12:55 even with rabbits is hauling; 12:55 solo is incredible; however, I would not go so far as to call him the next Bekele yet becasue some guys are naturaly good at time trial and/or no pressure type races. I would assume he could run faster in DL type race, but not necessrily much faster, which is Ok.
Menjo could become the greatest pacemaker of all-time.
12:55 solo with no rabbits and winning with that kind of margin is at least worth 12:45-47. This guy is crazy good.
Kenyans could have used him yesterday with nobody besides Chepkok running even close to their best.
Menjo is no slouch. He was on Kenya's 2007 world championship team at 10k.
In 2010, he's done well in all of his races in Europe, winning all of the races he's run except for 1.
In Kenya, he didn't perform nearly as well. Less than two months out from running 27:04, he was only 51st at the Kenyan xc trials. Crazy.
Cross Country 12.0 km
Jan 23 36:11.0h 3rd Nairobi
Feb 20 37:34.5hA 51st place at Kenyan trials
Track
April 18 27:04 (Road race) 1st Barcelon
May 21 28:32.5hA 3rd Army Ch Nairobi
June 26 27:37.42 9th NC Nairobi
June 9 13:02.54 1st Andalucia
July 10 13:00.67 2nd KBC-Nacht Heusden 10 Jul
July 15 3:38.40 1st Lappeenranta
July 18 13:06.28 1st SavoG Lapinlahti
August 18 12:55.95 1st PNG Turku
Info came from:
which I highly recommend.
Pretty sure Bekele could solo 12:55
He did after all basically solo his WR 5k.
Winning by 47 seconds doesn't mean he didn't have a few with him at the 1000,2000,3000 marks.
Bekele didn't solo his WR. After 2k he was all on his own (which is still pretty badass either way). Bekele in WR form could probably solo a sub 12:50.
PEDs. probably no risk of testing in a low-key meet...
yyy wrote:
PEDs. probably no risk of testing in a low-key meet...
Yep. Think he had an ickle hematocrit improvement prior to competition.
my goodness people.... why on earth is the margin of victory relevant??? espeically when he clearly was going for time, it doesn't matter if he won by 6 minutes, he would have still put his best effort forward.
3:55 indoor mile ring a bell? some people can time trial. its not worth anything faster than 12:55.
Menjo just ran a 3:53.62 mile in Finland, winning by almost 6 seconds. Menjo apparently had some help with pacing for almost 2 laps, but conditions were not ideal.
Just saw on IAAF latest news that he won a mile race today in 3.52 so it seems this guy is another kenyan revelation.
Geb was alone for awhile too
Was he drug tested before, during or after the European circuit? Why are they throwing money at cheaters.... The tour de France tests em all, white, black, brown etc. and they eliminate the scum....why can't T&F do the same for our sport? Worse than pro wrestling.
Irun wrote:
Who coaches this guy? Agent? Training locale?
Seriously, was this guy tested after the meet? What would that cost, about $12?
Pro Cycling tests the riders year round randomly, if you can convince WADA or hell even the IOC to do it during Olympic years you'd cripple T&F.
When I saw this thread title, I thought it was a joke. I will admit I had no idea who "Menjo" was, and it sounded to me like some made up name, not a like a typical east african name. I thought it was like "Mango", the Chris Katan character from SN&L, or some HS kid that people were having fun with.
Menjo. I like it, it has a nice, short, stacatto ring to it, and yes reminds me of words like Banjo, Mango, Flojo, Malmo, and Wejo/Rojo. (By the way Rojo, could Menjo be a distant relation?)
Menjo like to run fast. Menjo don't care if others run with him. Menjo scared of no one.
Count me as a fan, Menjo.
Typical of yyy to always accuse africans of cheating but when the Nike Oregon Project suddenly starts spitting athletes that run sub 13 min and sub 26 min he says nothing.
yyy wrote:
PEDs. probably no risk of testing in a low-key meet...
I am also very skeptical to Salazar! very suspicious...
chet wrote:
Menjo just ran a 3:53.62 mile in Finland, winning by almost 6 seconds. Menjo apparently had some help with pacing for almost 2 laps, but conditions were not ideal.
Results (also two Americans in the race and almost 41 years old Shabunin from Russia):
http://live.time4results.com/yu/2010/joensuu/5-1-r.html