Might win if Jakob, Fisher, & Kincaid decide not to run...otherwise....good bye
The only problem is most of the runners you named, they rarely share the work which Kiplimo is not afraid of! If the pace drops, count on Kiplimo to up the tempo! Which is why all those runners you named will never run 57:31 on half! It’s easy to just follow sit and kick!
Might win if Jakob, Fisher, & Kincaid decide not to run...otherwise....good bye
The only problem is most of the runners you named, they rarely share the work which Kiplimo is not afraid of! If the pace drops, count on Kiplimo to up the tempo! Which is why all those runners you named will never run 57:31 on half! It’s easy to just follow sit and kick!
In the 3000 that Kiplimo won in 7,26 and outkicked Jakob, I don't recall Kiplimo do any work. After the pacemakers, Mc Sweyn was doing the work, and later Jakob pulled from 600 meters to go to ensure a fast time. Kiplimo only sat and kicked!
I too think Cheptegei should enter Boston not necessarily for winning but for a good debut against Kipchoge. Its clear that he wasn't back to 100% fitness at world cross but he is on his way back there.However, Kiplimo has gone a notch higher than where Cheptegei was hence he should shift his focus to marathon as Kipchoge is clearly going to retire after Paris Olympics.
The only problem is most of the runners you named, they rarely share the work which Kiplimo is not afraid of! If the pace drops, count on Kiplimo to up the tempo! Which is why all those runners you named will never run 57:31 on half! It’s easy to just follow sit and kick!
In the 3000 that Kiplimo won in 7,26 and outkicked Jakob, I don't recall Kiplimo do any work. After the pacemakers, Mc Sweyn was doing the work, and later Jakob pulled from 600 meters to go to ensure a fast time. Kiplimo only sat and kicked!
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Also: Jakob I was frontrunning the last 900m in the Eugene 5000m final. You can´t call that sit and kick.
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I think Kiplimo has a good chance to take the gold in the 10.000m in Budapest. But opposite Acuminiman I would say he shouldn´t waste his energy by prematurely frontrunning. On the contrary he should stay in the frontgroup as he did yesterday until it is time to take off (he did the same thing in the Common Wealth 5000m final where he outkicked Nicolas Kipkorir and Jacob Krop in the homestretch).
It will be more difficult for Kiplimo to win the 5000m in Budapest with hard competition from his name brothers Jakob I and Jacob Krop. And perhaps from a rejuvenated Mo Katir or a Girma if he should try to run the 5000m.
I too think Cheptegei should enter Boston not necessarily for winning but for a good debut against Kipchoge. Its clear that he wasn't back to 100% fitness at world cross but he is on his way back there.However, Kiplimo has gone a notch higher than where Cheptegei was hence he should shift his focus to marathon as Kipchoge is clearly going to retire after Paris Olympics.
An oly/world gold medal winner gets 3rd on XC after coming back from injury. letsrun: MOVE UP TO THE MARATHON!!
I too think Cheptegei should enter Boston not necessarily for winning but for a good debut against Kipchoge. Its clear that he wasn't back to 100% fitness at world cross but he is on his way back there.However, Kiplimo has gone a notch higher than where Cheptegei was hence he should shift his focus to marathon as Kipchoge is clearly going to retire after Paris Olympics.
An oly/world gold medal winner gets 3rd on XC after coming back from injury. letsrun: MOVE UP TO THE MARATHON!!
Agreed. His prime distance is definitely 5K/10K, not on the roads.
Mo Farah waited too long before he could move to the marathon. By the time he made the move others who had moved earlier were already dominant and he couldn't catch up.The same happened to the likes of Tedese and Augustine Choge.The time for Cheptegei to move is now there is nothing left for him to proof in 5k and 10k .Clearly Kiplimo is on a different level .
