The Running Thread --2025

[PrincessV]

Faith Kipyegon's sub-4 mile attempt is tomorrow at 1:15 ET! If you're looking for something to watch tonight, Amazon Prime has a really interesting sort of documentary that talks about her background (did you know she won the World Cross junior championship in 2011 with no shoes? ), the tech Nike's been working on, the work they've done on the pacing formation, and her season so far. I enjoyed it.

I don't know if there's a woman competing today who can run a sub-4 mile. But if anyone can do it, it's her.

I watched episode 1 yesterday - it was great. I have some concerns about the emphasis on time vs race strategy lately, and I doubt she’s going to break 4:00, but Faith seems to be excited about this, so I’m excited for her and I’ll watch!

Also, for my fellow ultra fans, Western States is this weekend. It’ll be live streamed on WSER’s YouTube channel.

 

[WillRunForPizza]

I feel like there’s no way she does it (although I think she’ll run faster than her current record)

Logically I think you're probably right, especially after the 1000m WR attempts this spring. But for the next slightly-less-than-24 hours, I'll have a little Faith.

 

[Herding_Cats]

Tangential to amazing feats in running (see what I did there?)

The Dead Cow Gully backyard ultra just finished up at 119hrs with the finisher, Phil Gore, completing 798km. That's.....that's ridiculous.