Aesop just rolled over in the grave.

Erm, one wanders just how much she would have blitzed the field by if she hadn't fell??

great running, I have vivid memories of an Olympic event - 10km track I think, and a Kenyan runner tripped over and lost like 50m to the pack - he literally went nuts and within a lap had sprinted to the front of the pack again - adrenaline ftw.

Ok lets lays some ground rules...first...you CAN'T do that! Falling in a competitive SHORT race you can't come back an WIN after that. That's just stupid...NO I forbid it.

damn, she wanted that bad! ya, adrenaline for the damn win!

>> ^ghark:

great running, I have vivid memories of an Olympic event - 10km track I think, and a Kenyan runner tripped over and lost like 50m to the pack - he literally went nuts and within a lap had sprinted to the front of the pack again - adrenaline ftw.
Lasse Virén also pulled off something very similar in the 10k @ 1972 Olympics.

Let it be known that from now and on, people who fall in a race and still lose suck even harder

We all have the ability to do that. The hardest part is getting back up.

>> ^probie:

We all have the ability to do that. The hardest part is getting back up.


Actually, I believe the hardest part is qualifying.

"You know what keeps me from acting? ...Fucking, auditions"
-Mitch Hedberg

>> ^jubuttib:

>> ^ghark:
great running, I have vivid memories of an Olympic event - 10km track I think, and a Kenyan runner tripped over and lost like 50m to the pack - he literally went nuts and within a lap had sprinted to the front of the pack again - adrenaline ftw.
Lasse Virén also pulled off something very similar in the 10k @ 1972 Olympics.


That's a 10k...that makes sense you have a LOT of time and you can make it up if you put in an incredible performance. 600 meters is not very far, so making up the distance in that short amount of space and time you have is ridiculous. The only excuse is that they're not really at the top of their game...they rabbited themselves out at the beginning or something.

>> ^Yogi:

That's a 10k...that makes sense you have a LOT of time and you can make it up if you put in an incredible performance. 600 meters is not very far, so making up the distance in that short amount of space and time you have is ridiculous. The only excuse is that they're not really at the top of their game...they rabbited themselves out at the beginning or something.
Very true, though he also caught up in under 150 meters (and made a new world record). Of course doing it in a sprint is much more impressive, but this video did bring back memories from those races.

See, those power naps really do help.

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