Kibichiy who is a 8:28 steeple chaser seems to have found his niche on the roads. This guy will run 2:07 - 2:08 by end of 2019 if he jumps into it now! That I guarantee.
And who is the Daniel Wanjiru in position 25? Is it the 2017 London marathon champ?
http://cdn.letsrun.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/top-30-houston-men-finish.png
EDWIN DE STEEPLER wrote:
Kibichiy who is a 8:28 steeple chaser seems to have found his niche on the roads. This guy will run 2:07 - 2:08 by end of 2019 if he jumps into it now! That I guarantee.
That I guarantee he will not. You must be a Louisville fanboy.
an honest assessment wrote:
EDWIN DE STEEPLER wrote:
Kibichiy who is a 8:28 steeple chaser seems to have found his niche on the roads. This guy will run 2:07 - 2:08 by end of 2019 if he jumps into it now! That I guarantee.
That I guarantee he will not. You must be a Louisville fanboy.
If he was a fanboy he would have called the school by it’s correct name, the University of Louisville.
...and what will Estrada run for the marathon? They both recorded the same time.
Ask Leonard Korir, Sam Chelangat how hard it is to run even a 63 minute half marathon on your debut. And for comparison, what time did Estrada run on his debut over the half? Fyi, I assume this was Edwin's first half marathon. Augustine Choge on his debut ran 63 though it can be argued that he won the race so maybe he could have run faster if challenged. Edwin's body structure(long legs and strong looking upper body) fits well with the marathon. I guarantee those times, mark my words. Iona's alumni, Stephen Chemlany has a body structure about similar to Edwin. Stephen as just an average NCAA athlete with 5K times in the 13:40s, very similar to Edwin. No one would have predicted Stephen would run 2:06 as he has done it. I see a similar trajectory for this young man. And for your info, I do not know the young man personally nor am I a fan of the school. But I know his Coach Joe Walker while he coached University of Alabama.
Diego ran 60:48 for his debut, 1 min. faster than Edwin so...
Estrada debuted in the half at 60:51 in Houston in 2015. splits 14:41/14:10/14:23/14:32/3:06. He's only run a 2:13:50s marathon since with a few tries at it.
Leonard Korir debuted at 61:19 at the 2013 NYC half to place 4th after going out very slow in 15:05/29:41/43:54/58:07. splits are 15:05/14:36/14:13/14:13/3:12.
We already know that your half time translates much better to your 10k time than your marathon time. Estrada, like Tadese is a horrible comparison. They are TERRIBLE in the marathon in comparison to their half marathon PRs.
Takinadump wrote:
We already know that your half time translates much better to your 10k time than your marathon time. Estrada, like Tadese is a horrible comparison. They are TERRIBLE in the marathon in comparison to their half marathon PRs.
Estrada is still young, he has the potential to run ~2:09........I hope he eventually does, just needs to put it together in the right conditions.
broken arrow wrote:
Takinadump wrote:
We already know that your half time translates much better to your 10k time than your marathon time. Estrada, like Tadese is a horrible comparison. They are TERRIBLE in the marathon in comparison to their half marathon PRs.
Estrada is still young, he has the potential to run ~2:09........I hope he eventually does, just needs to put it together in the right conditions.
He's a nice kid too and has really underachieved in the marathon. I hope he puts it together.
RBoston wrote:
an honest assessment wrote:
That I guarantee he will not. You must be a Louisville fanboy.
If he was a fanboy he would have called the school by it’s correct name, the University of Louisville.
It's spelled Loolvole, thank you very much.
Where is Louisville University? I have never heard of it? Google draws a blank too.
EDWIN DE STEEPLER wrote:
Kibichiy who is a 8:28 steeple chaser seems to have found his niche on the roads.
Looks like we finally have someone who can run with the Africans!
Not his first half. Not that impressive. I believe Matt Llano ran 1:01 and change at Houston and so far he's not turned into a world beater. Houston course is ridiculously fast, conditions were great. Guys spent entire careers trying to crank out results that match what they run at Houston - and often fail.
Herb Lindsay ran 1:01:47 In 1981; Jerry Lawson ran 1:01:43 -1998; if you can’t beat that ..get a job.
EDWIN DE STEEPLER wrote:
Kibichiy who is a 8:28 steeple chaser seems to have found his niche on the roads. This guy will run 2:07 - 2:08 by end of 2019 if he jumps into it now! That I guarantee.
And who is the Daniel Wanjiru in position 25? Is it the 2017 London marathon champ?
http://cdn.letsrun.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/top-30-houston-men-finish.png
Why is Lagat not being scored in the Elite division if he has an Elite bib number? Is it so he can purposefully scalp Masters $$$?
Or is there some scoring rule I'm not aware of that says that Masters runners are no longer eligible for Elite division?
This is because 62 minutes is not elite; if you can’t run under 1:01:28 you are not really elite.
Not elite wrote:
This is because 62 minutes is not elite; if you can’t run under 1:01:28 you are not really elite.
Jared Ward's 6th place at the Olympics would disagree on not being elite. I'll leave that for LRC to debate.
Tricky Rick Pitino wrote:
Where is Louisville University? I have never heard of it? Google draws a blank too.
Looks like we have Kentucky grad here.
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Louisville+Universityrunning commenter wrote:
RBoston wrote:
If he was a fanboy he would have called the school by it’s correct name, the University of Louisville.
It's spelled Loolvole, thank you very much.
Lewisville
Luhville
Looeeville
Luhvul
Depends on what part of town you are from.
Alan
