Haile’s 2:03:59 berlin marathon came out to a 4:44 per mile average pace. That would be a 35.5 second 200m, 71 second 400m, 2:22 800m, 3:33 1200m, and a 9:28 2-mile.
In my current fitness level I think I could keep up with him for 1200 meters.
Anyone else want to guess how long they could keep up with him. Even a 71 second quarter is pretty fast for someone who doesn’t hit the track regularly.
What an amazing marathon.
300 to 400 meters. Wow. David k
1600…maybe up to 2400…but it would be clearly a face of contorted pain and misery giving me up for dead at that point. I’m pretty certain I don’t have 9:28 for 2 miles.
wow…
and I thought my friend Judson was a fast runner (he’s a 2:24 marathoner). I think J could keep up with him for a couple miles… I would last about a meter 
LOL! I was just thinking about this after seeing his awesome split.
I’d say after about 1000m and I’d be fading fast.
Probably through 1200m, but certainly no more than that.
What is amazing is when you see him run in the Berlin marathon, he looks like he is “just jogging” along. WOW
maybe 400~800 meters if I’m freshly tapered! That is simply fast and at 41yrs old and a few pounds north of 200, this big old body doesn’t move to quickly.
I’m reminded of when my wife and I were watching the womens Olympic marathon and she stated, “wow, those women run fast. I wouldn’t be able to run a but a few miles at that pace.” I said, “honey, we would be lucky to run a few hundred yards at that pace”
Are we talking Geb at his 400-800 speed or Geb at his marathon speed doing 400-800. If the latter, not even 400m. If the former, then 25 m. I doubt I can break 70.5 second for 400m with spikes on a fast track any more.
I wouldn’t even try, I would just watch in awe.
Crazy fast!
These days less than half a mile for sure. His avg pace is just about my lifetime PR for the mile.
Edit: after thinking about it I don’t think any longer than a 1/4 mile at the present time.
I never ran the mile, but I ran 7:08 when I was in the armed forces for the 1.5 mile fitness test. I guess my lifetime PR for the mile works out to 4:40ish based on this…based on this, when I was a studly 19 year old, I could run with him for 1.5 miles. Today, I can’t hold that pace for 400m! Where did the speed go?
Oh darn, another of those P4 threads moved ahead of a Geb thread…bump!!!
Maybe 800m as long as he was pacing himself for a marathon and I were pacing myself for 800m. Maybe.
To be honest I can’t turn over that fast so it would be maybe a meter or two.
I might make it 600 meters . . . maybe, but I’m sure I’d be throwing up afterwards.
26 miles. I would be so tired by then he would get me with his kick.
slightly ot. . .(and maybe a double post?)
another calculus and bs topic (this was on letsrun.com):
phelps and bolt line up in an empty 100M pool. of course, bolt wins. at what water height does phelps start to win?
my answer: rowdy gaines wins every time, even if the pool is dry.
You’re pretty fast.
I’ve recently run 72-74 second 400s and mid 2:30 800’s during interval workouts. Rested, with spikes…I definitely could hang for 400, 600 probably. But a 2:22 800 would be really tough for me. Beyond that, no way…
Back in HS I could hang for about 2 miles, but that was 20 years ago… 
somewhere between 400 and 800
maybe 800m if someone had a gun to my head
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