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  • sub 48 400

    Anonymous Poster

    16 years ago 01/09/2010 12:55pm EST
    re: Danny Komen

    Danny Komen wrote:

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/athletics/8448650.stm

    From the man himself. I know it's been debated a lot on here in the past so thought it might be interesting. He also says he can run 1:48 for 800m and that he runs over 100mpw and runs twice a day, everyday.

    This is while training for the 5/10k but the Ethiopians are famous for doing loads of sprints and strides so it's not as if he never practices sprinting.

    400 PB of 49 and he ye can run within 3 seconds of that at the end of a 5k/10k race. Guy is a fricken machine.

    Yeah. And he's drug free too, lol. Just ask honest Josh Hermens. He would never be involved in anything unethical.

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    MarathonMind

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    16 years ago 01/09/2010 2:33pm EST
    re: mplatt

    Just a stupid question here but does any of this mean that if KB could run 47-48 that he could then lower his WR's?

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    3200guy

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    16 years ago 01/09/2010 2:41pm EST
    re: MarathonMind

    MarathonMind wrote:

    Just a stupid question here but does any of this mean that if KB could run 47-48 that he could then lower his WR's?

    No. For all we know, when he's in his top 5k/10k shape he may be in only 51-52 400 shape. The difference maker is that he's in such good aerobic shape that he could theoretically run an all-out 400 at the end of a tactical 10k.

  • SMJO

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    16 years ago 01/09/2010 2:43pm EST
    re: 3200guy

    Nobody actually gets in that sort of "theoretical" shape.

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    on the runs

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    16 years ago 01/09/2010 2:47pm EST
    re: MarathonMind

    MarathonMind wrote:

    Just a stupid question here but does any of this mean that if KB could run 47-48 that he could then lower his WR's?

    It means that if Bekele were a 47-48 man that he wouldn't be able to run 26:17.

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    on the runs

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    16 years ago 01/09/2010 2:49pm EST
    re: sub 48 400

    sub 48 400 wrote:

    Yeah. And he's drug free too, lol. Just ask honest Josh Hermens. He would never be involved in anything unethical.

    You could as Meb since he had a manager named Jos Hermens until 2005 (not sure who Josh is).

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    3200guy

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    16 years ago 01/09/2010 3:02pm EST
    re: SMJO

    SMJO wrote:

    Nobody actually gets in that sort of "theoretical" shape.

    I disagree. I bet if you'd asked Bekele to race a 400 the same week he ran 26:17, he would be able to muster 50.high at best probably not under 51.

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    MarathonMind

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    16 years ago 01/09/2010 11:06pm EST
    re: 3200guy

    Uh huh. I actually agree with both you and SMJO. IOW This is a huge waste of time to argue about.

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    phillie phan

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    16 years ago 01/10/2010 4:16pm EST
    re: Danny Komen

    That was a really interesting video- thanks for posting it! KB is certainly a reclusive figure in comparison to Geb and Tergat, but it's fun as a fan to watch him coming out of his shell a bit and beginning to enter the public gaze, so to speak. Looks like he has a serious PR team advising him as well, which is probably a good bet.

  • Bekele2

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    16 years ago 01/10/2010 5:00pm EST
    re: 3200guy

    3200guy wrote:

    I disagree. I bet if you'd asked Bekele to race a 400 the same week he ran 26:17, he would be able to muster 50.high at best probably not under 51.

    Did you listen to the interview? He said that his 49 came while training for the 10,000.

  • nimrod

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    16 years ago 01/10/2010 5:15pm EST
    re: Bekele2

    3200guy wrote:

    I disagree. I bet if you'd asked Bekele to race a 400 the same week he ran 26:17, he would be able to muster 50.high at best probably not under 51.

    Yes idiot, that 49 came while training for the African Games 400.

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