Impressive bounce back from a clearly disapointing race in Berlin
Impressive bounce back from a clearly disapointing race in Berlin
Is there an elite field released?
No serious competitors which might signify a time trial type race. Geoffrey Kamworor is a pretty impressive runner but I honestly don't think he can threaten Kipsang.
WRattempt? wrote:
http://nyrr.org/media-center/2017/2017-tcs-new-york-city-marathon/professional-athlete-fields?_ga=2.213708116.1924503618.1507686343-672700063.1507477385No serious competitors which might signify a time trial type race. Geoffrey Kamworor is a pretty impressive runner but I honestly don't think he can threaten Kipsang.
It's NYC- you don't time trial that course. Ghebreslassie rocked it last year with a 2:07 which is a high quality time on the course. Looks like the biggest threat to him was just added to the field (plus Kamworor). Kipsang has won the race in the past and knows how to close on the course. Ghebreslassie was unchallenged late in the race last year. We could get to see a nice duel. Good work by the NYRR to add him after his DNF in Berlin.
NERunner053 wrote:
WRattempt? wrote:http://nyrr.org/media-center/2017/2017-tcs-new-york-city-marathon/professional-athlete-fields?_ga=2.213708116.1924503618.1507686343-672700063.1507477385No serious competitors which might signify a time trial type race. Geoffrey Kamworor is a pretty impressive runner but I honestly don't think he can threaten Kipsang.
It's NYC- you don't time trial that course. Ghebreslassie rocked it last year with a 2:07 which is a high quality time on the course. Looks like the biggest threat to him was just added to the field (plus Kamworor). Kipsang has won the race in the past and knows how to close on the course. Ghebreslassie was unchallenged late in the race last year. We could get to see a nice duel. Good work by the NYRR to add him after his DNF in Berlin.
RUPP 2:09:20 >>>>> Gheb 2:07
hah hah hah hah
there were also more spectators on any given mile- except possibly the Bronx- than whole damn Chicago race... what a "major" yuk yuk.
NERunner053 wrote:
[quote]WRattempt? wrote:
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It's NYC- you don't time trial that course.....
Unless your initials are MK
WRattempt? wrote:
https://twitter.com/Kipsang_2_03_23/status/917828091325702144Impressive bounce back from a clearly disapointing race in Berlin
I'm not sure how I feel about this. I'm still quite agitated that he dropped out of Berlin at exactly 30km. The act was so casual, and even though there is no evidence or proof, I believe it was planned. Kipchoge wasn't fully recovered from breaking 2, and Kipsang would have pushed for the W. Just look at what Adola did.
He should have entered Chicago, and he could have jogged to a 2:06 winning time!
NYC does not excite me.
WRattempt? wrote:
No serious competitors which might signify a time trial type race. Geoffrey Kamworor is a pretty impressive runner but I honestly don't think he can threaten Kipsang.
Fairly bad post.
New York is not a course to time trial. If that's what he wanted there are better races for it, even late in the fall season. Ever heard of FUKUOKA?
Kamworor has the ability to threaten Kipsang if he ever properly transitions to the marathon. For some reason he has still been trying to run fast 5000s on the track. He set his 2:06:12 PR back in 2012 (at stated age 20!), ran 2:06 again in 2013 AND 2014, and all available evidence is that he isn't falling off at all (stated age 25). Plus New York will be a great course for him.
very excited Kipsang jumped on board for the nyc marathon .. re: bounce-back tho? i dont really necessarily think we need to look too much into the "bouncing back" part.. I dont believe it was an injury issue at Berlin, and he dropped out at the 30km... flat course too, so not as much time needed to recover from that before getting back to training again. I'm sure there are alotta LetsRun ppl on here that train for marathons that can relate - we do 18+ mile hard runs during our training weeks. It requires some rest time, but we cont training on for days/weeks until the marathon day. Kipsang does 18 atr berlin so he most def still has time to recover and do a couple more workouts ... and still taper/back off before NYC.
Regards to competition tho: Kamworor has already beaten Kipsang at the NYC marathon in 2015. Should be a very exciting race to see the two clash again.
Anyways.... Good luck to anyone running nyc that's reading this!
great news!
I don't think it matters for him whether he wins it in 2:05 or 2:09, so for sure not a time trial.
getting excited for nyc, though I'd be glad to finish 55 minutes behind this guy...
Why is Wardian on the elite list?
above_average_joe wrote:
great news!
I don't think it matters for him whether he wins it in 2:05 or 2:09, so for sure not a time trial.
getting excited for nyc, though I'd be glad to finish 55 minutes behind this guy...
Kipsang+50 is my goal at NYC this year. He better not run a 2:10+.
last minute add as a pacer for Meb. That's what our soles on the ground are telling us.
You did see the video of him vomiting shortly afterwards right?
scorpion_runner wrote:
WRattempt? wrote:https://twitter.com/Kipsang_2_03_23/status/917828091325702144Impressive bounce back from a clearly disapointing race in Berlin
I'm not sure how I feel about this. I'm still quite agitated that he dropped out of Berlin at exactly 30km. The act was so casual, and even though there is no evidence or proof, I believe it was planned. Kipchoge wasn't fully recovered from breaking 2, and Kipsang would have pushed for the W. Just look at what Adola did.
He should have entered Chicago, and he could have jogged to a 2:06 winning time!
NYC does not excite me.
scorpion_runner wrote:
WRattempt? wrote:https://twitter.com/Kipsang_2_03_23/status/917828091325702144Impressive bounce back from a clearly disapointing race in Berlin
I'm not sure how I feel about this. I'm still quite agitated that he dropped out of Berlin at exactly 30km. The act was so casual, and even though there is no evidence or proof, I believe it was planned. Kipchoge wasn't fully recovered from breaking 2, and Kipsang would have pushed for the W. Just look at what Adola did.
He should have entered Chicago, and he could have jogged to a 2:06 winning time!
NYC does not excite me.
Oh my god, not everything is a #$%$ing conspiracy!
Tell that to your president!
If Kipsang is feeling good, I would love to see him attempt to break the course record.
Yeah, but last year they screwed up with elite field, Taesse Dabi, a 2:16 pb who won every major nyrr local race that year leading into marathon was made sub elite, meaning they run a different first 5k of the course then merge in, he was in the lead pack until mile 19 when the eritrean guy pulled away, He went on to finish 6th in 2:13 beating athletes like Meb and such, NYRR has no clue when it comes to elite fields. This year they made a women whos a 2:48 runner elite but neglected to make belaynesh Fikadu whom is one of the 10 fastest 5k runners of all time, elite.
Also speaking of mens field, Lelisa Desisa I have it on good knowledge has had great training and could be a factor, also Lami birhanu you forget is early 20s so whatever factors affected him previously should be better. Not to mention,
scorpion_runner wrote:
WRattempt? wrote:https://twitter.com/Kipsang_2_03_23/status/917828091325702144Impressive bounce back from a clearly disapointing race in Berlin
I'm not sure how I feel about this. I'm still quite agitated that he dropped out of Berlin at exactly 30km. The act was so casual, and even though there is no evidence or proof, I believe it was planned. Kipchoge wasn't fully recovered from breaking 2, and Kipsang would have pushed for the W. Just look at what Adola did.
He should have entered Chicago, and he could have jogged to a 2:06 winning time!
NYC does not excite me.
Every post confirms you're an idiot. Nobody cares what excites you.
Op Meant: Kipsang to win NYC Marathon