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ShaunSA said:
Considering the world record for the 5000m track event is currently 12:37:35 I'm definitely calling bullschit.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5000_metres_world_record_progression
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yeah it seems very dodgy, like he was off for around 2 months so he could have been doing some insane training as he was already running a great time, there are 2 other times within the last 6 months that he bounced up by like 6mins and 10mins compared to his average, at that time range those are big differences.

it also wouldn't be hard to cheat, i mean skip going round that tree there for example, if you are so far ahead who will notice, maybe he forgot the route having missed out on like 2 months of PR's :p
 
Almost certainly cheating - you don't just improve by 4 minutes over times when you are already doing a very good time.
 
jouda said:
I want to call BS on that time :D (maybe Im just jealous????)

This guy has done some pretty impressive times, but this is one hell of an improvement on his previous times.
https://www.parkrun.co.za/bulithando/results/athletehistory/?athleteNumber=5067754
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Yup. Bulithando is pretty flat, but the surface is uneven and rough in places, as I remember - not a paved course like Victoria Lake, for example. I've found that the times on many of the smaller Parkruns are screwy; I've had times out by up to 90 seconds either way on some of the small parkruns.

For a top athlete, I could believe a 13:20 at Victoria Lake or Midstream, but Bulithando would be a stretch.
 
Claymore said:
Yup. Bulithando is pretty flat, but the surface is uneven and rough in places, as I remember - not a paved course like Victoria Lake, for example. I've found that the times on many of the smaller Parkruns are screwy; I've had times out by up to 90 seconds either way on some of the small parkruns.

For a top athlete, I could believe a 13:20 at Victoria Lake or Midstream, but Bulithando would be a stretch.
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Yeah that route has alot of opportunity for cheating....

Man, midstream is super fast, if you can push through that last 1km hill... i was on track to run my best 5km, and then that hill kicked me in the face....
 
Sparkz0629 said:
Yeah that route has alot of opportunity for cheating....

Man, midstream is super fast, if you can push through that last 1km hill... i was on track to run my best 5km, and then that hill kicked me in the face....
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Yeah that long, gradual hill at the end is a bastard. Never managed to crack a sub-20 there
 
Steamy Tom said:
yeah it seems very dodgy, like he was off for around 2 months so he could have been doing some insane training as he was already running a great time, there are 2 other times within the last 6 months that he bounced up by like 6mins and 10mins compared to his average, at that time range those are big differences.

it also wouldn't be hard to cheat, i mean skip going round that tree there for example, if you are so far ahead who will notice, maybe he forgot the route having missed out on like 2 months of PR's :p
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Looks like his result was revised to 16:20. Still quick, but believable.
 
Jaws677 said:
Reached 1500km for the year so far on Saturday.
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Mental...
 
Did a 5km@28:35 yesterday, was better paced than normal even though isn't my PB
 
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