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.

 

[garneska]

Sounds like a triathlete in the making to me

Well it is less running and more cross training as the medical professionals will recommend.

 

[Zutroy]

I feel like there’s no way she does it (although I think she’ll run faster than her current record), and then the media will be stupid and talk about her “failed attempt” that non-runners won’t understand is in no way a failure.

I am enjoying the spectacle of it all though.

She missed it by 6.42 seconds. Honestly, I think stopping for all the character photos is what cost her the sub-4 mile.

 

[nancipants]

What an exciting race. Bummer she didn't get it, but she said she's going to keep trying. It was nice seeing Grant Fisher as one of her pacers!

Those lights seemed way off to me. She was always in the green. Seemed like they were calibrated for her world record and not the sub-4.

 

[WillRunForPizza]

Those lights seemed way off to me. She was always in the green. Seemed like they were calibrated for her world record and not the sub-4.

There was a set of lights for the sub-4 and another set for her WR. I think they made one green and one yellow, so it was hard to tell them apart.

 

[WillRunForPizza]

(But to be clear, the front of the lights is where the mark is, so being in the middle of the lights still means you're behind the pace.)