Bekele's 10K 2009 Berlin

A fantastic race, with some great athletes and beautiful running. Regarding technique Bekele (the winner) deserves most credits.
When comparing his style to Tadese's (the smaller runner in the blue shirt) a few things can be be noticed;
- A more solid and upright torso (tall from the waist)
- Leaning a little less
- Pace frequency a little less, except for the last round when he increases his lean and picks up a cadence of 240spm
- The recovery foot "pings" up higher, and the lower leg folds closer behind the upper leg
- The lower leg extends more in front during the swingphase
- The swingleg recovers more quick
- His landing is closer under the body and more on the ball of foot
- Spending less time on the ground (check his foot at take off in the stills, it leaves the ground more quick)
- He needs less time to cover 10 km
This all makes him a more efficient runner which makes him a great champion!!

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[SuperVinicius04]

bekele e 10

[mies016]

Bekele has a longer stride, and his running suit much better on the bouncy Mondo track. I have once run on a Mondo track, and it was really surprising how hard it was. I did not finish the race, because I didn't have any experience of running in such a surface. My record in 10000 m is 31.39, but I didn't run that in Mondo track.

[nepaaiskinamas]

thank you for this video, i always wanted to see how exactly bekele is running, it's really interesting.

[provento]

@jpzzzz well said.

[jpzzzz]

Excellent video, a lot more helpful than thoses self-righteous pricks on youtube trying to show you their non-sense technique of running