macdaddy wrote:
NativeSon wrote:I think I'd throw in Emma Coburn to to a little extent. She is good!
The USA steeplers are repping hard in Kenya apparently.
They probably know Jager best (at least the one's who follow the sport actively) because, a Kenyan friend of mine who I met at the Tokyo Marathon, from Eldoret, says the steeplechase might be the most important event to Kenyans. And it makes sense. They've dominated that event more than the other events.
Everyone saying these Kenyans are bullshitting when they don't know Rupp, have to remember that in Kenyan, Rupp isn't a celebrity, and that your own perspective in America, following mostly American running media who cherish Rupp and Med above all others, aren't household names there. Also, Rupp is still only a new name in marathoning.