Bekele in London - Prediction thread

Okay... wrote:

One of many wrote:

Shocker: a Letsrun poster talking out of their backside...

Hey hey hey play nice. He admitted his fault.

You're right. At least he owned up to it. That's rare around this cesspool.

Dennis T Reynolds wrote:

boots on the ground wrote:

but he has been so inconsistent at the marathon.

LOL, come on bro. "so inconsistent" is a ridiculous statement.

Paris 2014 - 2:05:04 CR 1st

Chicago 2014 - 2:05:51 4th

Dubai 2015 - DNF

London 2016 - 2:06:36 3rd

Berlin 2016 - 2:03:03 1st

Dubai 2017 - DNF

To me that is kind of inconsistent for an elite marathoner, 2 DNF, and 2:06 last year in London...where Kipsang will drop 2:04 or less whenever he does a flat course marathon, and he will not DNF

3 impressive solid times, 1 weak time( 2016 London 2:06 is pretty weak based on elite standards), and 2 DNF ......He ran the second best marathon time in marathon history last year, but before that he was only good in 2014.

grade: Satisfactory

Well, Kipsang actually ran the 2016 London marathon and was more than a minute behind Bekele (2:07:52). Quite far from 2:04 to my best knowledge.

Never know what form an elite marathoner is in before the gun fires. But if he's in good Bekele shape and the current weather forecast is about right, I'd guess he'll run a world record

I predict great things

London has fake testing, Bekele will do 2:03.

scorpion_runner wrote:

Dennis T Reynolds wrote:

LOL, come on bro. "so inconsistent" is a ridiculous statement.

Paris 2014 - 2:05:04 CR 1st

Chicago 2014 - 2:05:51 4th

Dubai 2015 - DNF

London 2016 - 2:06:36 3rd

Berlin 2016 - 2:03:03 1st

Dubai 2017 - DNF

To me that is kind of inconsistent for an elite marathoner, 2 DNF, and 2:06 last year in London...where Kipsang will drop 2:04 or less whenever he does a flat course marathon, and he will not DNF

3 impressive solid times, 1 weak time( 2016 London 2:06 is pretty weak based on elite standards), and 2 DNF ......He ran the second best marathon time in marathon history last year, but before that he was only good in 2014.

grade: Satisfactory

London 2016 is much less about the time and more about the place. 3rd at that race with that field is fantastic. Plus as someone said the 2017 Dubai DNF was a fluke because of a fall.

Not the all time greatest marathoner by any means but extremely good. I really want you to do an analysis of others who are great marathoners and see their results, I think you would be surprised.

I think we'll see a world record. He's in shape, has that new Sub2 watch and Ghirmay will push him far. But I'll be rooting for Kirui to make top 3.

https://twitter.com/Sportsbeat/status/855138352659607552

https://twitter.com/LondonMarathon/status/855120684850262018

One of many wrote:

boots on the ground wrote:

You got me there. For some reason I thought there were a couple more DNF than that.

I also forgot Kipchoge ran so fast last year at London. I was thinking the CR was around 204.

Shocker: a Letsrun poster talking out of their backside...

The actual shocker is admitting they were wrong. At least someone has some class on here.

SomebodyHadToSay wrote:

I predict great things

I can't believe it took that long.

I, too, expect great things.

Every time we expect great things from him, we are let down.

The only time we didn't expect anything, he dropped a 2:03:03.

We'd better not expect or even predict anything. This guy is just unpredictable.

Gents

1. Kenenisa Bekele - WR

Would the Nike Project abandon if Bekele literally ran sub 2 in london lol?

One of many wrote:

You're right. At least he owned up to it. That's rare around this cesspool.

Yeah, I was shocked. I think that's a first for me seeing that.

scorpion_runner wrote:

1 weak time( 2016 London 2:06 is pretty weak based on elite standards), and 2 DNF

You heard it here first, folks - Galen Rupp is WEAK and not elite!

And come on. The 2 DNF were on the same course. It has his number. So take out Dubai and you have a solid record.

scorpion_runner wrote:

He ran the second best marathon time in marathon history last year, but before that he was only good in 2014.

So what you're saying is that when the greatest of all time on the track switched to the marathon he was good. But as he has trained for it he became great. 👏🏻🤝 Sounds like the regular course of events for me.

I just want to know how to watch the race?

I predict no world record but I def think he has a chance.

He'll probably run just under 2:04 if he wins the race.

Anyone know how I can watch this man blast the WR for free?

I saw Bekele sitting on a park bench reading Great Expectations. Expect great things.

He took a dump today. This is a good sign. Expect great things.

scoprion_runner wrote:

Well, actually he is part of the original sub 2 hour marathon project, which consists of runners from all over, regardless of what shoe brand sponsors them. Wilson Kipsang is part of that same group.

Right you are. Many don't realize that the original sub2project was started in 2014 by a group of exercise scientists who wanted to collaborate with many different groups to break the 2 hour 'thon. Their ambitions were to work with athletes in a comprehensive way (training regimens, nutrition, etc) and break 2 hours within 5 years. In the last year, Nike started their breaking2 project and it has eclipsed the original, and gotten all the attention of late. I don't know if Nike's project swallowed up the other, or if it is just getting the spotlight right now.