Shabunin faster still at 3K! Lowers own indoor WR to 8:01.44
Despite finishing eighth, Russia’s Vyacheslav Shabunin today improved his M40 world indoor record for 3000 meters, clocking 8:01.44. This is about 200 meters short of two miles, so he’s averaging each mile in about 4:15. Incredible. The mark came at the Russian Winter Meet in Moscow, which is IAAF-sanctioned. (Results are here.) He beat his old M40 best of 8:04.34, which we detailed here. His all-time best is 7:42.54, set in 1998. So in 12 years, he’s lost about 1.5 seconds a year. Not bad.
Complete results from V’s race (I need a better nickname for him):
1 257 VAN DEVENTER Juan 26/03/83 RSA 7:49.91 CR
2 255 CHERUIYOT Jonas 11/01/84 KEN 7:52.87
3 247 IVANOV Sergey 03/03/79 RUS 7:53.62
4 256 MUTAI Edward Kibet 28/08/84 KEN 7:55.05
5 250 FARNOSOV Andrey 05/10/84 RUS 7:56.07
6 254 ANISHCHENKO Stanislav 21/08/82 RUS 8:00.12
7 248 ISHOV Akmal 27/12/83 RUS 8:00.55
8 253 SHABUNIN Vyacheslav 27/09/69 RUS 8:01.44
9 249 KOMAROV Igor 01/05/83 RUS 8:08.54
10 251 USOLTSEV Anton 17/11/86 RUS 8:09.97
252 SMIRNOV Valentin 13/02/86 RUS DNF
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Hate to be a spoilsport on this one (it must be the huge snowstorm we had on Friday and Saturday; I still can’t drive anywhere) — this performance averages to 4:18.27 per mile, still unbelievable but not terribly close to 4:15 pace.
Appreciate the posting, Ken.
FON! (Freak of Nature) Wow!
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