He’ll be drinking the same cheat juice as ‘The Goat’ and may just pull it off! But he’s way past his prime now and blew his wad on the Berlin course a couple of years ago when he drank that version of the juice which now has a different rotated masking agent.
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Kenenisa Bekele: "[2:01:41] Is Not Enough. I Want More"
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40-year-old Ethiopian great Kenenisa Bekele to go for win in London Marathon
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Bad Wigins wrote:
Can he run a 2:01:08!!! Can he do it?
Banana Bread would rise from the dead
I clicked on this thread to see what Banana Bread would say. Where is he?
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Bekele should replicate his GNR pace here. So that would be 2:02 and a few seconds. It would give him the course record for London, making it the best athletic performance ever seen on British soil. I guess the WR will fall next year. I can't wait to see Bekele in action on sunday. The GNR was just a training run to get in the racing mindset for the full mary. Even if he doesn't get the WR then he will still literally blow the doors off the current over 40's WR
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I hope the man exceeds all expectations.
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Wetcoast wrote:
That was a good joke lol!!!!!!!
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Sub 2 incoming.
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Don't put limits on yourself Bekele. Have confidence and do your best and all the naysayers will be bowing at your feet.
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Banana bread my favourite poster
Insights more subtle than a rollercoaster
This is something I think about daily
Why the fork does nothing really rhyme with Bekele?
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Glad it's in London
Not the leaning tower of Pisa
Want to see him running
The crowds and Kenenisa.
Go Kenny go
It's giving me the chills
I just hope that you
Are not doped to the gills.
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Well he isn't going to get it. He'll be lucky to be in contention for top 5. Give it up, dude is no longer relevant.
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Mo Farah is going to absolutely smoke him for 6th place
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track chick wrote:
Glad it's in London
Not the leaning tower of Pisa
Want to see him running
The crowds and Kenenisa.
Go Kenny go
It's giving me the chills
I just hope that you
Are not doped to the gills.
🤦
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Who really cares -
It's a bit of fun.
I wrote it for a laugh
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Safari87 wrote:
Wise Old Man wrote:
Did you read the quote from Hermans?
“He did not have perfect preparation, was a bit sick last week, but we will see what he can do.”
Sounds like a high likelihood of a DNF if not an outright DNS….Chance he wins is 0% and I say no better than even chance he finishes in the top 10 if he makes it to the starting line and then the finish line.
This is why i can’t stand Jos Hermens. This is the same guy who brings his athlete into the race knowing he is underprepared (for example, Amsterdam a few years ago), then calls out his own athlete in public when he unsurprisingly DNF’s.
It's not Hermens' job to be prepared for the race. It's the athlete's. He has played a huge role in increasing the amount of money these elites get paid, and he's made them a LOT more money than they would have made otherwise. If they're showing up at anything less than optimal condition to perform, he's right to manage expectations beforehand and call them out afterwards.
Bekele has dropped out of 4 of his last 9 races. Every time Bekele drops out or poops the bed, he makes it harder for someone else to get an appearance fee.
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track chick wrote:
Who really cares -
It's a bit of fun.
I wrote it for a laugh
R U ok though hun?I'll survive I guess. It's Banana Bread you should be worried about. I hope you haven't offended him.
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I’ll be merrily playing the ukulele for my man Bekelele!
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fell in love with a clown at a moron show wrote:
Safari87 wrote:
This is why i can’t stand Jos Hermens. This is the same guy who brings his athlete into the race knowing he is underprepared (for example, Amsterdam a few years ago), then calls out his own athlete in public when he unsurprisingly DNF’s.
It's not Hermens' job to be prepared for the race. It's the athlete's. He has played a huge role in increasing the amount of money these elites get paid, and he's made them a LOT more money than they would have made otherwise. If they're showing up at anything less than optimal condition to perform, he's right to manage expectations beforehand and call them out afterwards.
Bekele has dropped out of 4 of his last 9 races. Every time Bekele drops out or poops the bed, he makes it harder for someone else to get an appearance fee.
He's the GOAT. If he even agrees to do the race, the organisers should feel privileged.
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Banana Bread wrote:
Bekele should replicate his GNR pace here. So that would be 2:02 and a few seconds. It would give him the course record for London, making it the best athletic performance ever seen on British soil. I guess the WR will fall next year. I can't wait to see Bekele in action on sunday. The GNR was just a training run to get in the racing mindset for the full mary. Even if he doesn't get the WR then he will still literally blow the doors off the current over 40's WR
Slightly off topic but...reg the GNR, what do you suppose Kipchoge could run in that event? Is there anything that would entice or motivate him to attempt to break the CR?
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Bekele chances of breaking the world record are slim. The man is too old and doesn’t have the motivation. Don’t know how many years he still has left…he has been running at a world class level for God knows how many years. Time to hang up the shoes and retire.
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FionaBayly wrote:
I hope the man exceeds all expectations.
Lots of love here
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