Kenyan breaks 10K, 15K, 20K and half-marathon world records in same race

[tayken]

What a pay day for this woman.....this is insane! Perhaps this calls for the removal of timing gaps of at most 30mins between men and women?

Joyciline Jepkosgei of Kenya took an aggressive approach at the Prague Half-Marathon in the Czech Republic on April 1 breaking four world records. The 23-year-old took the pace out hard from the start and went on the break the 10K, 15K and 20K world records before becoming the first woman to run sub-65:00 in the half-marathon. She won the Prague Half in 1:04:52.

Before Saturday, Kenya’s Peres Jepchirchir, the winner of the Ottawa 10K in 2016, was the world record holder in the women’s half-marathon. She ran 65:06 in February. FloTrack reports that Jepkosgei’s performance on Saturday came with a 100,000 Euro payday for setting multiple world records within the same race.

Olympic 10,000m bronze medallist Tamirat Tola won the men’s race in 59:37, more than a minute off the men’s world record of 58:23.

Galen Rupp, who some were predicting to break the American half-marathon record of 59:43, ran 61:59 for 11th as he builds for the Boston Marathon in three weeks.

http://runningmagazine.ca/joyciline-jep ... -marathon/

[ultraslacker]

I can't even run that fast for a couple of minutes, let alone for 21km.

Incredible.

[Habs4ever]

That is crazy fast!

[deerdree]

that's amazing.

i actually didn't realize that you could set a world record within a race like that - at least not officially. interesting! now i know.

[Jwolf]

that's amazing.

i actually didn't realize that you could set a world record within a race like that - at least not officially. interesting! now i know.

The race has to have the shorter distances within the race certified - but it is quite common.

[tayken]

She must train as hard as she runs is the only explanation for it, coupled with perseverance and fighting spirit to boot. Less than a month after another record was set in Prague

That is crazy fast!

[jonovision_man]

Date of the article is April 1st... please tell me it's a joke.

... otherwise, impossible, without some serious "assistance".

jono

[tayken]

Here is another source in case the previous one didn't do it for ya

http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/athletic ... index.html

Date of the article is April 1st... please tell me it's a joke.

... otherwise, impossible, without some serious "assistance".

jono

[daddy_runner]

Date of the article is April 1st... please tell me it's a joke.

... otherwise, impossible, without some serious "assistance".

jono

Not a joke. But I agree with you, I give it 3 months before shenanigans are called.