Via BBC “. Gidey looking at targeting 2:12 marathon”
Time for Gidey to quit the track and head to the roads for good. If she’s lucky and as good as we think, she will be the female Kipchoge soon enough. Despite her world records, do not compare her to Hassan. Gidey will never be a track champion, that’s not her thing. There is no shame in it….
You are not very wise . She is the world record holder .
Hope I’m wrong and Cheptegei gets it so we have something to write home about. On the other hand he’d spoil my record of watching men’s and women’s 5k/10k/marathon records live, since I didn’t cough up the $13.
And she is barring obviously doped athletes probably the number two 10,000m runner in the world. No shame in losing to Hassan, it is akin to 2008 Kipchoge and Bekele.
Hope I’m wrong and Cheptegei gets it so we have something to write home about. On the other hand he’d spoil my record of watching men’s and women’s 5k/10k/marathon records live, since I didn’t cough up the $13.
Was there any evidence that Gidey or Cheptegei were in WR shape? This should be a prereq for meets advertising a "WR Attempt." Especially if they're going to charge $12.99.
Also, I suspect the blue track where Gidey and Cheptegei set their WRs is faster than this one.
Via BBC “. Gidey looking at targeting 2:12 marathon”
Time for Gidey to quit the track and head to the roads for good. If she’s lucky and as good as we think, she will be the female Kipchoge soon enough. Despite her world records, do not compare her to Hassan. Gidey will never be a track champion, that’s not her thing. There is no shame in it….
I'll stick my neck out. I don't think Gidey will translate to the marathon the way everyone is expecting. Of course she'll win a few, but no dropping 2:12s like it's nothing.
Was there any evidence that Gidey or Cheptegei were in WR shape? This should be a prereq for meets advertising a "WR Attempt." Especially if they're going to charge $12.99.
Also, I suspect the blue track where Gidey and Cheptegei set their WRs is faster than this one.
Cheptegei now 2/4 on WR attempts with two pretty far off. Wondering if he actually thought he was in WR shape coming into this.