The baby-faced assasin is having a baby: Tirunesh Dibaba will miss 2015 season - How fast will her and Sihine's baby be?

LetsRun.com wrote:

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We know there have been some great couples in athletics history, but is there any baby in the world that possibly could have better genetics than the one that will be born in 2015?

seb coe+paula radcliffe

Shawn H wrote:

Exactly. That's why you'll often hear that to be an elite distance runner you don't just need hard work and good luck, but you need to choose your parents well. :-)

Yes because it exactly makes no sense. Very few or no elite runners have parents that were elite runners so how exactly did they choose their parents well?

plwnnd wrote:

Yes because it exactly makes no sense. Very few or no elite runners have parents that were elite runners so how exactly did they choose their parents well?

There is such a thing as talent.

plwnnd wrote:

Shawn H wrote:

Exactly. That's why you'll often hear that to be an elite distance runner you don't just need hard work and good luck, but you need to choose your parents well. :-)

Yes because it exactly makes no sense. Very few or no elite runners have parents that were elite runners so how exactly did they choose their parents well?

Yeah, you're right. Racing horses, racing dogs, etc. aren't like people. Genes make no difference in people . . . duh, yuk, yuk, yuk. Just because your parents weren't elite runners doesn't mean they don't have good running genes. It's what we do with it that matters. Read the parable of the talents in the Bible. Sure, the "talents" are a form of money in the parable, but the same thing applies to other kinds of "talents," as well. Of course, with genetics, there's always a possibility that you may get your great Uncle Eddie's stubby legs and thick bones or your Aunt Ethel's bad feet--it's not ALL about only your parents--but it certainly greatly increases your chances of having good genes if it runs in the family. And with the Dibaba family, it obviously does. Damn, those sisters, cousins, etc. are fast!

plwnnd wrote:

Shawn H wrote:

Exactly. That's why you'll often hear that to be an elite distance runner you don't just need hard work and good luck, but you need to choose your parents well. :-)

Yes because it exactly makes no sense. Very few or no elite runners have parents that were elite runners so how exactly did they choose their parents well?

That went whizzing over your head. Are you the offspring of two little people?

Great decision on their part

This will enable Tirunesh to train for 2016 Rio Olympics. I don't see anyone who can seriously challenge her in the 10,000m, not at this moment. She has said she wanted to try a 10,000m-marathon double.

the African queen wrote:

Great decision on their part

This will enable Tirunesh to train for 2016 Rio Olympics. I don't see anyone who can seriously challenge her in the 10,000m, not at this moment. She has said she wanted to try a 10,000m-marathon double.

Couldn't she have trained for Rio without being pregnant?

Not sure what "this moment" has to do with two years in the future.

Gary Oldman wrote:

plwnnd wrote:

Yes because it exactly makes no sense. Very few or no elite runners have parents that were elite runners so how exactly did they choose their parents well?

That went whizzing over your head. Are you the offspring of two little people?

What part of that went over my head?

I absolutely agree with your opinion. I had the oportunity to meet her and Genzebe in London 2012. She is'nt only beautiful, but also humble and polite.

All I know is her sister Genzebe is gorgeous. Tirunesh is cute, but her sister, dayum.

http://www.imageofsport.com/image/26150798

LetsRun.com wrote:

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http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/tirunesh-dibaba-pregnant-sileshi-sihine

Dibaba's husband is Sileshi Sihine - the 2004 and 2008 Olympic 10,000 silver medalist.

We know there have been some great couples in athletics history, but is there any baby in the world that possibly could have better genetics than the one that will be born in 2015?

Speaking of Sihine, where has he been? We don't see any results from him since 2012. He's only 31. One would think he'd try the marathon.

Yesterday someone replied to your post saying it was stupid, as well as throwing in an Ivy League jab. Where is that post today? LRC: feel free to post the most ridiculous crap, just don't hurt the Brojos feelings.

By the way, two parents with good genetics do not guarantee the same for the child, as you have asserted. I believe that this aforementioned post yesterday was pointing this out, and the poster was correct. Any decent high school biology student could point this out.

cbenson4 wrote:

Watch the kid become a body builder

"Mom, Dad, do you even lift?"

While rare in Kenya because of the lack of training facilities (such as CrossFit), there are some exceptions that show that you can get BUFF/RIPPED even if you're genetically still Kenyan.

Dude looks pretty SWOLE.

plwnnd wrote:

Gary Oldman wrote:

That went whizzing over your head. Are you the offspring of two little people?

What part of that went over my head?

All of it? I don't even think any stray bits of it even brushed your hair.

Prognosticator wrote:

Couldn't she have trained for Rio without being pregnant?

Not sure what "this moment" has to do with two years in the future.

By being pregnant now, she can have a child and still train for Rio.

Anyone who is competing in two years must be alive at "this moment". I'm 100% sure of that.

Sihine is like most distance runners, a very short prime. He is no longer elite or close to it. It just gives you a greater appreciation of the distance legends and especially of Geb, who dominated for 19 years

I love Tiru, she is probably my favorite athlete in the world. She is such an assassin on the track and it's a stark contrast to her demure sweet personality, She is everything that an athlete should aspire to be.