,90 for example. In my comment I speak about a necessity to develop an aerobic-anaerobic endurance and speed endurance. Same for 400m, an athlete with a 100 PB of 11 sec could not run 400m in 44 sec precisely due to lack of speed reserve. And we can't really compare animals to humans- a horse can easily run itself to death, for a human it is much less likely to happen.
Simony Amaral good comment on your part, it’s true is not easy for a human to run himself to death. I have done some mathematics 🤣🤣🤣 and I have got that in other to break the 800 record an athlete must run every one hundred meters in no more than 12.6 seconds. Is very difficult, not impossible. If one day we see it happen will be an amazing show.
@@sergiomolinesaez very difficult indeed, but not impossible. As I said, speed reserve is very important. Just take a look at Rudisha's or Nijel Amos' 400m PB. You will see they are actually good 400m runners (not world class 400m runners because none of them has ever run 400m in under 44 seconds but really good athletes) and on top of that they have great aerobic and anaerobic endurance ability. For instance, I watched a short interview with Rudisha's coach and he told that Rudisha run 6 times 200m in 22 seconds with 1 minute rest between reps a few weeks before runing 800m in 1.40.91 in London. So once again, this guy will have to be fast infirst place. No need to be a sub 10 sec 100m runner but running 100m in lets say 10.20-10.30 sec and around 20.50 for 200m and then switch to 400m, until he gets to low 44 sec or sub 44 sec on 400m, then keep training sheer speed (so that he keeps his speed reserve), and combine in with aerobic sessions (20-30 minutes at +- 11-12 km/h) aerobic-anaerobic sessions (2-3 reps of 2 minutes slightly higher speeds, beginning at 14-15 km/h, increasing it by 1 km/h every month) and some sessions of speed endurance 5 x 200m in below 23 sec or up to 22 sec just like Rudisha or 500m slightly faster than in the race with a few minutes rest, followed by 400m in for instance in 49 sec. if a sub 44 runner did this he could very likely run the 800m below 1.40. For example the 1996 Atlanta olympics winner Bjorn Rodal was first a local sprinter with a PB of 10.7 or 10.6 then he just added some aerobic sessions plus running 400m in 49-48 sec 2-4 times in a session, first with longer reps and after a few months he was able like to run 400m in 48.50 sec rest 1 minute and then repeat it in 49 sec.
Simony Amaral Wow, very interesting, yes who knows what a really fast guy could do if he had the endurance and the mentality to bear such hard training. It should need to be a man with a wonderful easy style similar to that of Rudisha, or Michael Johnson, to run almost effortless. Wow, I hope one day I can view such an athlete. 🤙
That same Olympic Games in the 100m The top 5 fastest 100m runners of all time all went head to head. Usain, Gay, Blake, Powell and Gatlin And the outcome was an Olympic record and 3 runners getting under 9.8 which has never been done before or after that race. 9.63, 9.75 and 9.79
Jack Farris, yeah, an astonishing OR to win the race by a huge margin (that 100m shows how incredible Bolt was) and a 9.80" for the fourth place! 9.88" for the fifth!
Jack Farris, The 100m final at the 2012 Olympics was magnificent, but something of the same sort could be said for Rudisha’s 800m race. There were several national records, and almost everyone in the field set personal records. Those who didn’t set personal records, set season bests. In addition, 5 runners broke 1:43 which has never been done before in any race. As you may already know, the thing that makes this race so special is Rudisha’s strength in the lead for the whole race.
1. It is more evident that high top-end speed is required in most popular spectator sports. The general public does not participate but instead spectates. 2. All members of the general public have sprinted (as children for example) and can, therefore, more easily relate. 3. Distance runners must by necessity run slower than sprinters. Faster is always seen as better than slower. 4. Sprinters are generally more muscular than distance runners. Muscular bodies are seen as more desirable. Sprinters generally have a much better technique which again is more pleasing to the eye.
Rudisha has long strides; he goes high with each stride. And his form is impeccable. Where every limb and motion is used to propel him along. I've seen races with him where the other runners were flailing their arms, wasting energy. He (and most other top world class runners) don't waste anything.
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Incredible to see that nick symmonds is in the top 50 of all time
I was thinking that aswell
He was one of my favorite athletes back when he was competing, crazy how he’s more well-known as a youtuber now
He was a great athlete
Thiccboi44 is he really? That kind of makes me feel old. He was one of my inspirations getting started a whole decade ago.
@@77tjw he is to the younger people
If my coach watched this he would be like yeah Rudisha could’ve gotten sub 1:40 if he wasn’t wearing a watch
Lmaoooooooo
Coincidence with the time stamp?
@vernon padilla But...
HAHA I think I know you
What if?)
9 minute video explaining how incredible David Rudisha is. Great way to start my day. :)
The man is as close to a super human as I’ve ever seen.
At least it’s someone who super deserves it
Impossible until some shoe company releases a high-tech 800m shoe
YT aka nike
Thats what I’m sayinggg, can’t wait to see their new line of spikes😳
@@jacksisk7026 but rudisha is a adidas guy, he cant wear nike
Yan Kai Tan who knows maybe he can switch idk, just a thought
Uh-huh and you just line up that pair of shoe at the start line and the pair of shoe gonna run by itself right and break a record..........come on......you just don't get the margin between Rudisha and the rest of the World ...............
He is almost floating on track, amazing technik and hard work that is beyond our imagination as common man.
Love to see athletes achieve such an amazing feat.....
agree, is just incredible.
Rudisha looks totally effortless when he runs... even in the last 5 metres of a WR 800! So smooth and relaxed! Like a metronome, he just has perfect timing/coordination!
Pfff... I can double his time easily!
And i can triple yours easily
Arch Vile
Looks like 1:40 is the vertex of this 800 meter parabola then! 😂
Pff... At least you will complete the race😂😂
dude i'd be proud if I got a 3:22 (I'm a short sprinter, 400m and 800m runners are crazy)
No way, you are not twice as fast!
I once saw a short film on an Air Canada flight a few years ago about a teenage farm boy and runner who dreamed about running sub 1:40. Rudisha's races were featured in the kid's daydreams while he regularly ran 800m time trials on the farm road. The short ended with him running his course at the same time as the WR London run and his watch stopped at 1:39.9. Don't remember the name or producer. It was a cute display of the scenarios we all construct in our sports fantasy life. Mine is pulling off a Zatopek.
I love these WR breakdowns. Excellent video!
The narrator is this document is the best. He truly breaks it down. I commend you on a job well done.
Your production value is insane. Respect.
Heyyy didn't expect a GVS comment on TRP video. Ha!
All it takes is to *rUN fAsTEr*
And a little epo
Dom Run facts lmao
@@domrun3547 Only up to a point as the 800m is only 50% aerobic.
trickygoose2 take 50% more epo then
lol anyone else see nick symmonds #35 fastest 800m on the list
Yeah I was looking for it too and saw it lol
@@colbyking9258 not 35th fastest 800m. 35th fastest individual on the list. Many other runners have multiple times faster than his. Like Rudisha owning 6 out of 8 of the fastest times ever recorded.
Intonation and "Howevers" are the essence of TRP.
Love the videos man. Appreciate the effort. :D
To criticize is always easier than create................
@@shandytorok259 it was a joke
@@screenstream1005 No it wasn't.....it was a critic......
If you can run slowly, you can run quickly
-lingling
Good reference, man. Keep it up!
thats a bit sacreligious
INEOS 1:39 Challenge?
Sounds cool. I wonder if it would make much difference if they run straight line 800m instead of 2 laps circles.
@@Arek152 I think that would probably do it, but they would also need signs showing each 200m mark to help the athletes mentally so that they know how much left they have to go
Also they would need to make the ground out of track to ensure the athletes have the same surface
As a non-running fan in Covid this has quickly become one of my favorite channels. All these races are new to me and I’m staved for sport! Keep up the great production and many thanks.
I thought this video was made by wired based on the title
Once again TRP delivers with an amazing and well thought out video.
idk in my math book it said this guy ran two laps around the track in 99 seconds
Because 100 seconds is too easy to calculate with is my bet.
1:39 will most certainly be achieved. In the next 20 - 30 years.
i can break 1:39 in 800
A sub-1:40 800m seems impossible, but if the 800m ever becomes a marquee event, we might see advances in 800-specific training and nutrition that could take another Rudisha-like talent to that level.
Great point. A lot of people are trying to figure out how to improve the 100m and marathon. A lot less as you get closer to the middle.
i can break 1:39 in 800
@@crelloc I can easily cover 800cm in 1:39.
I love this channel! Thanks for the excellent videos, they are always amazing and inspiring. Greetings from Mexico City!
You’re gonna need a total rethink of the competitor focusing on the event. Imo to dip under that barrier it needs to be treated like the 400H. A total overhaul of the body type and speed profile. I don’t think a negative split is going to do it. It’s long been the prevailing loose strat and it’s just not working. My theory is it’s got to a running style/ body type of Jeremy Wariner. My ideal runner in a fantasy world would be stop everything and make Kirani James run the 8 at the expense of his entire program. He’s always had a smooth, long stride with a power finish. If he waited to pick his head up and push the drive phase out to 75m with a gentle taper into an extended cruise phase, he could be in he first athlete to split a truly effective sub 48 1 lap. If he got this down to a science, I really do think if he dedicated his career to it he could go 48, 51 and change. But you’d also have to raise the profile of the 800m and start attracting that kind of athlete younger. I was the lead off man thrown in with a trio of 1:53 guys in highschool to win state and literally couldn’t stand the 4x8. It’s the most painful, least sexy race in the entire world of athletics. Atleast while going to hell & back in the 400H you get to jump a few times lol you have to essentially convert a full on long sprinter into dedicated 800m runner and reclassify “mid distance” atleast make 800 it’s own thing mentally. Humans have no business going sub 1:40 tbh. But if you wanted to, imo you need a an entirely new athlete. Not even the great Rudisha can achieve this. What he’s done isn’t even human as is. I can’t ask more of him
The power in Rudisha's stride is amazing. With every stride one can see his hips push forward. All that power seems to be going to just the right places and smoothly. What a specimen!
Meticulously compiled video with incredible culmination! Great job, great commentary! Always a pleasure to watch TRP videos, professional work!
Wilson Kipketer was one of the toughest runners the world has ever seen too. Broke the world record in a time of 1:41.25. Incredible grit, form, and work ethic.
Coe’s combined time at 800m & 1500m makes him the fastest of all time in the middle distance + 12 world records, 2 olympic 1500m golds, only man to hold 800m, 1000m, 1500m & mile at same time + fastest finish in a 800m 11.3 and 12.1 in a 1500m. I still think the guy to break 1.40 is not born yet
I think we’ll see a 1:39 eventually but it’ll take a unique talent. One of the reasons I find the 800 fascinating is because unlike a lot of tack events there isn’t one specific body type that tends to dominate. Coe’s 5-9 & competed at about 120 pounds. Rudisha’s 6-3/175.
@@grahamstrouse1165 I’ve been waiting for the 1.39 man for 40 years. It’s going to a very good natural runner with good ability at 400m running a mid to high 45 or low 46, it’s definitely going be a 400m/800m type runner to run a one-off 800m at 1:39. Hope I see it before I die. 🏃♂️
The person who breaks 1:40 will do so with the assistance of ever faster tracks and improved (carbon plated) spikes, not because they are better athletes than the current athletes at the top of the all time list. There was nothing separating Rudisha and Kipketer (about 0.2secs) and considering the difference in tracks and shoes between now and 40 years ago when Coe ran 1:41.7, nothing really between them and Coe. He was ahead of his time.
Your videos are great. I'm a swimmer and i've seen apearently unbreakable records be broken one by one. Just remember human beings are amazing. This 1'40 barrier certanly can be broken.
Would love to see a „Why it is almost impossible to run 100km in under 6 hours!“
As a great man once said: nothing is impossible
Another one said no human is limited
@@domrun3547
That was Eliud Kipchoge i think
To quote another
The impossible we do tommorow however miracles take a little longer
Chris G nah it was Craig engels
@@domrun3547
No it was Eliud Kipchoge
Getting goosebumps watching a king’s performance
Running 1 lap in 50 seconds is impressive in its self. Can’t imagine doing it back to back.
I put values of world record progression over last 100 years in excel, and used logarithmic formula to calculate when world records should be broken. Here is findings:
1:40 - 2030
1:39 - 2052
1:38 - 2077
And in the year 3000, we should be running 1:36.12
There's something called diminishing returns...predictions not likely
Hansen Zhang this is still cool though
136.12 that's robots running 😭😭
People have been predicting that runners will never break barriers since records keeping began. They have all been wrong. I don't see anything different here.
Agreed, but there probably are “limits”. I don’t know if 1:39.99 is it, but I do know with the current rules no one will run a 1:35 .
@@keithv3767 you never know, there might be someone with beast genes capable of running 1:35 (that will be in the future ofc)
The faster these times get, the higher the risk of injury.
The limits exist but in practice no one will come close; by the time they do evolution will have moved the limit again. Or we’ll have magic Nike shoes that makes everyone able to run 1:39 800m.
When you asked 'what will it take to break this time' i had flashbacks to Kipchoge and INEOS 1:59
2:40 I know his pain
Generational talent. Going to be another generation before this record is broken.
Just shows how good Coe was
Coe was just a beast
Dom Run Coe, Ovett and Cram....just amazing races 👌
@@ThatRunningGuy coevett letsrun
or how good the drugs were, considering the times
Almost impossible means it is possible.
They say the 400 M is the hardest race to run. I disagree. The 800 M is significantly more grueling. You’ve got to run almost as fast for twice the distance. It’s mind-boggling to see these athletes run so fast. I might be able to barely keep up with them for 100 M.
A 1:39 is not"almost impossible". People thought a sub 4 minute mile is "almost impossible" - until Bannister run that time.
Van Niekerk ran a 43 second 400, I think that’s even harder than the 140 barrier. If you could run even a 47 and follow it up with a 53 it could break the barrier, so for a 800 runner with the athleticism of van Niekerk I think it would be very attainable
Obviously, you didn't get the POINT! Rudisha holds the BEST of 6 times of 800m out of the BEST 8 times ever! Since he ran the WR 1:40:91 8 YEARS went by...... still no change!!!! Bannister's mile WR was broken 6 weeks after he broke it! Bannister was simply a WR holder for 6 weeks.....he was the first to break it, but was a short lived record....Bannister wasn't a 2 times World, 2 times Olympic champ...... I guess watch this video a couple more times til you get it......
The 1:40 flat 800m physically comparable to the 3:26 flat 1500m .....just check out when was it set!!!
@@shandytorok259 You got it! Athletics is nearly at its zenith where improvements upon WRs only come in diminishing returns. We have science to assist recovery, perfected training methods, and elite runners who make it their all time goal to bring the best out of themselves. There isn't much we can do anymore. The person who will break 1:40 is statistically improbable. One out of a trillion. He will have won the genetic lottery.
@@hansenzhang3204 Thank you, but I've reacted to Tick, Trick und Truck................
@@seand976 That is way harder than you think. The two distances are quite different. If it were easy for a low 43 400m runner to break 1:40 you would have a good number of low 44 guys breaking 1:42 and low 45 guys breaking 1:44.
400 to 800 is the one pair of adjoining distances where the Olympic Champ at the shorter distance might not even be able to even qualify for a major champs at the longer distance even if he trained for it.
To put this in perspective the world record for the 800m (1:40.91) is the equivalent of a pace of 4.61 seconds for the 40 yard dash, if you didn’t know running a 40 yard dash under 5 seconds is already almost impossible for your average person. So to run a 800m in a pace of 4.61 per 40 yards is godly.
Excellent video. Many thanks
I mean, here's the thing, in all timed sports, there is a point in history when something is said to be "impossible" or "almost impossible." With time, these barriers will eventually be shattered.
It's almost impossible, until someone does it. It will happen.
this is such a good channel, where has it been all my life??
Rudisha's running was a gift to the world
In my opinion the 800 m is the most challenging running distance. It requires a combination of 3 factors in order to be the best. Speed, endurance and resistance. I’m not sure if the last word is the correct translation in this context. In Dutch we call it weerstand. Unfortunately the 100 m gets all the media attention and the 800 m almost none.
The only limits are the ones we put on ourselves
Like the 4 minute mile
The 10 sec 100m
The 15 minute 1500 m freestyle and the 2 hour marathon
Nothing is impossible
Just another challenge
Chris G lol thats not true, no one will ever run 800m below 1:30.
@@TheSteinbitt
Maybe not in our lifetime but it will happen
For years experts were saying it was physically impossible for an athlete to break the 4 min mile
But it was broken
There is a famous quote maybe youve heard it
"Weather you believe you can or you cant both are true"
By this logic, a sub-second 100m will happen one day
Love your content brother
The one thing that we know is that it'll be broken by another Kenyan. 😁
Most likely a Maasai
Without mursik, forget about breaking the record.
When someone masters the skill of relaxation in the last part of the race then we will see a new record. ;)
If will take a zen master who can relax with that much lactic acid
Awsum stuff! Thanks, till next time.
Rudisha could have run 1:40 on a perfect day with perfect conditions and perfect pacemaking.
Coe could have run faster with modern training. How much is difficult to say.
japphan Coe would have beaten him
Rudisha es el federer de los corredores...una elegancia total en todos sus movimientos...simplemente la Mecánica perfecta para correr
In believe sebastian coe done more to improve the 800m then any other runner, he took the world record in 1979 from 143,4 done to 142.4 a huge margin of improvement, if this wasnt enough two years later in 1981 he improved the world record again this time to an amazing world record of 141.73.
In the london olympics of 2012 we saw propably the greatest and fastest 800m ever run, but even more amazing is that seb coe would have came second in this race with his time of 141.73 ove 30 years after his world record time, this is why i think seb coe was the greatest middle distance runner ever .
Even though I only pr at 2:22.22 I model my stride after his. Got me to that time.
Sure you do lmao
I'm Kenyan, I remember running the 800 in 2:22 back when I was 13 years old and I came in a distant 3rd place :-)
@@hdnenwkc and what about you pal.
at 3:37 you know they're going fast when Nick Symmonds looks like he's standing still.
I seriously do believe that if coe was at his peak the same time as rudisha. He would be unbeatable. Imagine if he had the training like athletes do now. He was running the streets of Sheffield. Probably never had altitude training and stuff like that. I would of loved to have been alive the same era as him.
Seb Coe is still alive you know? :-)
@@4plum i know...
@@4plumrudisha got an injury you know
That just mean avg under 50 seconds a lap in theory sounds easy
As the great Haile Gebreselassie once said, "impossible is nothing!"
Amazing how fast Radisha is actually running when he makes it look like an effortless jog!
Another 100 years? No way. We're going to be cyber-boosted cyborgs by then.
I wonder how many thousands of years until the one minute barrier will be broken
Oh it's certainly possible. I smoked some powerful stuff, passed out on the sofa and did a 1:37.47 for 800. It was a negative split. If it wasn't for the alarm going off I could have done a victory lap. Point is: I know it's possible.
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Imagine viewing a race with all those together in the same race as ghost images. It would all be bunched up
The fastest 400 meter time is 43.03. Times 2 that is 1:23.06 so you just have to get the 400 meter record holder to stop being a slacker a run another lap.
If Wayde Van Niekerg gets %100 healthy and moves up, he will break it. But, he likes sprinting more:)
Sorry, but 43.03 plus 43.03 is 1.26’06. You should learn some basic mathematics before you speak, don’t you? Anyway, you have to understand that is almost impossible to continue running after a 400 meters record time. Is easy to think about it, of course, but that is the difference between thinking and running.
@@sergiomolinesaez you got the idea although the math is wrong. You double it than add a few seconds (up to 13 secs) and will see that sub 1:40 is very possible. They taught us if u have endurance, you dont have speed. But, Eliud Kipchoge can sprint 100 m under 13 secs. So modern athletes have both. Somebody will go sub 1.40 in the next 5-7 years.
You should make a David rudisha training video
Amazing! 50.5 is my personal best my senior year in high school, and i was spent! You think you are very fast, but than realize that this dude goes and runs two of my best 400s back to back in a 800 🤣
All it needs is an air max 800 shoe😂
Great video!
I got lactic acid just watching this 💀
Guys... i will be the one to break the 1:40 barrier.....
I appreciate David's talents and his countless first place finishes. I would enjoy seeing his trophy room. However, what's the big deal about being the first poster on a vid?
Sir . will you post his , typical workout Video . What type of Workout he was done for this world record time......
Both Wilson Kipketer and Daniel Rudisha graduated from St. Patrick High School, Iten, Kenya.
AN 18 YR OLD JUST RAN 1.43 FROM WHERE ELSE BUT KENYA
Very nice all the best
Pretty damning trend. Good content.
I think most likely it's an event that doesn't attract huge numbers. They are either pure sprinters or prefer the more endurance based events. 800m just sticks out as a bit of a dog of an event, a very tough gig.
Since Bolt retired 100m doesn't attract huge numbers either.....who can run another 9.58 100m? Who can run another 1:41 800m? Who can run another 3:26 flat 1500m? These got nothing to do with attracting huge numbers, these are the edges of athletics performances and lifetime achievements of a handful of athletes taking DECADES of dedicated training......
@@shandytorok259 yes but the other events have seen progression through WR whereas the 800m has not.
@@Ligerpride The progression through WRs got nothing to do with attracting huge numbers.....management does, advertisement does, however there isn't much difference between the number of people watching 800m or 100m dash, normally is the SAME crowd, or at home the same people.................
2:25 Amel Tuka is one of them 💙
There should be the greatest what if story: what if Lukas verzbikas never got injured.
Quality video👍
Track is one of the two BEST SPORTS EVER..the other is Fighting, boxing, wrestling, mma. Fight or flight people.
Competition...he needed another BIG to push him faster. Hope we can see it.
not impossible when im on this earth =)
Maybe the Nike viper fly will do the trick, or whatever spike nike comes out with for the 800
basically, an athlete would have to be a solid sub 44 sec 400m runner before focusing on more aerobic-anaerobic endurance and speed endurance by running for example 2x 400m in 48s plus 200m in 24 sec max. But it would be extremely exhausting for his nervous system
Simony Amaral remember even animals who can run extremely fast, like cheetahs, can only run at top speed for a few seconds, so it’s no easy at all to break the 800 world record. It seems easy, you only have to.....people say, but if you think seriously you will understand the great amount of gifts an athlete needs to do it.
@@sergiomolinesaez I haven't stated at any moment it is going to be easy to break world record on 800m or any other distance. If an athlete has a PB of 47 sec on 400m then he runs a lap in 50 sec with less speed reserve than an athlete with a PB od 43,90 for example. In my comment I speak about a necessity to develop an aerobic-anaerobic endurance and speed endurance. Same for 400m, an athlete with a 100 PB of 11 sec could not run 400m in 44 sec precisely due to lack of speed reserve. And we can't really compare animals to humans- a horse can easily run itself to death, for a human it is much less likely to happen.
Simony Amaral good comment on your part, it’s true is not easy for a human to run himself to death. I have done some mathematics 🤣🤣🤣 and I have got that in other to break the 800 record an athlete must run every one hundred meters in no more than 12.6 seconds. Is very difficult, not impossible. If one day we see it happen will be an amazing show.
@@sergiomolinesaez very difficult indeed, but not impossible. As I said, speed reserve is very important. Just take a look at Rudisha's or Nijel Amos' 400m PB. You will see they are actually good 400m runners (not world class 400m runners because none of them has ever run 400m in under 44 seconds but really good athletes) and on top of that they have great aerobic and anaerobic endurance ability. For instance, I watched a short interview with Rudisha's coach and he told that Rudisha run 6 times 200m in 22 seconds with 1 minute rest between reps a few weeks before runing 800m in 1.40.91 in London. So once again, this guy will have to be fast infirst place. No need to be a sub 10 sec 100m runner but running 100m in lets say 10.20-10.30 sec and around 20.50 for 200m and then switch to 400m, until he gets to low 44 sec or sub 44 sec on 400m, then keep training sheer speed (so that he keeps his speed reserve), and combine in with aerobic sessions (20-30 minutes at +- 11-12 km/h) aerobic-anaerobic sessions (2-3 reps of 2 minutes slightly higher speeds, beginning at 14-15 km/h, increasing it by 1 km/h every month) and some sessions of speed endurance 5 x 200m in below 23 sec or up to 22 sec just like Rudisha or 500m slightly faster than in the race with a few minutes rest, followed by 400m in for instance in 49 sec. if a sub 44 runner did this he could very likely run the 800m below 1.40. For example the 1996 Atlanta olympics winner Bjorn Rodal was first a local sprinter with a PB of 10.7 or 10.6 then he just added some aerobic sessions plus running 400m in 49-48 sec 2-4 times in a session, first with longer reps and after a few months he was able like to run 400m in 48.50 sec rest 1 minute and then repeat it in 49 sec.
Simony Amaral Wow, very interesting, yes who knows what a really fast guy could do if he had the endurance and the mentality to bear such hard training. It should need to be a man with a wonderful easy style similar to that of Rudisha, or Michael Johnson, to run almost effortless. Wow, I hope one day I can view such an athlete. 🤙
Greatest 800 race? Pffft. Greatest race of all time
That same Olympic Games in the 100m
The top 5 fastest 100m runners of all time all went head to head. Usain, Gay, Blake, Powell and Gatlin
And the outcome was an Olympic record and 3 runners getting under 9.8 which has never been done before or after that race.
9.63, 9.75 and 9.79
Jack Farris, yeah, an astonishing OR to win the race by a huge margin (that 100m shows how incredible Bolt was) and a 9.80" for the fourth place! 9.88" for the fifth!
Jack Farris, The 100m final at the 2012 Olympics was magnificent, but
something of the same sort could be said for Rudisha’s 800m race. There were several national records, and almost everyone in the field set personal records. Those who didn’t set personal records, set season bests. In addition, 5 runners broke 1:43 which has never been done before in any race. As you may already know, the thing that makes this race so special is Rudisha’s strength in the lead for the whole race.
Eventually someone will come along who does it.
Correct me if im wrong but subastian wasnt running on the rubber tracks. If subadtian was. How much of an improvement would that have made?
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To the general public, sprinters are so much more respected than distance runners, but for the life of me, I cannot find any reason why.
1. It is more evident that high top-end speed is required in most popular spectator sports. The general public does not participate but instead spectates.
2. All members of the general public have sprinted (as children for example) and can, therefore, more easily relate.
3. Distance runners must by necessity run slower than sprinters. Faster is always seen as better than slower.
4. Sprinters are generally more muscular than distance runners. Muscular bodies are seen as more desirable. Sprinters generally have a much better technique which again is more pleasing to the eye.
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Rudisha has long strides; he goes high with each stride. And his form is impeccable. Where every limb and motion is used to propel him along. I've seen races with him where the other runners were flailing their arms, wasting energy. He (and most other top world class runners) don't waste anything.
Kipketer part of the story deserved to be mentioned and explained
Wonder how fast Coe could have gone with modern training, supplements, equipment and tracks at his best
It will happens but not now maybe hundred years to came
under 100 seconds? Crazy!.