Lets combine letsrun's 2 favorite topics: What percent effort would Bekele have to exert to win NCAA xc?

It would be like cherry picking your local turkey trot.

TOTAL DEVESTATION!!!

Pretty sure ches would take him in a tactical race

90%

He would still win by 30 seconds, even whilst wearing a Santa suit and pulling a little cart with a cheerleader on it.

A nice 10k tempo, and then he'd do a 10-12 mile easy run.

Clayton Murphy wrote:

Pretty sure ches would take him in a tactical race

Bekele cruises the first three miles in the low 4:30s then decides whether not to go from 60 to 70% if Ches is anywhere near.

Depends if a Henry Rono type 26 year old soph shows up.

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PRs for Kenenisa Bekele:

1500 m (Outdoor): 3:32.35 on 28 Sep 2007

One Mile (Indoor): 4:01.57 on 3 Feb 2006

2000 m (Outdoor): 4:58.98+ on 25 Jul 2007

2000 m (Indoor): 4:49.99 WR on 17 Feb 2007

3000 m (Outdoor): 7:25.79 on 7 Aug 2007

3000 m (Indoor): 7:30.51 on 20 Feb 2007

Two Miles (Outdoor): 8:13.51 on 26 May 2007

Two Miles (Indoor): 8:04.35 WR on 16 Feb 2008

5000 m (Outdoor): 12:37.35 WR on 31 May 2004

5000 m (Indoor): 12:49.60 WR on 20 Feb 2004

10000 m (Outdoor): 26:17.53 WR on 26 Aug 2005

10 km (Outdoor): 27:47 on 15 Apr 2012

15 km (Outdoor): 42:42 on 9 Dec 2001

Half Marathon (Outdoor): 60:09 on 15 Sep 2013

Marathon (Outdoor): 2:05:04 on 6 Apr 2014

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PRs for Kenenisa Bekele:

1500 m (Outdoor): 3:32.35 on 28 Sep 2007

One Mile (Indoor): 4:01.57 on 3 Feb 2006

2000 m (Outdoor): 4:58.98+ on 25 Jul 2007

2000 m (Indoor): 4:49.99 WR on 17 Feb 2007

3000 m (Outdoor): 7:25.79 on 7 Aug 2007

3000 m (Indoor): 7:30.51 on 20 Feb 2007

Two Miles (Outdoor): 8:13.51 on 26 May 2007

Two Miles (Indoor): 8:04.35 WR on 16 Feb 2008

5000 m (Outdoor): 12:37.35 WR on 31 May 2004

5000 m (Indoor): 12:49.60 WR on 20 Feb 2004

10000 m (Outdoor): 26:17.53 WR on 26 Aug 2005

10 km (Outdoor): 27:47 on 15 Apr 2012

15 km (Outdoor): 42:42 on 9 Dec 2001

Half Marathon (Outdoor): 60:09 on 15 Sep 2013

Marathon (Outdoor): 2:03:03 on 25 Sep 2015

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Like all of his World XC titles (I was at a few of them) he would sit right behind the leaders then once he got bored (prob around 8k) make 1 big move get a lead then just cruise in

On current form Bekele would fall at the start, run tempo to halfway then pull out with an injury.

At his best, it would Bekele's warm-up.

Having said that, Lindgren's 16:08 4 miler at Mt Sac would outlive even the great Bekele.

bhbfv wrote:

On current form Bekele would fall at the start, run tempo to halfway then pull out with an injury.

At his best, it would Bekele's warm-up.

Having said that, Lindgren's 16:08 4 miler at Mt Sac would outlive even the great Bekele.

split 12:31 5k in 4 mile cross country race. Ok bro. Lindgren would be a back of the pack runner in world cross country xc, let alone competing with bekele.

pics (this is really the favorite topic on letsrun)

KB would win easily. As long as he was doped as usual by Hermens and crew. Clean? Ches would beat him. Ches might have been older than most college seniors when he was a frosh, but he's definitely clean. KB was just a superb responder to drugs.

At his current fitness/health level, likely 105% effort. At his prime, probably 80-85% effort.

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I'm thiking 55%, but nothing to base that on really.

What's the other topic???? Subject says combine 2 topics.