Kitwara 58.58 Rotterdam

As far as my Dutch goes:

Kitwara won in 58:58. He broke away from the lead group with 3k to go. Jonathan Mayo was 2nd, James Kwambai 3rd in 59:10. Kitwara said, conditions were good and the WR within reach if the group had worked together more. Kitwara is confident he'll break the WR in the future.

Wanjiru ran 1:01:10. He fell back from the lead group after 5k already. He said, the pace was to fast for him as he's in the middle of the preparation for Chicago.

For what it's worth, Wanjiru said he's not aiming for the WR in Chicago. He only wants to win. His plan is to break the WR next year. Either in Rotterdam or Berlin.

If my Dutch still holds up,

Sammy Kitwara, the half-marathon of Rotterdam Sunday to a new course record. The Kenyan came to Coolsingel at 21 kilometres in the time of 58.58 minutes.

My dutch is a bit shaky after all these years, but it looks as though Kitwara won in 58 minutes 58 seconds

I'm not sure that my Dutch is what it used to be, but it looks like Kitwara ran the Rotterdam Half Marathon.

Somebody ran a (hurdles?) race in 58.58. Not impressed.

Well my I can't tell you the last time I picked up a dutch textbook, but I would say there was some type of marathon over there, perhaps of the so called "halve" variety.

Johnny Dutch wrote:

Somebody ran a (hurdles?) race in 58.58. Not impressed.

I have gone Dutch on anything in quite some. However, it looks like Kitwara won some kind of race in 58:58. If I didn't know better I'd say he will break a record in the future. Maybe he meant a 'CD' because records are so outdated.

I'm not Dutch anymore but if my memory serves me I believe Sammy Kitwara was not Dutch this morning but did run 58:58 coming to Coolsingel.

Johnny Dutch only ran 58.58? What happened to his WC form?

Dutch is not my language of choice but if my calculations are correct, Kitwara won the Rotterdamn half marathon in 58:58.

I'm a little rusty as well, but it appears that Kitwara went on a Dutch date with a girl from Rotterdam, and each paid 58.58 Euros for their halves of the dinner.

Threads like this keep me coming back for more.

nyloco wrote:

I'm a little rusty as well, but it appears that Kitwara went on a Dutch date with a girl from Rotterdam, and each paid 58.58 Euros for their halves of the dinner.

No no, they paid 58 Euros each, hence going Dutch.

DKS wrote:

Wanjiru ran 1:01:10. He fell back from the lead group after 5k already. He said, the pace was to fast for him as he's in the middle of the preparation for Chicago.

I don't think we'll ever again see a WR in Chicago.

And I have my doubts about Wanjiru being the one who runs one, be it Rotterdam or anywhere. As much as the letsrun.com community loves him and hates Geb, he still has to prove he has the consistency. I doubt it.

Nutella wrote:

I have my doubts about Wanjiru being the one who runs one, be it Rotterdam or anywhere. As much as the letsrun.com community loves him and hates Geb, he still has to prove he has the consistency. I doubt it.

Agreed. He has maybe two or three more of the "crazy fast early pace - grinding down the last few km" marathons in him before he is spent and hobbling around.

DKS wrote:

Wanjiru said he's not aiming for the WR in Chicago. He only wants to win. His plan is to break the WR next year. Either in Rotterdam or Berlin.

This makes me think that Wanjiru will no longer break any records.

I would like to see either Geb or Kibet or both of them (might as well dream), break the record in Berlin.

Wanjiru ran a 61.25 half at Lisbon (placed 7th) earlier this year a month before he won London in 2.05.10....

He's training for Chicago...He knows what he's doing

Herdsman wrote:

Wanjiru ran a 61.25 half at Lisbon (placed 7th) earlier this year a month before he won London in 2.05.10....

He's training for Chicago...He knows what he's doing

Whatever. I hate to break it to you dude, but your Dutch sucks. Take a class man.

J.R. wrote:

I would like to see either Geb or Kibet or both of them (might as well dream), break the record in Berlin.

I think it's either none or both. But we'll see soon enough.