From a few years back there's Kenneth Cheruiyot. He won Rotterdam in 2000 and at the same race in 2002 he fell and broke his arm at around 10K, but got back up, kept going and finished second. He's also a killer. Literally. He was "spending some time" with a married woman her husband came home. Cheruiyot killed him. He's also married to Olympic 1500 Champ Nancy Lagat.
Obviously Nate Jenkins. This isn't even a fair fight. He could literally eat Geb and Merga in a single sitting and then hammer a 3x half marathon workout at half marathon pace, drinking a pony keg of used motor oil for rest intervals.
I once saw him scissor kick Angela Lansbury.
Jonesy or Deek.
In a few years, solinksy.
Deek with Jones a close second.
"which elite marathoner would you pick to win in a street fight?"
Are they fighting 10 year old girls or nursing home residents?
BRIAN SELL IS STRAIGHT UP REEDDDNEECKK
5er wrote:
Peter Maher - Couldn't find a picture of him, but he was a 2:11 guy, twice olympian. 6'5", bald. Him running in a pack was odd. Looked like he could just knee people and knock them over.
This is the guy I was thinking of, but couldn't remember his name. Canadian, right?
5er wrote:
Peter Maher - Couldn't find a picture of him, but he was a 2:11 guy, twice olympian. 6'5", bald. Him running in a pack was odd. Looked like he could just knee people and knock them over.
Can anyone find a picture of this guy? I tried but coudn't find one :[
YOUTUBE wrote: BRIAN SELL IS STRAIGHT UP REEDDDNEECKK
Brian Sell is not elite.
Um, Derek Clayton?
This is not even close: Dan Browne
He is military trained. 1-on-1, under normal circumstances, he will put down any non-trained person relatively easily.
RunAlexRun wrote:
Peter Maher - Couldn't find a picture of him, but he was a 2:11 guy, twice olympian. 6'5", bald. Him running in a pack was odd. Looked like he could just knee people and knock them over.
5er wrote:
Can anyone find a picture of this guy? I tried but coudn't find one :[
I just posted a pic from a book Peter published in the late 90's called World Marathon Guide. Lots of great information on marathons. He also said one of my favorite quotes:
"Running is a big question mark that's there each and every day. It asks you, 'Are you going to be a wimp or are you going to be strong today?'"
http://www.flickr.com/photos/50141256@N03/4603977856/Ironically (and appropriately!!) Peter features Steve Jones two pages after his introduction.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/50141256@N03/4603988210/I'm sure anyone would be covered with these two guys in their corner!
I think elite may not truly be fitting for Nate Jenkins, but he is sponsored by Saucony, so that is enough for me. There would be no getting out of a Nate Jenkins headlock. If Solinsky moves up, that's a whole different conversation. I sense a figure 4 in someones future
Matt Centowitz senior could even kick Mguivers butt.
Epic Fail wrote:
Brian Sell is not elite.
I read that in sports terminology, "elite athlete" simply means top 10% of college athletes. So, I'm just guessin', but Brian Sell is probably elite.
myjunk wrote:
Salvador Garcia
This is who I immediately thought of and this guy hasn't raced for about twenty years. I remember an article about him in RW. Didn't he have two dobermans named Hitler and Stalin or something like that?
Not sure where you got that definition from, but if you look at NFL quarterbacks, most fans would not consider players like Tim Couch, Brady Quinn, or Derek Anderson elite and that is the equivalent level to Sell with marathoning.
How is he not elite? The guy went to the Olympics!! Looks like your the epic fail.
i'd like to fight kara and put her in her place!
Nate Jenkins eats the other elites for breakfast:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/digital3xposure/1918583269/in/photostream/
http://rodale.typepad.com/.a/6a00e54f86af568833011571cc00ad970b-200wi
A viking of a man.