Scorpion_runner wrote:
It will be interesting to see if he is still doing 6 marathons a year once he gets around the age of 33 and 34, where runners start to feel that first physical decline, and the body does not heal or recover as fast.
Author and American extreme runner Dane Rauschenberg once raced 52 marathons in one year and had no problems recovering from week to week.
Or if he did have problems recovering he never allowed his cometition to see it.
Sprintgeezer wrote:
For my money, Kawauchi IS the best marathoner. Rupp and Farah may be faster in good conditions, but Kawauchi is faster in bad conditions. Rupp and Farah may be faster when they are ready, but Kawauchi is faster when he is not ready. Rupp and Farah may be faster at certain times of the training cycle, but Kawauchi is faster throughout the training cycle.
Faster under some conditions does not equal better.
"Better" is the athlete who has contributed more to the sport--and for marathoning, for me it's Kawauchi. At the very least, he is better than anybody else entered in the Chicago thon.
Dumbest thing I've read on Letsrun this month. Congratulations!
Yuki has style, heart, and the right attitude. He many never run faster than the other two. That's OK. He knows that but as long as he keeps up his style of training and racing, who cares. He isn't trying to be # 1 in the world. He is trying to be his best # 1. Even when he becomes an independent pro in April 2019 I doubt it will change him, or his attitude toward what he does. Its what the average everyday runner likes, he separates himself from the mundane pro mindset.
Early cold spell will bring cold and some snow. None of the so-called elites will be able to handle the conditions. Yuki will dominate. Win by 2-3 minutes.
Flukey Kawauchi wrote:
I wonder what Brett Larner's story will be after Flukey finishes minutes behind Galen and Mo.
^^This.
Come on people. Get over your Japanese fetish already.
Also, I still take random Kenyan or Ethiopian in 2:04-something. All we have confirmed for this marathon is a bunch of 2:06 guys.
rare wrote:
Sprintgeezer wrote:
For my money, Kawauchi IS the best marathoner. Rupp and Farah may be faster in good conditions, but Kawauchi is faster in bad conditions. Rupp and Farah may be faster when they are ready, but Kawauchi is faster when he is not ready. Rupp and Farah may be faster at certain times of the training cycle, but Kawauchi is faster throughout the training cycle.
Faster under some conditions does not equal better.
"Better" is the athlete who has contributed more to the sport--and for marathoning, for me it's Kawauchi. At the very least, he is better than anybody else entered in the Chicago thon.
Dumbest thing I've read on Letsrun this month. Congratulations!
Thanks! :)
vivalarepublica wrote:
Also, I still take random Kenyan or Ethiopian in 2:04-something. All we have confirmed for this marathon is a bunch of 2:06 guys.
That's just the thing. Rupp would love if some random Kenyan or Ethiopian would go out at 2:04 pace. He would eat him alive and finish under 2:04.
Station to Station wrote:
Scorpion_runner wrote:
he is not built to go out a WR marathon pace.
Mr. Kawauchi went out at 2:01 pace at the 2018 Boston Marathon.
He went out so fast that Larry Rawson mentioned that around the 10k mark somebody was going to give him a piano to carry.
lol. I'm talking the entire race or for the majority of the race....Not for a few minutes as a feeler, to see if runners are going to with him, which is what he was doing.
Dude, I like Yuki, too.....but come on. Dude is what he is. He won a fluke boston marathon, and he cant roll with with 2;06 and under guys in good conditions, and with pacers. He will finish top 15, but keep it moving.
However, if the conditions are that of a hurricane - Yuki will destroy all.
Rupp pac man wrote:
vivalarepublica wrote:
Also, I still take random Kenyan or Ethiopian in 2:04-something. All we have confirmed for this marathon is a bunch of 2:06 guys.
That's just the thing. Rupp would love if some random Kenyan or Ethiopian would go out at 2:04 pace. He would eat him alive and finish under 2:04.
We will see, my friend, we will see. The only great runner that the marathon has not chewed up and spit out is Eluid Kipchoge.
that may be but with the enhanced PED testing there doesn't seem to be that many 2:06 guys around.
If a couple of the carbon-plated fast guys with no PED boost have a subpar day then Mr. Kawauchi could be there and win another major and his star will continue its ascent to heavenly heights.
If he runs another 2:22 then the bloom is off the rose and the letsrun.com naysayers will have been proven right yet again.
bottom line : Chicago would seem to be the fall marathon with the most spectator interest in 2018.
Scorpion_runner wrote:
as you age, your hormone production decreases, and so does the ability to stay health.
And to finish words!
Scorpion_runner wrote: In a slow, hilly, tough weather marathon he would definitely be a threat, but he is not built to go out a WR marathon pace.
As far as I am concerned, Yuki has the single greatest marathon achievement ever: two marathons under 2:10 in two weeks. Until someone else does something remotely as impressive, Yuki is the world record holder.
Karl Hungus wrote:
This marathon just got interesting. With Mo and Galen running, it'd be kind of boring. Adding Yuki into the mix just made this fun.
Agreed, Yuki probably won't win but he will certainly follow his own game plan. He is not going to ask for anyone's permission to go out hard and he won't have a corporate sponsor whispering in his ear, "don't make our star athlete look bad."
I wonder what Bekele will do. If he runs Chicago then Yuki Mo and Rupp will be left in the dust. I literally think Bekele will either do Berlin or Chicago. Hopefully this is the race for the wr
Banana Bread wrote:
I wonder what Bekele will do. If he runs Chicago then Yuki Mo and Rupp will be left in the dust. I literally think Bekele will either do Berlin or Chicago. Hopefully this is the race for the wr
Yuki vs Bekele vs Mo vs Galen:
My prediction:
Bekele: 2:02:30 New world record
Yuki: 2:03:00 New Japanese marathon record
Galen: 2:04:15 New American record
Mo: 2:04:30 New U.K. record
Runnergrl wrote:
Who’s pacing Mo and Galen?
Yuki K.
HAHAHAHAHAHA
Raddison wrote:
Agreed, Yuki probably won't win but he will certainly follow his own game plan. He is not going to ask for anyone's permission to go out hard and he won't have a corporate sponsor whispering in his ear, "don't make our star athlete look bad."
He just disrupted Rupp/Farah's plan for the race. I mean, I don't expect him to win and he'll probably end up in a top 10 finish, but he just injected some chaos into the race, and it'll be good.
Having said that, the times I've run Chicago the weather has ranged from sh1t to fuck1ng sh1t, so his endurance in crap conditions may help.
Seems like in recent years Chicago trends on the warm/hot side, Mo ran ok in the London heat, and Galen has proven he can run well in the heat also. I think the weather needs to be cold, rainy, windy like Boston for Yuki to be a threat.