Good Lord, the Bekele London Training Stuff Was True

grox wrote:

agip wrote:

"In March, Bekele turned inward, secretive, as he sometimes had at the height of his career. He declined to tell Pitsiladis about his training regimen. He would not allow his physiotherapist to weigh him.“He likes to make history when no one is watching,”

indeed. hah. Exactly what you'd expect a doper to do.

that would explain how we went from zero to 3rd in London in a few months.

Gratuitous. You may as well say talent and training. (I am not claiming he is clean, but it's funny to see you making that sort of claims. You got enraged when some people said Boston was fixed the year Keflezighi won, because we had no evidence in your opinion. What's your evidence here?)

fury at the catastrophe engulfing my beloved sport

I've had to change my views on doping - clearly the evidence is that in certain countries doping is accepted and part of the sport. And when a guy can go from no training to 3rd in the London marathon in 3-4 months, I don't believe it.

The Bekeles asked to join Salazar a few years ago, maybe after London 2012, and he was considering it but Rupp asked if the goal was to get a medal for the U.S. or to win one for Ethiopia so it went no further.

A simple man. wrote:

Bekele has been struggling with Achilles issues for years that have nearly forced his retirement. No peds are going to fix that.

This is one of the most talented athletes to ever walk the Earth. The reason he can't run track anymore is his Achilles tendons.

Only on Letsrun does doctor=doping

Our guy on the ground in Kenya told me exactly this. Canova really liked Bekele and was wishing him well but was worried the Achilles / calf thing was too much to over come.

The link to the Canova post was missing a number. The Canova post is here:

Bekele reminds me of Solinsky (although a much more talented version). No one is great when they are injured.

agip wrote:

"In March, Bekele turned inward, secretive, as he sometimes had at the height of his career. He declined to tell Pitsiladis about his training regimen. He would not allow his physiotherapist to weigh him.“He likes to make history when no one is watching,”

indeed. hah. Exactly what you'd expect a doper to do.

that would explain how we went from zero to 3rd in London in a few months.

Your obsession with Bekele is weird. On many topics you seem quite rational. You seem to reject all conspiracy theories out of hand. You tend to go with "innocent until proven guilty" . . . And then there's Bekele. Did he have an affair with your wife or something?

Dabba wrote:

agip wrote:

"In March, Bekele turned inward, secretive, as he sometimes had at the height of his career. He declined to tell Pitsiladis about his training regimen. He would not allow his physiotherapist to weigh him.“He likes to make history when no one is watching,”

indeed. hah. Exactly what you'd expect a doper to do.

that would explain how we went from zero to 3rd in London in a few months.

Your obsession with Bekele is weird. On many topics you seem quite rational. You seem to reject all conspiracy theories out of hand. You tend to go with "innocent until proven guilty" . . . And then there's Bekele. Did he have an affair with your wife or something?

yer right, it is weird. I don't know...the guy bugs me. I don't trust him at all. I'll try to be more level headed.

I'll talk to my wife and see what the story is.

agip wrote:

Dabba wrote:

Your obsession with Bekele is weird. On many topics you seem quite rational. You seem to reject all conspiracy theories out of hand. You tend to go with "innocent until proven guilty" . . . And then there's Bekele. Did he have an affair with your wife or something?

yer right, it is weird. I don't know...the guy bugs me. I don't trust him at all. I'll try to be more level headed.

I'll talk to my wife and see what the story is.

If Bekele doesn't pass your smell test, how do you feel about Makhloufi, Mo, Iguider, Souleiman?

doot doot wrote:

agip wrote:

yer right, it is weird. I don't know...the guy bugs me. I don't trust him at all. I'll try to be more level headed.

I'll talk to my wife and see what the story is.

If Bekele doesn't pass your smell test, how do you feel about Makhloufi, Mo, Iguider, Souleiman?

this is silly

agip wrote:

doot doot wrote:

If Bekele doesn't pass your smell test, how do you feel about Makhloufi, Mo, Iguider, Souleiman?

this is silly

Nuh uh! You're silly! 😊

So there you have it: Core and Crossfit, and you can create a sub-2 hour marathon. I bet Rich Froning will be doing one (or several) in no time (and if you don't know who that is, God help us all.) This scientist should not be scouring East Africa for his potential 2 hour marathoner, but he should be scouring cross-fit gyms across America: ripped, shredded, and SUB 2 HOUR!

Hey, this is the post of the week (or month, for all I know).

"Ripped, shredded, and SUB 2 HOUR!

Name the champ in the shower,

If you've got the proper doc,

You can throw away the clock,

Shun Iten's hills, altitude

All you need's the proper food.

And if you have a Gatlin gun,

You don't even have to run.

Bekele versus Froning

Sweating it out with muscle toning

No more heroic finish line reaches,

Just strut for the gold, on Rio's beaches.