wisco123
More Imressive: Geoffrey or Emmanuel Mutai? 4/18/2011 2:57PM Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Of the incredible marathons over the last couple of days, which was more impressive - Geoffrey Mutai's 2:03:02 on the net downhill / wind-aided Boston -or- Emmanuel Mutai's 2:04:40 London performance ??

Hopefully we'll see the "battle of the Mutai's" in the future - to settle it once nad for all...
wisco123
RE: More Imressive: Geoffrey or Emmanuel Mutai? 4/18/2011 3:17PM - in reply to wisco123 Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Freudian slip? I meant to type once and for all, but the way it came up was pretty funny too!
danny12345
RE: More Imressive: Geoffrey or Emmanuel Mutai? 4/19/2011 8:07PM - in reply to wisco123 Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
I'd say Emanuel because he ran away from the other contenders during his race. Geoffrey had at least one other runner with him through 26+ miles.
Kenyano
RE: More Imressive: Geoffrey or Emmanuel Mutai? 4/20/2011 4:02AM - in reply to wisco123 Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
I would say Emmanuel was more impressive. The reason being there was no tail wind so his last 10k was his pure stamina and endurance over others.

If I look at Boston, we see a number of top guys running incredibly. I know these are good runners, but Ryan Hall's training does not put him in 2:04 zone if not for the wind. We know Geoffrey Mutai is a 2:04 - 05 zone athlete, so his 2:03 is just what I could have expected given that Ryan could also get carried to 2:04.

As for Emmanuel Mutai, this guy was not considered for a win, let alone a course record. That means his results are a great improvement and quite incredible.
FAILLL
RE: More Imressive: Geoffrey or Emmanuel Mutai? 4/20/2011 4:30AM - in reply to wisco123 Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Obviously Emmanuel. He would have run close to 2 hours in Boston.
very curious
RE: More Imressive: Geoffrey or Emmanuel Mutai? 4/20/2011 6:00AM - in reply to FAILLL Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
The one who is the fastest in history.
TK1451
RE: More Imressive: Geoffrey or Emmanuel Mutai? 4/20/2011 12:13PM - in reply to very curious Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Emmanuel. More dominant win over greater competition.
Under Ultra
RE: More Imressive: Geoffrey or Emmanuel Mutai? 4/20/2011 12:23PM - in reply to TK1451 Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Emmanuel Mutai looked like he could run 2:02 in London. Amazing performance.
Derderian
RE: More Imressive: Geoffrey or Emmanuel Mutai? 4/20/2011 1:20PM - in reply to Under Ultra Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Let's take up a collection to get them to race head to head. I predict that they tie for gold in London 2012.

Of course I would bet that someone else wins gold.

Tom
The Rocket.
RE: More Imressive: Geoffrey or Emmanuel Mutai? 4/20/2011 7:03PM - in reply to wisco123 Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Both are legendary runs, but I'm going to give the edge to Geoffrey Mutai. Even if there is a 90 second conversion factor for the wind- thats still a 2:04:33 at Boston (which is far greater performance than a 2:04:40 at London since Boston is a WAY tougher course).