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I Asked An Olympian To Pace Me To A 5k PB

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I Asked An Olympian To Pace Me To A 5k PB

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I Asked An Olympian To Pace Me To A 5k PB

The Running Channel›
Sep 4, 202524:3892.6K views
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River PlateUnión De Santa Fe

Rick Kelsey loves a challenge. In this video, he takes on a 5K personal best attempt — with Runna coach and British Olympic marathoner Steph Kessell pacing him every step of the way.

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What’s in this video?
00:00 Intro and Rick's current PB
00:30 The attempt begins!
05:04 Kilometre 2
09:32 Kilometre 3
14:00 Kilometre 4
18:20 Into the last kilometre...
22:40 Can Rick do it??

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