Aleksandr Sorokin, a Lithuanian who broke the 24-hour run record two years ago and shocked the world, broke the record again on Sunday!
This time, he rewrote another benchmark in the world of superhorses: a 100-kilometer run that took 6 hours, 05 minutes and 35 seconds, with an average pace of 3 minutes and 39 seconds.
This is equivalent to:
- 1 minute and 28 seconds per 400 meters;
- Every 5 km at 18:17;
- 36:34 every 10 km;
- Half horse 1:17:08;
- 2:34:15!
He completed his first full horse distance in just 2:32:30, only 7 minutes slower than his marathon PB.
Although he has to run a total distance of 2.37 times that of a full horse (100km/42.195km), for him, this pace is not considered aggressive.
50 kilometers, he took 3 hours and 2 minutes less than one o'clock.
100 km, 6:05:35 – the second half is just over 3 minutes slower than the first half.
For a 100-kilometer race, it is already quite a uniform speed.
He ran 100 kilometers, even faster than the time of many marathon "closed runners" (6 hours and 15 minutes)!
The original 100km world record was set by Japanese Fumi-shang in 2018 at Lake Saruma, Hokkaido, 6:09:14 - an average pace of 3:41; that record was aided by a strong tailwind.
Haruki Murakami also ran 100 kilometers across Lake Saruma. At 3:30, he was very satisfied with his finish of 11 hours and 42 minutes, and wrote his experience into his autobiography.
This time, the race was the Nord Security World's Fastest Run in Vilnius, Lithuania.
The track is rectangular in shape, with a lap of 1.644 km, and is certified by the World Athletics Federation.
A total of 30 players from many countries participated in this year. The temperature was warmer: the gun was fired at 6 a.m. and had risen to 19 degrees by 9 a.m.
Although Sorokin did not receive the help of the "kamikaze" this time, after all, it was a home battle, and the chicken blood effect should not be underestimated.
So far, he has five world records in 100 kilometers, 100 miles and 6 hours, 12 hours and 24 hours, and the status of "the world's super horse brother" is solid.
For the story of Sorokin, see "How he created a world record of running 309 kilometers in 24 hours in 24 hours" written by the author two years ago.
He has not been idle in the past two years.
Last April, he overtook the 100km horse at the Centurion track in the United Kingdom, and he ran 6 hours, 05 minutes and 43 seconds, which has broken the world record, but unfortunately it is not recognized.
In February in Seville, Spain, he significantly improved his marathon best to 2:25:30.
The author can't help but be curious: for people like him who run 100 kilometers without much slowdown, isn't running a marathon like fun, it must be a negative segment that is much faster in the second half than the first half, right?
Not really.
Below are the Seville Marathon results certificate and segmentation time of Sorokin's creation of PB.
He was 1:25:37 in the first half and 1:12:56 in the second half (gunshot) – a little 19 seconds slower. Mainly after 30 km, the pace dropped from around 3:25 to around 3:30, and it didn't accelerate again until the last 2.2 km.
The same is true of the other two superhorse gods in the world who ran 6 hours and 10 minutes in 100 kilometers.
The first is the former 100km world record holder.
His marathon PB was 2:13:13 in Tokyo in 2020 – the fastest of the three.
This result is only 1 minute slower than Hakone Ekiden star Daichi Kanno and the younger brother of former Japanese marathon record holder Yuta Shiraku.
That time he spent the first half 1:05:10 and the second half at 1:08:03 – almost 3 minutes slower.
Second place is Jim Walmsley, legendary 100-mile cross-country race in the American West.
In January 2021, he won the Project Carbon X2 100km at Hoka One One in 6:09:26, just 12 seconds slower than the record record.
His marathon PB was also created in 2020: the Tokyo Olympics American Trials, where he finished 22nd in the men's with a 2:15:05 finish.
He spent the first half of the day at 1:05:41 and the second half at 1:09:24 – 3 minutes and 43 seconds slower.
Strange!
The distance of the full marathon only accounts for a little more than 40% of the 100 kilometers, which is only equivalent to less than 18 kilometers run by all horse runners:
42.195km x 42.195km/100km = 17.8km
For these world's top masters of 100-kilometer superhorses, running a full horse should be regarded as idleness.
Why do they, like us ordinary people, also lose speed in the second half?
If you think about it carefully, it is not difficult to understand the reason.
The two races run differently. When running marathons, their strategies are more aggressive, especially when their goals are set high.
Judging by the time it took more than 1 hour and 5 minutes for Kazami and Wormsley to create the PB marathon, it is clear that their goal is to reach the Tokyo Olympics line of 2:11:30.
In the end, although neither of them achieved their goal, they were both PB - proving that the game strategy was not faulty.
Finally, let's talk about China's 100-kilometer record, which is the 6:45:23 run of Fujian amateur expert You Peiquan in Zhenjiang last March; the average pace is 4:03, and the rhythm of marathon is 2:51:03.
Although this is almost 40 minutes slower than the new world record, it is already much faster than other Singaporeans.
China's second best result was 7:32:07 set by the late runner Liang Jing in Anhui Province.
By the way, Liang Jing is still the Chinese 24-hour record holder (267.701 km. For details, see Superhorse Runner Liang Jing and His Chinese Record.
Next Monday, May 22, is the second anniversary of his death in the 100km cross-country race of the Yellow River Stone Forest Mountain Marathon; May he and the other 20 deceased rest in peace.