critic
MAKAU: "My recovery period is four months, and that is why I wasn’t going to run hard in London last month." 5/9/2012 1:01PM Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Is he stupid - 4 month recovery??
rarcos2
RE: MAKAU: "My recovery period is four months, and that is why I wasn’t going to run hard in London last month." 5/9/2012 1:05PM - in reply to critic Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Well, what's your marathon PR? /End
the average male runner
RE: MAKAU: "My recovery period is four months, and that is why I wasn’t going to run hard in London last month." 5/9/2012 1:05PM - in reply to critic Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Link?
critic
RE: MAKAU: "My recovery period is four months, and that is why I wasn’t going to run hard in London last month." 5/9/2012 1:15PM - in reply to the average male runner Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Thor
RE: MAKAU: "My recovery period is four months, and that is why I wasn’t going to run hard in London last month." 5/9/2012 1:37PM - in reply to critic Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
critic wrote:

Is he stupid - 4 month recovery??


whatever he's doing is working. He does have the world record. I think that may be a base period though, not just recovery.
coach d
RE: MAKAU: "My recovery period is four months, and that is why I wasn’t going to run hard in London last month." 5/9/2012 1:49PM - in reply to critic Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
The fact that you are calling the WR holder stupid shows that your knowledge level is well exceeded by your ego.

You might consider listening to him and figuring out what he and his coach know (probably a lot) that you don't.
critic
RE: MAKAU: "My recovery period is four months, and that is why I wasn’t going to run hard in London last month." 5/9/2012 2:17PM - in reply to coach d Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
I am quite sure that I would have to biuld up a lot harder after 4 months break^^

that´s 4 sure
da da da dah blah
RE: MAKAU: "My recovery period is four months, and that is why I wasn’t going to run hard in London last month." 5/9/2012 2:46PM - in reply to critic Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
he just means time between marathons.
Tony Reali
RE: MAKAU: "My recovery period is four months, and that is why I wasn’t going to run hard in London last month." 5/9/2012 3:09PM - in reply to da da da dah blah Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
da da da dah blah wrote:

he just means time between marathons.


Not necessarily.. In the Tanser books it is mentioned that many of the Kenyans take a few months off after the season. Don't have them with me, anyone want to elaborate on this?
da da da dah blah
RE: MAKAU: "My recovery period is four months, and that is why I wasn’t going to run hard in London last month." 5/9/2012 3:20PM - in reply to Tony Reali Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
yeah, there's difference between 'off' and completely off. there's no way he would take 4 months completely off.
da da da dah blah
RE: MAKAU: "My recovery period is four months, and that is why I wasn’t going to run hard in London last month." 5/9/2012 3:22PM - in reply to da da da dah blah Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
... then what? run london with 4 months completely off. um, sure
joho
RE: MAKAU: "My recovery period is four months, and that is why I wasn’t going to run hard in London last month." 5/9/2012 5:09PM - in reply to critic Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
critic wrote:

2:26 - what´s your´s?

http://iaaf.org/Mini/LRR12/news/NewsDetail.aspx?id=64831



A 2:26 guy calling a 2:03 guy stupid over training is pretty funny.

No, it is very funny. And by funny I don't mean haha funny, I mean sad and ignorant.
captain and me
RE: MAKAU: "My recovery period is four months, and that is why I wasn’t going to run hard in London last month." 5/9/2012 5:28PM - in reply to joho Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
This is a guy (good as he is) who made a stupid assumption that he was going to be on the team, and so what he did in April didn't really matter, so running in London was going to be a Tempo run - didn't work out that way and he is NOT on the team.
joho wrote:

[quote]critic wrote:

2:26 - what´s your´s?

http://iaaf.org/Mini/LRR12/news/NewsDetail.aspx?id=64831



A 2:26 guy calling a 2:03 guy stupid over training is pretty funny.

No, it is very funny. And by funny I don't mean haha funny, I mean sad and ignorant.[/quote]
J.R.
RE: MAKAU: "My recovery period is four months, and that is why I wasn’t going to run hard in London last month." 5/9/2012 7:08PM - in reply to captain and me Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
captain and me wrote:

This is a guy (good as he is) who made a stupid assumption that he was going to be on the team, and so what he did in April didn't really matter, so running in London was going to be a Tempo run - didn't work out that way and he is NOT on the team.


Yeah that's really sad.

Now he'll have to run some big money marathon instead and maybe break the WR again.
4 months
RE: MAKAU: "My recovery period is four months, and that is why I wasn’t going to run hard in London last month." 5/9/2012 7:14PM - in reply to critic Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
September
October 1
November 2
December 3
January 4
February 5
March 6
April 7 months

What 4 months is he talking about?

April
May 1
June 2
July 3
August 4 months between London and the London Olympics.
Runthedistance
RE: MAKAU: "My recovery period is four months, and that is why I wasn’t going to run hard in London last month." 5/9/2012 10:10PM - in reply to critic Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
This is why elite runners called this message board stupid
Cheshire
RE: MAKAU: "My recovery period is four months, and that is why I wasn’t going to run hard in London last month." 5/10/2012 3:53AM - in reply to critic Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
I think unfortunely Makau was given a birth last year for the London Olympics, also Abel Kirui was pre selected. Then the likes of Geoffrey Mutai & Wilson Kipsang had there sensational runs and Athletics Kenyan had to re-think, and thus change the criteria. In my opinion if Makau was just doing a temp run in the London Marathon then he would of run abit further than 20k. Also he has raced very little this year finishing second in a small Spanish half-marathon in 62:43, hardly the best of shape for a guy who is a consistant 58-59 minute half marathon runner. I think he's having a troubled season, and probably come good in Berlin or which ever marathon he decides to run later on this year.