Kurui lost because of his parachute, er, "proudness" jacket

Not sure his was a win for athletes who like hiding from the wind.

Exactly, the jacket was the only reason he lost. The same goes for Desi who wore a jacket too...wait, what?

Division 1 online, Idiot in real life wrote:

Exactly, the jacket was the only reason he lost. The same goes for Desi who wore a jacket too...wait, what?

Boom. This thread is now over.

PeteMesquite89 wrote:

Division 1 online, Idiot in real life wrote:

Exactly, the jacket was the only reason he lost. The same goes for Desi who wore a jacket too...wait, what?

Boom. This thread is now over.

Desi's jacket was form fitting, and didn't create drag. Brook's jackets are the best. The Nike jacket created a lot of drag, because it was too big and too loose.

Same with Shalane's and Edna's jacket. jackets need to be close to the body and not loose.

for a pro runner the jacket should fit close. but loose fit might have better cooling, I know it was cold but you want to be warm without overheating. but honestly in the rain youd want a plastic rain cover, best aerodynamics and also wicking. just for the shoulders and torso, you want no resistance at all on your arms swinging like a pendulum.

4:10 online, 5:40 on the track wrote:

The front runners blew up big time... Desi and kawauchi were tucked in longer.

Kawauchi was not 'tucked in' - he surged like five times before making his final break to win?

True, Kirui lost the race but at the same time won my heart for his guts to go for it when everyone else had no guts. Where did the three Ethiopians earlier predicted to go 1-2-3 end up? Berhanu, Tola and Desisa all three were never in this race. Indeed had Kirui removed his jacket with 10K to go he would have won the race.

Today's race reminds us why Eliud Kipchoge is a GOAT. Though in Berlin last year the wind was quite insignificant Kipchoge battling the rain, getting dropped by Adola but comes back and wins the race is not the kind of thing that happens everyday and more so when you consider that the other two top contenders (Bekele and Wilson Kipsang) were forced to drop out.

Doesn't anyone wear wool clothing on cold rainy days? Its the only warm breathable option I know.

jacketgate wrote:

4:10 online, 5:40 on the track wrote:

The front runners blew up big time... Desi and kawauchi were tucked in longer.

Kawauchi was not 'tucked in' - he surged like five times before making his final break to win?

Was going to say the exact same thing. How are people so clueless here? The bizarre thing is that they make these outlandish statements as fact, and get all pissy when they're called on it. So weird.

4:10 online, 5:40 on the track wrote:

Some cyclists chiming in and were spot on. Thing was a sail / parachute... At about halfway he was toying with his hand on his jacket zipper for a good 5 seconds, not sure if he should take it off, weighing in the cold vs. wind resistance.

Costly mistake. Today was basically a cycling stage, about hiding from the wind. The front runners blew up big time... Desi and kawauchi were tucked in longer.

Kurui's "jacket" has a Nike Swoosh. Blame Nike. Their gear failed in wet-cold weather.

He and the other E africans lost because it is apparent EPO doesnt work in this weather

Yuki- he did a great job of tucking in when he wasn't leading. He just had power the whole way and used it to decimate the field. He would have been top three at least even in perfect conditions.

Kirui- that jacket was a sail, and his wide arm carriage only made it worse. Had he taken it off though, he would have DNF'd like all the other Africans.

The runners who succeeded had more body fat, regardless of whether they had a jacket or not.