EVERYONE SHOULD STOP HATING ON MOTTRAM!! HE'S FASTER THAN ANY OF YOU CAN EVEN DREAM OF BECOMING!!
EVERYONE SHOULD STOP HATING ON MOTTRAM!! HE'S FASTER THAN ANY OF YOU CAN EVEN DREAM OF BECOMING!!
The question is not about who brings excitement, if it is Mottram win, but it is about the rivalry between a great runner and a very good runner…To say Bekele is on drugs is a shame... Bekele is a shy person but this is not about personality, the fact is he is the best distance runner in the world and maybe will end up being the greatest runner of all time.. when someone runs well he is on drugs..i guess next we will say Webb is on drugs why not say Mottram is on drugs..the fact that we talk about Mottram is because he talks crap that is it..the guy was beaten by Ritz a couple of months ago...he is good and I do hope he can get a medal because of the excitement he brings to the sport but there are a handful of Kenyans and Ethiopians who are a lot better then Mottram and that is the fact
Running Crazy wrote:
EVERYONE SHOULD STOP HATING ON MOTTRAM!! HE'S FASTER THAN ANY OF YOU CAN EVEN DREAM OF BECOMING!!
We're not "hating on" Mottram. We're just telling him to shut the f**k up! That's all.
We might not become as good as Mottram - but he'll never become as good as Bekele either.
Brother, say AMEN to that.
Selassie
Courteous of ROCHA
( rocha is an amharic word which means runnig )
Kenenisa is Back!!!
The Men’s 3000M at the Norwich Union British Grand Prix in Sheffield, England just concluded and Kenenisa came out a strong victor, answering all his critics and doubters including this writer. Kenenisa won the race in 7:26.69 which is a huge seven seconds improvement on the year’s best time up to now. The talkative Australian Craig Mottram was well beat into second place a good nine seconds behind Kenenisa. With this victory, Kenenisa also established a new stadium record.
At the starting line Kenenisa appeared somewhat nervous, but he still managed to smile and wave to the crowd. As the starter’s gun went off, Kenenisa immediately went to the front and settled right behind the two pace makers. Mottram followed by closely staying immediately behind Kenenisa. They continued to cruise in this position passing the first kilometer mark in 2:29.57. They continued on without much shuffling on the second kilometer, which turned out to be a little slower than the first, and passed the 2km mark in 5:02.72. Kenenisa had requested the pacemakers to pass through the 2km mark in 5:03 so everything appeared to be right on target for Kenenisa.
Right after passing the 2km mark, the second of the two pacemakers dropped out and the racing began in earnest. But it practically ended as soon as it started. In a brilliantly executed race plan, Kenenisa injected an unexpected punishing pace right at 2km mark and immediately pulled away from the rest of the field, quickly distancing himself by some 40-50 meters. The rest of the field, including the boastful Mottram (who had scoffed at Kenenisa’s request for a 5:03 pace for 2km as being slow) had no answer to Kenenisa and appeared to be running in slow motion as Kenenisa pulled away at will.
Kenenisa ran a controlled final kilometer of the race, accelerating in the last lap which he covered in 57 seconds. His split for the last kilometer was 2:24 which was faster than the first two kilometers. Kenenisa finished the race in 7:26.69 which is six seconds short of the world record. The time is strong enough to convert to a sub 8 minute two mile which only Daniel Komen has ever run. More importantly, Mottram had to stretch to even get a view of the back side of Kenenisa’s shirt and not as Mottram boasted that the Africans will only see him from the back.
Kenenisa has always shown he bounces back from adversity stronger than before which is the trademark of a true champion. Marvelous job, our Anbessa(Lion)!!
"We're just telling him to shut the f**k up!" What do you mean by that? Stop being charismatic? Stop being entertainingly arrogant?
Motrram should not 'shut the f*ck up'... in fact, he should talk some trash to piss all you haters and posers off! He's awesome. Better than Webb.
It is also Kenenisa, he spelled it wrong...Just thought I would point that out...I lost a lot of interest after that.
Mottram isn't the ego case some of you think if this interview is to be believed. He does still think he can beat Bekele.
“It depressed me a little bit. One thing did happen after the race. A lot of athletes after the race came into the warm down area shaking their heads and their tails between their legs.” They were seeing Bekele as unbeatable. Mottram is annoyed when people build an aura of invincibility around Bekele, or any other athlete, as he believes it is a self-fulfilling propeshy. “It was an opportunity missed. I still walked off and thought ‘I will get him next
I LIKE THE WORD PUT THEIR TAIL B/N THEIR LEGS.
i used the same word when i hread mottram said he is gonig to beat kenenisa.
that means you read my post. i like it craig and better to learn more, fugut .
NEXT TIME YOU WILL NOT HAVE EVEN TAIL TO PUT IT B/N YOUR LEGS