I'm going with Feyisa Lelisa or Ghirmay for the London Marathon.

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7 years ago 04/21/2017 8:33am EDT

re: NativeSon

NativeSon wrote:
El Keniano wrote:
Gents
1. Kenenisa Bekele - WR
2. Ghirmay Ghebreslassie
3. Abel Kirui
4. Feyisa Lilesa
5. Bedan Karoki
Ladies
1. Mary Keitany
2. Florence Kiplagat
3. Tigist Tufa
4. Tirunesh Dibaba
5. Vivian Cheruiyot
Ask me for the lottery numbers on Monday.
Not a bad prediction.
I also think Kinyua ran a great marathon. I'll give him a top five.
I ignored both Karoki and Vivian but looking deeply at it, I think they'll surprise everyone.

Possible, but experience is very important. I feel Vivian and Bedan running their first marathons have a higher chance of making rookie mistakes that will surely make them better in the future.

7 years ago 04/21/2017 8:39am EDT

re: No love here

No love here wrote:
Am I the only one that is bugged by Lelisa? He's worse than Rupp when it comes to running up the back of people. No sharing of pace duties- EVER.

I didn't know. Is Rupp known as one who doesn't take his turn in the pace duty?

7 years ago 04/21/2017 9:05am EDT

re: Greedy Guy

Greedy Guy wrote:
No love here wrote:
Am I the only one that is bugged by Lelisa? He's worse than Rupp when it comes to running up the back of people. No sharing of pace duties- EVER.
I didn't know. Is Rupp known as one who doesn't take his turn in the pace duty?

Rupp comes from the track, so he is used to running in a huge pack, where everyone is on top of each other. Also, he is used to running behind pacers, so he never really had to focus on pace duties.

Kenyans like to lead from beginning to end anyway.

Feyisa is Ethiopian, and Ethiopians like to sit and kick, except for Almaz Ayana. Most Ethiopians don't like to lead.

7 years ago 04/21/2017 9:10am EDT

re: Greedy Guy

Also, Bekele never paces. He just sits back to about 4 miles to go because that is what ethiopians do..but people have a problem with Feyisa?

7 years ago 04/21/2017 9:43am EDT

re: Scorpion_runner

Scorpion_runner wrote:
Also, Bekele never paces. He just sits back to about 4 miles to go because that is what ethiopians do..but people have a problem with Feyisa?

Well, not sure I completely agree with that. Aside from his WRs which he obviously ran a large portion by himself, he also lead almost the entire 5,000m in Beijing Olympics and lead a lot in his x-country days.

You're right he also did his fair share of sitting but quite a few examples of him leading the pack

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