Haile Gebrselassie CPC 2009

[saxyhugs]

all germans are nazi scumbags and all blacks are dumb, illiterate niggers

[MrAbeet77]

@saxyhugs you just proved your ignorant. 

[skullkrushr93]

Enough with the slow mo bullshit

[llounge84]

great vid!! nice to see some efficient running.

[anUHkins]

okay the first slow mo was nice, the rest was overkill.

[NasenbaerYT]

Thx for the video and especially for the included slow motions. It nicely illustraded his superior running style.

[jreacher79]

Hey great video and well done keeping up with these guys on your bike. The video doesn't do their pace justice. Incredible.

[HugRunner]

It's almost scary to see them run like this. It's so amazing. It looks so easy and relaxed, but they run at sub 3 min/km, which is bloody fast. Wish we could see the whole race though.

[rmsprowler]

lol at :36. lamest slow motion ever. whoever did that is an idiot.

[Thjeko]

@rmsprowler Hope you live a happy life. BTW, that idiot must be me.

[VogtThomas]

@Thjeko slowmo is cool - you can see detailed how haile is running on fore - / middlefoot at this pace - great!

[ZQPYU]

@rmsprowler

I found it completely useful in observing/studying the running mechanics/form of some of the worlds fastest distance runners. Just what I was looking for.

Thank you Thjeko :)

[rmsprowler]

@ZQPYU except that isn't what he was intending by putting that slow motion there.

[Mangemongenify]

@rmsprowler what? it's a good slow motion. GTFO.

[rmsprowler]

@Mangemongenify then you must be on crack.

[rutabega234]

You can see how most of the runners have a forefoot strike near the beginning of the video, but as the race progressed, some started heel-striking. Haile had an efficient forefoot strike throughout the race.

[patpatomegatron]

those motor bikes need to get out of the way

[GreenMonsterMurmur]

Great footage! This guy is my new hero (next to Prefontaine). Marathons at 4:44 pace! Unreal. What I really like is he also does 10K too along with halves.

[ryuxis]

Perfect strides @ form.

[tadvids]

a white guy leading!!!!!!

[Brofessorable]

SLOW MO IS SO ANNOYING

[dfrojas]

Why some of them use armbands?

[joeyyowee]

You could really see that Haile's form is better than the other runners in this video.

[Freeskier55]

sets down on the front of his foot everytime perfect

[Gynecologist]

I dunno... Some of those scenes where the cows were mooing he was moving pretty slow.

[kgprodution]

Haile Gebrselassie is the best athletic in the 21k and 42k forever:)

[Kryptonic1309]

I can't believe that guy in firsts LEGS! So long! Thats ALL natural skill right there!

[llandudnoboy]

@Kryptonic1309

Stride length and pure natural ability.

[stathos]

true but stride length partially comes from those god given legs.

[llandudnoboy]

Thats true i suppose.

When you have the volume of oxygen uptake ability to run a marathon at a pace quicker than 4.50 per mile as Gebrselassie and a few other African athletes have then your stride length will be longer due to that fast pace.

[minhhale]

African runners always are the best.

BTW, I tried to bike at 22km/h (not race bike, just a normal one) and after nearly 15km I got out of breath. It's amazing that these guys can do 21km on foot, at the same pace!

[coleman1300]

The Best Ever