Godspeed 

PE teacher:ok so now we do a slow jog That one athletic kid:

Originally the camera quality was better, but his speed corrupted the film.

Another statement was the way he didn't collapse to the floor at the end, Something the British Athlete Daley Thompson never did, He later said it was mind games, He wanted his competitors who gave 100% and were gasping on the ground at the end to look up and see him still full of energy (even if he wasn't).

If you watch the original video, when he finishes the third lap, someone near the cameraman says, "He's trying to steal it on this lap because he probably doesn't have it on the next lap." And by the end, all he has to say is, "Wow! Wow!" This guy went on to run at Stanford and on the 2000 Olympic track team in the 1500 meters, at which point his mile-equivalent time was 3:52. Very cool!

When you're losing the match but you realize you haven't used your powerups yet:

Normal people: laugh Crowd: *laughs in metallica*

I come back and watch this a few times a year whenever I need motivation. Thanks Michael Stember

Every few years this cycle's back into my recommended and I have no clue why but I watched the full thing through every single time 🔥🔥🔥

It's weird, the laughing sounds a lot like a Metallica song.

When you overtrain for the final boss battle.

I'm a 53 year-old triple bypass survivor with three years of dialysis under my belt. Last week I made the end of my block in under two minutes. Ha!

I can never get enough of this video. To me, that was my brother in highschool, '82-'84. His sophomore through senior years. He set our cross-country record and our high jump record. For Cardington-Lincoln HS. Central Ohio. I miss him, because he left us too soon. But that video was my brother. Plus he also was, a beautiful human being!! In all regards. God Speed, Robert Delano Lloyd!! From a proud younger brother!!! ❤️

Bet he was getting flashbacks from his dead master giving life lessons in the first few seconds

“They actually laughed” *Hears no laughter, only Metallica*

They timed this Metallica song perfectly so right as the intro was over and the main riff hits full force, you see him flying into the frame. Excellent video editing.

The way he accelerated on those last laps wow. Even crazy he didn’t even looked gassed out at the finish. That’s next level

Everyone running then realized they were side characters

Guy: *activates god speed* Crowd: funniest shit i've ever seen

This can serve as a lesson for all of us. If you ever feel like you are coasting, just putting in time, etc. always be aware that you have it within you to dig deep and push yourself. If a person takes a task extremely seriously, and treats that task as the ONLY thing that in their life that matters, that person can achieve what they thought was impossible. Most of us don’t want to do that though because it’s uncomfortable, it’s not fun, it can be painful. But if you direct all of your mental focus, all your strength, dig deep within your heart for the courage and belief to do it, redirect all your love, all your fear, all your hate, you can find power in yourself you never knew existed.

I love coming back to this video to cleanse myself of negativity

Everyone: he's gonna use up too much energy trying to get in front. Him: this isnt even my final form.

What is your strategy for the race: At the start I’m gonna go fast, at the middle I’m gonna go fast, and at the end I’m gonna go fast -Pam Beesly

Being a RU-vid man for 10+ years and runner, this video always seems to make it back to the feed

I remember seeing this years ago and thinking, there goes Barry Allen, fastest man alive. Still think that to this day... impressive feat.

I didn't hear the crowd laugh. I did hear someone in the crowd playing Enter Sandman really loud.

This guy be like : why would you sprint at the end of the race when you can sprint the WHOLE race?

Welp I’m here, 12 years after post. Who else is here!? How long!? 👇

I ran for years, just for myself, not for sport. I'd do 5-6 miles everyday with one day off in the week. Sundays were my special day where I'd get up early and do anywhere from 9-13 miles. I lived in New England and I'd run no matter the weather. I miss those days so very much and I'm eternally grateful to have had that experience.

Yellow shorts: exists The rest of the runners halfway done with the race: *“why do I hear boss music”*

I feel like the laughing gave him more determination...

Everyone laughed and this dude sprinted 600 meters… as a past 400 runner im impressed

"A few people laughed, a few people cried, most people were silent.” -Julius Robert Oppenheimer

Title: *they laughed, the crowd actually laughed* Me: omg they laughed

If the crowd laughed at me like that as I was overtaking people I would run even faster

There was a guy in my middle school that regularly ran sub 5 minute miles. It was wild watching him basically sprint the entire thing.

This will forever be one of my favorite videos of all time.

"You're laughing. A guy just easily outran everyone and you're laughing."

"I just got a random burst of energy and I think it's my bodies last 'Hurrah' before it completely shuts down."

I know how this feels, I've run to the front gate to get the paper and I can confirm the adrenaline makes this happen

I could watch this every single day. Never gets boring. Never tire of watching him light the afterburners and accelerate from the pack.....never to look back.

I saw that he had coloured clothes and realised he was the main character so he would win

He doesn’t even look like he went all out he didn’t seem tired at all after he finished

One of the best motivational videos on RU-vid. Absolutely epic.

Stember ran for Jesuit High School. As a sophomore in 1994 at the CIF California State Meet he finished second in the 1600 metres to the future American marathon great Meb Keflezighi. He won the race outright as a junior (1995) and senior (1996). His 4:04.00 winning time in the 1995 CIF State Meet was the state 1600 meters record until 2001 when it was surpassed by Ryan Hall at 4:02:62

Everyone: okay, just need to get a nice pace and accelerate towards the end The guy: *GAS GAS GAS*

He later quit his racing career to become a camera man.

I think this video has been suggested to me at least 5 times now across a multitude of years and I watch it through every time- absolutely legendary.

Still One of the Very BEST videos on the internet and I can't show it to enough people. Thank You ? ! ! ! ! ! !

Plot twist: He actually miscounted laps. But he realised and simply ran another lap.

Crowd: What is he doing Cameraman: *he’s beginning to believe*

This is one of my favorite videos ever. I come back to it every so often to add some bellows to my own flames.

I watch this video from time to time, and it never gets old. Inspirational

Plot Twist: He has been running since morning until the marathon was actually held.

It was very generous for The Flash to wear his traditional red and gold colors so we could see him better in the pack.

once in a while i come back to this video never gets old

This never gets old. Bravo, young man.

That’s not fair, he won just because he’s the anime’s main character.

My coach: "Just run faster" Me: "What a great idea! I never even considered that before!"

I recall in HS running the 800m Semifinals to qualify for Region. I ran the first lap almost full speed, 57 seconds. I then told myself I would hit the last lap hard to give space. The strategy worked until the final 200m. One of my teammates said it perfectly, “Gibby, it looked like a monkey jumped on your back”. I had literally hit the wall as hard as I ever had before and my legs crapped out. I somehow still finished Top 3 in my heat to make the Region Finals. But this guy pulled in the video pulled off what I couldn’t. Insane to watch!

When I feel down I watch this about 10 times and I'm not down anymore.

"they laughed, the crowd actually laughed. and you think this is funny?" "yes, and Im tired of pretending its not"

He didn't miscount laps, he miscounted the coffees he'd had that day.

The kid had "one of those days" on the best day possible.

This is legitimately one of my favorite all-time videos on the internet.

Anime title: "I don't want to get tired, so i'll max out my stamina"

He didn’t actually run, he just pushed the whole track behind with his foot.

I was thinking about this video about a week ago, and was upset that I couldn't remember it's title. Lo and behold, it pops up on my suggested videos. Nice!

See y'all in a couple years when this gets recommended again.

Bob Moonkhouse: “they laughed when I said I wanted to become a comedian. They’re not laughing now.”

He is like anime character gaining power by remembering their friends and family when they're about to lose

Why did this video make me cry???? 😭😭 Amazing accomplishment and so flippin’ inspiring!!!

And he gave all praise and thanks to Father God😃

is this the kid from the incredibles

damn hes faster than the graphics card this video was rendered on

I caught my second wind, three times in my life. My legs are failing me now, but this , this right here, got me fired up !!! He had to have been on top of the world, at that moment ❤❤❤😁😁😁😁

Every time life is getting me down... I return to these kinds of videos to keep me running. Even if I'm running on empty.

The fact that he's wearing red and yellow makes it that much better. Dude entered the speed force.

Dudes a legend started his kick with a half mile to go

I never get tired of this video. Someone pushing, to the limit. It's amazing.

Damn I love watching this . For some reason it keeps getting recommended to me every 6 months .

Me watching races: why can't these people just run faster? This guy: you know what that's a really good point

this is the guy who doesn’t stop running when you’re doing run jog sessions in PE and does laps around all the other kids

I'm paralyzed so never in my life will I ever run ,.. but when I get to where I'm going,.. I'M GOING TO RUN LIKE THAT!!!!!!

I liked how he made the sign of the cross when he won the race. I am sure he was saying some serious prayers around the track. Good Catholic 🕊️👍⛪

Other racers: trains hard every single day with a dark backstory Yellow shorts guy: has the power of friendship on his side

I didn't hear anyone laughing, all I hear is Metallica.

I've watched this so many times ... I can't get enough. What a competitor!

You always are more capable of something than you realize. You always have to ask yourself “ am I really giving this all I’ve got? Can I try harder?” If you’re honest with yourself, you probably aren’t giving all you’ve got, even though you may feel you are. Ask anyone who is successful and they’ll tell you about working harder than you think you can.

Dude really was just like: “This race is taking way too long, I’ve got stuff to do”

My running coaches always said to “sprint the end” but this guy’s definition of “the end” is vastly different from mine

I have watched this more times than I know. It never gets old.

I often come back to this video, i don't know why, but there is something that strikes me in it

Everybody: *taking their time* Chad: Adiós

Plot twist: He actually did lose count of the laps and realized his mistake but didn’t want to look like a fool and activated his god speed

I decided to run cross country in my sophomore year of high school. We ran a golf course for the first practice. It was about six miles distance. I came in third out of about 35 runners. I thought to myself that I might be good at this, then the coach said "OK, run it again". I seemed to be the only one that assumed that one lap of the course was a complete practice....lol - The retired accountant

I've watched this so many times, and it's just f-ing amazing every time.

2:46 I wouldn’t recommend this

His name is Michael Stember, if anyone's wondering. "However, as fast as Stember was running, he had a habit of running strategically, always finishing with a devastating kick that demoralized his opponents. As a junior, it worked well because no athlete on that level could match his kick at any pace."

If that moved you…. What u felt was what moved his feet. Sometimes it’s slow sometimes it’s inexplicably fast. Let it be what moves u. Godspeed to u all.

Kicking with 700m left is definitely a power move. I love how no one even attempted to go with him, they knew they had no chance