DANIEL KOMEN || ANALYZING THE GREATS || KENYA 

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3:44 ish I thought...

Matthew M yea I thought he ran a 3:44 too

It was in a race where he was second behind Hicham El Gerrouj who ran a 3:45 mile.

@@matthewm9388 Only three people have ever broken 3:45: El G, Ngeny, and Morceli. Had Komen concentrated on the mile, he may well have been the fourth.

@@joan7446 I think his 2 mile record is more impressive because he’s the only human to run two back-to-back sub 4 minute miles.

Tim Hutchins

Alejandro Torres Oops! Meant to say open 3,000! Good catch!

@@TotalRunningProductions Do Henry Rono.

not steeplechase. just a normal 3000m

@@coleabrahams9331 AAAYE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

3000m flat

Georgiacat Raj agreed. 7 is way too high.

@@tedallison6112 stupid comparison. Achieving a consistently high level of athletic performance by continually beating new and old opponents DOES count. This is sport not Physics.

@@tedallison6112 Career longevity is a pretty important factor in determining greatness, especially with the rise in the dominance over the East African runners, world records are getting broken left and right now, especially off people who aren't that well known (such as Samuel Tafera). I do understand what you're saying in that someone achieving a high level in athletics shouldn't be brushed off because someone only dominated for a few years. However, I think career longevity is important in making an athlete more memorable, it might not be a huge factor, but it is still a factor that makes an athlete greater than others.

​@@tedallison6112 I won't be replying until you learn to debate with some manner's

Yeah winner quit

I understand where you're coming from. Especially in career longevity. In reading all the comments it does make me reconsider a few things. I'll probably address your input in another video. It's difficult to rank him because he is so much different from other runners I've looked at thus far. Thanks for you comment, I'll keep trying my best to make these comparisons fair.

Joseph Ibe Komen was there for a good time, not a long time. He didn’t care about medals, he wanted money.

@@chicnoir29 😂😂

@@waterproof4403 - Happy New Year love.

Had broken the record then Gebreselassie would have taken it back. (he still did) But then komen would break it again and back to Gebreselassie. I think they both could have ran 12:28

@@random-zb7fp No dude, that's not realistic, below 12:30 for 5'000m, we are very far away from that still, that requires sub 60s laps like Daniel Komen did in the 3'000m and he's the only one ever who did that. The same for 2 miles and look at the extra distance.

@@joan7446 I think he was capable. Bekele could have done it too. They just needed better pacing. When Bekele ran 12:37 his splits were Uneven and all over the place. He had to sprint to finish which means he has way more left in the tank. After that he really didnt try to break it again. He just focused on Cross country. 12:30 was possible. Look how Cheptegei out of nowhere ran 12:35. But I guess his performance was enhanced with technology overall.

Its extremely insane to comprehend that speed ikr

@@random-zb7fp Cheptegei had wavelight pacing, so even splits were ensured, that's the key. He did the same for the 10'000m.

Sadly it might Because of robotic wavelight technology and kangaroo shoes

The shoes Komen wore were way superior to what runners were wearing 30 years previous, same goes for the track as well

Woodpusher Alois not enough serious attempts at a fast 3k by Farah at his peak or I’m sure he would’ve got under 7:30.

How does one even begin putting Mo on the same pedestal with Daniel Komen? An amateur to a Trailblazer? Its laughable. Komen, over 2 decades later,still holds 2 unbroken records.

Gebreselassie

I hope they do last forever The new kangaroo shoes and robotic wavelight pacing system is helping athletes break records these days sadly

Yeah as soaps alt said, his longetivity should be around a 3, and I agree. Other legends like Lagat, El Gerrouj, Bekele, Haile and others stayed around for so much longer than 3 years

Yes, another precious talent, and would have been better than Kipchoge, had he lived.

Shani ordizia your timing is incredible. I was just reading about his splits on his new 15k world record. Definitely an amazing race.

We got rich very quickly. He couldn't handle the money, and then found training hard, lost motivation. Later, he married an economist and is doing well. He needed an advisor when he was young.

@@denisdaly1708 such a wasted talent

he already has

It might with kangaroo shoes and robotic wavelight pacing system

@@waterproof4403 basically cheating though.

@@davidrees2164 I know right. That's how Bekeles WR was robbed Check the different in this comparison ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-m95CV3_Dy40.html That channel also has the 10000m WR comparison between Bekele and Cheptegei. You can clearly see the advantage the Ugandan had. He is still a great runner tho

@@waterproof4403 Thanks I'll check it out. Bekeles records were robbed. Great memories of Komen, sillase, Bekele, Tergat. Legends always.

@@davidrees2164 they were amazing. Golden era

He should have kept going for another 5 years at least

CB FIT Runner According to all time athletics he does hold the world record but it’s an 8:03.40 ran on 2/21/15. Pretty stellar time for indoors. Imagine if he went for the sub 8 outdoors

@@TotalRunningProductions even 7:58 2mile is not equally great as 7:20 3000m there's absolutely zero chance for Mo breaking even eight minutes mark. Maybe tall figured Kejelca for pacing and short figured Barega could have chance for sub8 if it's perfect day.

@@19Kamau79 If my math is correct his 3,000m World Record was on pace for a 7:53.19 2-Mile if he kept the same pace of 22.335 Feet/Second. 3,000 Metres - 7:20:67 (440.67 Seconds) 3,000 Metres = 1.864 Miles 6.80781537204711 Metres/Second (15.229 MPH/24.508 KMH) 22.335 Feet/Second 0.14689 Seconds/Metre 2 Miles - 7:58:61 (478.61 Seconds) 2 Miles = 3,218.688 Metres 0.004178767681411 Miles/Second (15.0435636530796 MPH/24.21026890369979867 KMH) 22.063893357850080434 Feet/Second 6.7250746954727045335 Metres/Second 239.305 Seconds/Mile 218.688 Metres Divided by 6.7250746954727045335 = 32.51830052493245 Seconds. + 440.67 = 473.1883005249325 (7:53.19)

@@apilkey no one hold 3000m race pace for 2miles but 7:55 would be realistic in terms of his potential.

@@19Kamau79 I agree, as he would still have to run 218.688 Metres which would mean he would have to run it in approximately 32 seconds to get 7:53:19. Or 34 seconds to get 7:55 as you said.

Shani ordizia That was Patrick Komon in 2010. Similar name. Cheptegei now holds the record.

@@geckospecks1084 thanks brother but today runners are strong cuz of technology coaching

@@shaniordizia1220 kangaroo shoes and robotic wavelight pacing system

@@geckospecks1084 the ugandan is a great runner

A very intriguing request. Another supernova that burned out quickly but was an inspiration to many with his extraordinary talent. Sammy Wanjiru changed marathoning.

RESPECT !!!!!!!!!!!

Fucking u

i also noticed that most world records were set around the late 1990s and early 2000s

There's only slightly better drug testing today, about 1% success rate. Look at Asbel Kiprop. He almost broke the 1500 WR but got a 4 year ban for doping

@@BudderB0y2222 watch Daniel Komens face when he ran 12:39 WR for 5000m. As he crossed the line

@@edgarespinoza5358 Cheptegei

No, that was Sammy Wanjiru

Who told u that..he is still alive

@@herbplummer I didn't know that was what happened to him oh God

@@sweetthirty7671 yea