Seeing what she did on the track, she should be able to become great on the roads. Her current best is 2:20 in 2014, but she can definitely beat that based on her performance in rio and her 1:06 prep half marathon. She is still making the transition. I say she runs a low 2:19 in london but ultimatly gets to the 2:17s if she focuses on the event.
Come on IAAF wrote:
Seeing what she did on the track, she should be able to become great on the roads. Her current best is 2:20 in 2014, but she can definitely beat that based on her performance in rio and her 1:06 prep half marathon. She is still making the transition. I say she runs a low 2:19 in london but ultimatly gets to the 2:17s if she focuses on the event.
Possibly. She ran 2:20 in her first marathon( London 2014), which isn't only impressive as a debut time, but it is a top marathon time in general. She probably would have won the london marathon that year had she not dropped her water bottle. Edna and Florence Kilplegat turned on the jets as soon as they saw her drop it, and it was just too hard for her to make up the time. They knew they had to drop her, because they knew they were no match for her track speed, and couldn't have her tailing along going into the last 2-3 miles.
However, I think the sabbatical from running to become a mother has really hurt her athletic ability. She just doesn't look the same since her return to running. I'm a huge fan, and I would never underestimate her, and she is still young. Plus she is still learning to run the marathon, but the way she got destroyed in the RAK half marathon just wasn't a pretty sight. She is very experienced in the half marathon, and she comes from the track, so she shouldn't have been blown away like that.
Hopefully, she'll be back in top form tomorrow.....
Depends on her CERA intake. Total fraud.
DIDOPER NEEDS BANNED FROM THE SPORT.
She is done.
scoprion_runner wrote:
However, I think the sabbatical from running to become a mother has really hurt her athletic ability. She just doesn't look the same since her return to running.
What a nonsense. She made a PR on track last year in the Rio final.
Dibaba does not rely on Doppler!
mako wrote:
scoprion_runner wrote:However, I think the sabbatical from running to become a mother has really hurt her athletic ability. She just doesn't look the same since her return to running.
What a nonsense. She made a PR on track last year in the Rio final.
Everybody PR'd in that race, and she came in a distant third behind Vivian, and she lost to Vivian in the Great North 1/2 Marathon race earlier this year. And she got blown off the road in the RAK 1/2 marathon. Her form fell off during those races, even she has admitted that.
I hope she is able to recapture her ability, and run a great race tomorrow.
Come on IAAF wrote:
Seeing what she did on the track, she should be able to become great on the roads. Her current best is 2:20 in 2014, but she can definitely beat that based on her performance in rio and her 1:06 prep half marathon. She is still making the transition. I say she runs a low 2:19 in london but ultimatly gets to the 2:17s if she focuses on the event.
and she appears to be back in top form! ...2:17 third fastest female marathon in history .
You called it! 2:17
It was an easy prediction for me on Mary....but what an insane race and run.
I personally think that the both of them gained something from that blazing RAK half marathon....what a race.
Yes, great great performance from Dibaba in her second marathon.
scoprion_runner wrote:
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Possibly.
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However, I think the sabbatical from running to become a mother has really hurt her athletic ability. She just doesn't look the same since her return to running. I'm a huge fan, and I would never underestimate her,
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Maybe you just did :)
I would never underestimate her is just that...I didn't..your post does not make sense..I never ruled her out, and hoped that she would have a great race. I was just merely stating that she hadn't looked good in her last 2 distance races.
However, she had a great race, which I hoped for.
It's okay--you underestimated her Rio 10K as well, so at least you're consistent.
scoprion_runner wrote:
Come on IAAF wrote:Seeing what she did on the track, she should be able to become great on the roads. Her current best is 2:20 in 2014, but she can definitely beat that based on her performance in rio and her 1:06 prep half marathon. She is still making the transition. I say she runs a low 2:19 in london but ultimatly gets to the 2:17s if she focuses on the event.
and she appears to be back in top form! ...2:17 third fastest female marathon in history .
You called it! 2:17
It was an easy prediction for me on Mary....but what an insane race and run.
I personally think that the both of them gained something from that blazing RAK half marathon....what a race.
Good halfers don't always make great marathoners. I wonder who between Peres Jepchirchir and Joyciline Jepkosgei will make it.
Did Dibaba have diarrhea?
Mike Litt wrote:
Did Dibaba have diarrhea?
Probably stomach cramp.
ban the didopers wrote:
DIDOPER NEEDS BANNED FROM THE SPORT.
Wow, you're such a douchebag or is it douche bag?
Same same
If you had proof, it would be different but all she's been doing since she was a baby(face) is to race like a champ so go f@ck yourself!