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How many cut the course in regular French races? I was shocked to see everyone cutting the course at every opportunity in a couple road races I ran in Paris.
How many cut the course in regular French races? I was shocked to see everyone cutting the course at every opportunity in a couple road races I ran in Paris.
I have never seen anybody cutting a course and there are chips with tracking in big races.
Maybe it happens with runners who only want to be finishers but the top 20% of any race in France is legit.
I'm afraid the only chance of distance running medal in Paris for France would have been Gressier in the marathon if he had decided to move up earlier. But he prefers 5k/10k at the moment where top 8 seems to be the best possible outcome.
I'm afraid the only chance of distance running medal in Paris for France would have been Gressier in the marathon if he had decided to move up earlier. But he prefers 5k/10k at the moment where top 8 seems to be the best possible outcome.
Pretty sure Gressier gets tons of money from his sponsors for his performances. Would he get more if he ended up top three in a major marathon once a year?
Top 8 in the 5000 in the world is very good. Are Kejelcha, Aregawi and such asking themselves what are they doing in the 5k after ending up in spots 5-7?
No, they're in different teams with different sponsors. They meet up, sometimes, at mandated National training camps, and in Font Romeu, the national "high altitude" (1800m) training camp.
No, they're in different teams with different sponsors. They meet up, sometimes, at mandated National training camps, and in Font Romeu, the national "high altitude" (1800m) training camp.
Thanks. I know Navarro, at least, is in a French group that trains in the Eldoret area so I was wondering if they're all part of that group.
Navarro and other top french athletes like Mekdes (National record holder for the marathon), Manon Trapp (french XC champion) or Djilali Bedrani (World 3000 ST finalist) go frequently to the Run'ix camp near Iten. Eventhough, they don't belong to the same team and they train on their own most part of the year.
However some pro start to create their own training group. Bastien Augusto and Donovan Christien (two member of the next french XC team) train frequently together, and Jimmy Gressier created its own team a year ago.
And that isn't a country that is known to be good at running at all, quite the opposite.
I'm not sure that this is true. At all. France has in fact a very long tradition in distance running and has produced winners of global championship medals throughout the history of the sport. From Jean Bouin, then on to Alain Mimoun, then on to Michel Jazy, and more recently on to Driss Mazouzi, Mehdi Baala, and Mekhissi-Benabbad, Pierre-Ambroise Bosse. And among those guys there have been several world class performers again throughout history (Michel Bernard, Jean Waddoux, Pascal Thibault, Jean Louis Prianon, Jimmy Gressier more recently etc etc.)
It should be zero surpise that France is producing breakthrough marathon performances right now with their distance running pedigree throughout history.
I think it boils down to very few kids wanting to get into running early in the US. Football, Baseball and even soccer are where gifted athletes spend their early years. So most of these millions of marathon runners towing the lines at US marathons started running later in life.
Over my years of distance running, I have observed that the ones that started early can run laps around those of us that started later in life.
Perhaps in France, kids like running more than the US. they most certainly like cycling and other aerobic sports.
They were ALL born and raised in France. If you're talking about their ethnicity, then :
Mehdi Frère 2h05 -> moroccan mother and white french father, born in France Nicolas Navarro 2h05 -> white french guy Félix Bour 2h06-> white french guy Morhad Amdouni : 2h06 -> tunisian descent, born in France Benjamin Choquert : 2h07 -> white french guy
I know you're talking about Amdouni, you can remove him it doesn't change my point.
Khalid Khannouchi, the US record holder, though, is the one who was born in Morocco.
Checkmate. Imagine having all these weak excuses rather than taking in the reality.
France, TODAY, have put more guys in the 2:05-2:06 range (4) than the US ALL TIME (3).
They also put 5 in one race under Conner mantz's time (4th on the US all time list).
And that isn't a country that is known to be good at running at all, quite the opposite.
I think we have too many running Boston and NY- which aren't really fast courses.
If we could put 20-30 of our best marathoners in a race like Houston or Chicago or even get them in a race something like that one they just had in NY State on the loop course made for OT Qualifying maybe we can see more run faster.
These French people had a fast course and a fast race right next door in Spain.
They were ALL born and raised in France. If you're talking about their ethnicity, then :
Mehdi Frère 2h05 -> moroccan mother and white french father, born in France Nicolas Navarro 2h05 -> white french guy Félix Bour 2h06-> white french guy Morhad Amdouni : 2h06 -> tunisian descent, born in France Benjamin Choquert : 2h07 -> white french guy
I know you're talking about Amdouni, you can remove him it doesn't change my point.
Khalid Khannouchi, the US record holder, though, is the one who was born in Morocco.
Kudos to you, and my apologies. I had assumed they were all move ins such as the case for the Spaniards today. Of note, I’m quite sure that the Americans would be happy to have khannouchi removed from their record books.
Kudos to you, and my apologies. I had assumed they were all move ins such as the case for the Spaniards today. Of note, I’m quite sure that the Americans would be happy to have khannouchi removed from their record books.
Navarro is not a French name
Did one of your favorite youtubers tell you that and you believed it? How do you just state something like that when it is absolutely false? Navarro is a Basque name. The Basque Country is not an independent country, and it occupies portions of both Spanish and French territory. Therefore, the Basque name "Navarro" is both a Spanish and a French name.
I think it boils down to very few kids wanting to get into running early in the US. Football, Baseball and even soccer are where gifted athletes spend their early years. So most of these millions of marathon runners towing the lines at US marathons started running later in life.
Over my years of distance running, I have observed that the ones that started early can run laps around those of us that started later in life.
Perhaps in France, kids like running more than the US. they most certainly like cycling and other aerobic sports.
This is an explanation that comes time and time again which I don't really buy. No other country has anything similar to the high school and college running system. Employed coaches, admission to elite schools based on how fast you run at the scale of how it is in the US is unheard of. Its not like there isn't other sports more important in France either (Football, tennis, rugby, cycling, handball).
Did one of your favorite youtubers tell you that and you believed it? How do you just state something like that when it is absolutely false? Navarro is a Basque name. The Basque Country is not an independent country, and it occupies portions of both Spanish and French territory. Therefore, the Basque name "Navarro" is both a Spanish and a French name.
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Yes, and this year at the Diamond League meet in Florence, the US put more guys under 13:00 in the 5,000 in one race (3) than France has done ALL TIME (2).
This year alone, three Americans have run faster than the French national record.
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