epopians wrote:
600mRunner wrote:
Either he's doped to the gills or adidas have a new vaporfly rivaling shoe out...
Both most likely!
+1
After Kiprop, Kiptum, and Kipsang, not to mention the Kenyan ladies...
and all the fast times in the 4% and next-%, the answer is clear.
Alll wrote:
Abeneziel wrote:
Other fun fact, Kipruto record on the 5000m in the track is 13:07
Because he raced 5000m only one time in his life?
Did you see the race?
He crashed out , and closed last lap in 59 seconds, getting smashed by Jakob and Gebriwhet and finishing far far away.
yyy wrote:
But isn't the course certified?
Cheptegai world record has not been certidied yet in Valencia.
And also, witht he track, you are sure that the runner does minimum 10 000m, on the road, it's much more complicated to measure the length.
600mRunner wrote:
Either he's doped to the gills or adidas have a new vaporfly rivaling shoe out...
It looks like the Takumi Sen to me.
He's a Kenyan. After yet another champion falls, in Kipsang, what more needs to be said. I await the news of a bust.
bpbungis wrote:
DietBacon wrote:
Run ix says he was wearing the Adios. I kind of assumed it’d be the adizero pro. Anyone know for sure?
It's difficult to see but it honestly looks like he is wearing the new bright red Takumi Sen 6
It wasnt that grey-white adidas shoe we have seen before atleast
Okay I am now 99% sure it was the Takumi Sen 6
https://twitter.com/10KValencia/status/1216283895236386817?s=19epopians wrote:
600mRunner wrote:
Either he's doped to the gills or adidas have a new vaporfly rivaling shoe out...
Both most likely!
Exactly. This time must be a combination of both
GO FUND ME for Rhonex to get VaporFlys!!! I want to see a sub-26!
casual obsever wrote:
epopians wrote:
Both most likely!
+1
After Kiprop, Kiptum, and Kipsang, not to mention the Kenyan ladies...
and all the fast times in the 4% and next-%, the answer is clear.
And there’s not much drug testing in road races.
https://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=9420989big dave222 wrote:
Been following the sport for decades. Rhonex is one of the biggest cheats I've ever witnessed. Age, drugs, shoes, coaches, agents, the complete package. This is a clown world performance that will hopefully be wiped from the books in due time.
+1 There is no doubt this is related to being an age cheat wearing off the shelf Takumi Sens while having an agent and a coach. Without those, he wouldn't have broken 30
Absolute comedy race.
Another nail in the coffin of the sport of distance running.
I sure wish track was cool again. The sport could use a cleanse after the shoe controversy. I for one still don't see these guys touching 26:17.
This shouldn't really surprise anyone. He ran 27:01 in sweltering heat on a very hill course at Peachtree last year. In a lightning fast course with good conditions (and maybe new shoes as well) you'd expect him to shave of a huge chunk of time.
Excited to see him nail a half.
How about the guy man-handling Kipruto at the finish line, dangling his exhausted body in front of the cameras like a puppet. Every race they do this s*** and it just looks so bad. Let the runners collapse for a couple minutes... then line them up for photos.
He also seems to have run faster than the the Kenyan 10,000 track record.
Was the course accurately measured or was it short?
Abeneziel wrote:
26:24
Much mmuch faster than his track record.
Road running is now the fastest
Wow! That’s crazy. Must be a pancake flat course? Only ~ 5 seconds off the track world record on the roads....that’s nuts.
Rhonex has the potential to run with the Ugandan but lacks the tactical instinct right now to challenge for Gold. Geoffrey K. (2 time xc champion and 3 time 1/2 marathon champion) 6who just won his 7th Kenyan Prison title could threaten the Ugandan but has switched focus to 1/2 marathon and marathon. I feel if he can remain healthy Rhonex will impress this year at the Olympics if Geoffrey K passes on the 10000m. Rhonex should battle Ugandan to the line and I feel Geoffrey would have a great chance at the Gold but mostly won't focus on the track 10000m
PIK wrote:
I sure wish track was cool again. The sport could use a cleanse after the shoe controversy. I for one still don't see these guys touching 26:17.
26:17 will be beaten on the road with the new shoes technology and these "fast road" like Valencia.
It will, however, likely not be beaten on track anytime soon.
Alll wrote:
Abeneziel wrote:
Other fun fact, Kipruto record on the 5000m in the track is 13:07
Because he raced 5000m only one time in his life?
...and his last 5k was run in 13:06 today.
Wanders on the other hand was slower in his last 5k