The Greatest High School 800m Race Ever

[javiermorales]

Imagine running a 1:53 in highschool and getting last place...

[BEMGANG]

people don't understand how difficult the 800m race is

[ElGuap]

anyone who actually runs knows how impressive this is

[kdmixbp]

Just like in the movie cars, when they had a three-way tie.

[zzzzzz...]

If I was in that race, I would still be going...

[NickCager]

I ran 1:47 this afternoon and it nearly killed me... then I realized I had another lap to go!

[jjollie]

Play by play of what would happen if I was in this race.
- Start off at 65 second pace
- Fall behind everyone else
- Realize I'm getting smoked and need to step it up.
- Die at 87 meters

[timothymoreno]

That was an insane finish from all three of them 🏃💨

[TheNinjaPicker]

Its been almost 40 years and I still remember how much the 800 hurts.

[BlistrikerPvPRedstone]

First lap : 0:51
Second lap : 0:57
0_o

[ORIGINALGAMESONLY]

this is why the 800m is my fav track distance to watch

[dominantdaddy]

30 years ago I was running 1:54 in HS and was untouchable. I’d have come in dead last in this race. Jesus

[ZimbaZumba]

"The Greatest High School 800m Race" annually is in Kenya. This year the Kenyan schools championships had 2 guys at 1.46 and numerous under 1.50. The Kenyan junior record is 1.42.53 by Timothy Kitum, he was 17 at the time.

[zohairmohidin]

"Well im in 4th grade and running 1:30" - whole comment section

[JakefromStateFarm]

Jesus Christ how are they so fastCompared to my 800 times I would probably look like a slug racing a rocket

[JoeCnNd]

Insane. I was pretty quick at 1:57 but their times are just killing it.

[sananto]

It takes a lot of guts to go all out and run up front as McGorty did. Very few runners can do that.

[iamrichrocker]

880 is so brutal..wanna die after the first lap..bravo to these guys!

[zyxwut]

I ran 400 meters in high school and the best time I ever got was just under 53 seconds. During training I tried the 800 a number of times. I only got under 2 minutes once (just barely at 1:59) and I promptly threw up and completely cramped up. It's hard to put into words just how impressive these kids runs were with three runners under 1:50.

[Burntrice]

Like my dad always told me...

Stay a little bit behind on the first lap and then go all out on the last lap since after the first lap of going all out would tear you up before finishing.