Participants run 5km, nominate five friends and donate GBP5 (HK$48) to the National Health Service (NHS) in the UK during coronavirus. When the Chelsea Twitter account claimed that central midfielder Ross Barkley had run a 5K time of 16 mins 11 secs, eyebrows were raised in the running community. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. They are flooding their feeds with incredible times, calling it the Ross Barkley challenge. But it's the followers of a Twitter account called Strava W***ers that have taken to driving it home. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Barkely's achievement was being hailed by the Chelsea Twitter account and sections of the UK media.
My elapsed time was 1 hour 44 mins. Historical milestones are falling left, right and centre. Ross Barkley’s 5km time aroused some suspicion among Chelsea fans. ( Log Out / Certainly, as a full-time athlete ( Log Out / For the new 210m segment my splits ranged from 29 to 34 seconds (2:28/km average). ( Log Out / On closer inspection, it seems Barkley was doing an interval session.
I flew down the first 400m (57 seconds) and secured the CR, but I knew couldn’t repeat it. Others have set personal bests by running down hill, as well as stopping for long rests. A Strava update, a Twitter account and a footballer contrived to create a running challenge that seemed right up my street: Complete 5km in the fastest time possible using the sprint/pause technique. Change ), https://www.strava.com/activities/3337075047, https://twitter.com/MIHiggi/status/1253232075798429702, Follow Philsoc Running Club on WordPress.com. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. "Just smashed the 5,000m world record - 12:05," wrote one user. Scores of runners are hitting the road to set their own legitimate 5km personal bests, as another challenge has gone viral too called Run for Heroes. Chelsea's Ross Barkley last week ran the distance in … My final time was 13:07 (2:37/km) which beat my PB by almost 7 minutes. When I resumed, I halved the interval and launched back into it with renewed energy. ‘THE ROSS BARKLEY 5KM’ Using a brand new, PB faking, fraudulent GPS technique used by RB himself and currently being copied by #stravawankers everywhere. One runner has clocked a 5km of 10:48, when his time elapsed was over 35 minutes. South China Morning Post Publishers Ltd. All rights reserved. Even so, I closed with a 28 and 27 second flourish. But those more familiar with the ins and outs of running apps began to question the feat and On apps, like Strava, the clock stops when the runner stops. Wrong. Strava activity: https://www.strava.com/activities/3337075047, Tweet: https://twitter.com/MIHiggi/status/1253232075798429702. But those more familiar with the ins and outs of running apps began to question the feat and now, convinced Barkley's time is too good to be true, runners are trolling him with their own impossibly quick times. I had to wave away a concerned motorist who pulled over to ask if I was alright and I had a lie down instead.
At least the tactics were easy: find a hill and run down it as often as needed. His moving time was 16:11, but his total elapsed time was 1:05:23. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account.
Photo: Nigel Roddis/Getty Images . The challenge was started by Olivia Strong, 27, from Edinburgh, in the hope she would raise GBP5,000, but the challenge caught on and the total amount raised is now in the millions. Just over 3:30 slower than the world record (12:37.35), it is an incredible time. I’m writing this 72 hours after my attempt and my hamstrings still haven’t forgiven me. Some well known names have got in on the action - Adharanand Finn, award winning author of Running with Kenyans and Rise of the Ultra Runner, proudly posted a sub-16 minute 5km, with untold breaks. Running and football fans alike were suitably impressed when Chelsea footballer Ross Barkley ran a 16 minute, 11 second 5km. Just over 3:30 slower than the world record (12:37.35), it is an incredible time. I managed one, two, three more (67, 68, 72) before I realised my heart and lungs wouldn’t be able to handle another. Running and football fans alike were suitably impressed when Chelsea footballer Ross Barkley ran a 16 minute, 11 second 5km. If you can have as much rest as you want it should be easy, right? The Ross Barkley 5km Challenge A Strava update, a Twitter account and a footballer contrived to create a running challenge that seemed right up my street: Complete 5km in the fastest time possible using the sprint/pause technique. Chelsea defender Fikayo Tomori and Jamie Redknapp have both scoffed at Ross Barkley’s reported 5km time.. A number of footballers have been posting their best 5km times … 20:02 for 5km). As I got closer to finishing, my hamstrings protested on the walk up the hill as much as the run down. In the end, you are given two times - moving time, and elapsed time.
James did not reveal how fast team-mate McTominay completed his 5,000m, but a video on McTominay's Instagram showed a 5km time of 16.01. Copyright (c) 2020. I’ve got a decent top speed but no speed endurance, so my PBs are all still very modest (e.g. There's now a host of published stories about the time being fake. By the time the discrepancy was pointed out, it was too late. ( Log Out / In Cambridge there’s only one viable option and naturally I found a segment to target.
My elapsed time was 1 hour 44 mins. Historical milestones are falling left, right and centre. Ross Barkley’s 5km time aroused some suspicion among Chelsea fans. ( Log Out / Certainly, as a full-time athlete ( Log Out / For the new 210m segment my splits ranged from 29 to 34 seconds (2:28/km average). ( Log Out / On closer inspection, it seems Barkley was doing an interval session.
I flew down the first 400m (57 seconds) and secured the CR, but I knew couldn’t repeat it. Others have set personal bests by running down hill, as well as stopping for long rests. A Strava update, a Twitter account and a footballer contrived to create a running challenge that seemed right up my street: Complete 5km in the fastest time possible using the sprint/pause technique. Change ), https://www.strava.com/activities/3337075047, https://twitter.com/MIHiggi/status/1253232075798429702, Follow Philsoc Running Club on WordPress.com. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. "Just smashed the 5,000m world record - 12:05," wrote one user. Scores of runners are hitting the road to set their own legitimate 5km personal bests, as another challenge has gone viral too called Run for Heroes. Chelsea's Ross Barkley last week ran the distance in … My final time was 13:07 (2:37/km) which beat my PB by almost 7 minutes. When I resumed, I halved the interval and launched back into it with renewed energy. ‘THE ROSS BARKLEY 5KM’ Using a brand new, PB faking, fraudulent GPS technique used by RB himself and currently being copied by #stravawankers everywhere. One runner has clocked a 5km of 10:48, when his time elapsed was over 35 minutes. South China Morning Post Publishers Ltd. All rights reserved. Even so, I closed with a 28 and 27 second flourish. But those more familiar with the ins and outs of running apps began to question the feat and On apps, like Strava, the clock stops when the runner stops. Wrong. Strava activity: https://www.strava.com/activities/3337075047, Tweet: https://twitter.com/MIHiggi/status/1253232075798429702. But those more familiar with the ins and outs of running apps began to question the feat and now, convinced Barkley's time is too good to be true, runners are trolling him with their own impossibly quick times. I had to wave away a concerned motorist who pulled over to ask if I was alright and I had a lie down instead.
At least the tactics were easy: find a hill and run down it as often as needed. His moving time was 16:11, but his total elapsed time was 1:05:23. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account.
Photo: Nigel Roddis/Getty Images . The challenge was started by Olivia Strong, 27, from Edinburgh, in the hope she would raise GBP5,000, but the challenge caught on and the total amount raised is now in the millions. Just over 3:30 slower than the world record (12:37.35), it is an incredible time. I’m writing this 72 hours after my attempt and my hamstrings still haven’t forgiven me. Some well known names have got in on the action - Adharanand Finn, award winning author of Running with Kenyans and Rise of the Ultra Runner, proudly posted a sub-16 minute 5km, with untold breaks. Running and football fans alike were suitably impressed when Chelsea footballer Ross Barkley ran a 16 minute, 11 second 5km. Just over 3:30 slower than the world record (12:37.35), it is an incredible time. I managed one, two, three more (67, 68, 72) before I realised my heart and lungs wouldn’t be able to handle another. Running and football fans alike were suitably impressed when Chelsea footballer Ross Barkley ran a 16 minute, 11 second 5km. If you can have as much rest as you want it should be easy, right? The Ross Barkley 5km Challenge A Strava update, a Twitter account and a footballer contrived to create a running challenge that seemed right up my street: Complete 5km in the fastest time possible using the sprint/pause technique. Chelsea defender Fikayo Tomori and Jamie Redknapp have both scoffed at Ross Barkley’s reported 5km time.. A number of footballers have been posting their best 5km times … 20:02 for 5km). As I got closer to finishing, my hamstrings protested on the walk up the hill as much as the run down. In the end, you are given two times - moving time, and elapsed time.
James did not reveal how fast team-mate McTominay completed his 5,000m, but a video on McTominay's Instagram showed a 5km time of 16.01. Copyright (c) 2020. I’ve got a decent top speed but no speed endurance, so my PBs are all still very modest (e.g. There's now a host of published stories about the time being fake. By the time the discrepancy was pointed out, it was too late. ( Log Out / In Cambridge there’s only one viable option and naturally I found a segment to target.