Ramala had another major championship shocker. Can produce the goods in places like New York, but is yet to deliver in a major championship.
Ramala had another major championship shocker. Can produce the goods in places like New York, but is yet to deliver in a major championship.
Ramala had another major championship shocker. Can produce the goods in places like New York, but is yet to deliver in a major championship.
Cablahblah got rolled by a 52 year-old? Ouch.
The Monk wrote:
Ramala had another major championship shocker. Can produce the goods in places like New York, but is yet to deliver in a major championship.
Hard for The Monk to break the habit of chanting repeatedly...
Welcome to 2007, New York IS a major championship.
My club mate took 9th place! Impressive!
Hendrick?
can you say paid long run (free travel and housing)....watch, he'll be back for a fast fall thon (NYC?)
Yeah, well, his paid long run just cost me 207,000 dollars U.S.
Why? Were the odds 207,000 to 1?
No, unlike your getting it, the odds were not 207,000 to 1.
I just arrived in Rhiga Royal Hotel after the race, had my shower, drank one liter of water, and came to internet for looking the comments about Marathon WCh. Of course, my hope to find clever posters only, was destroyed when I wrote the stupid comment of trollism, that speaks without knowing anything from some part of (I suppose) US.
The fact that I know Luke Kibet is because he lives in Iten, where I have the Camp of Shaheen and I coach Shami, Bushendich, Daniel Rono, Philip Singoei, Moses Mosop and other Kenyans. In Iten there are, may be, 500 runners, from several managers and with different coaches, and sometime, expecially with Marathon Runners, we organise workouts together.
This ridisolous mentality that for winning, if you are strong, you need doping, was the most important limit in the development of US runners during the last part of the past century. Now, finally, many coaches understand that it is possible to obtain results working hard with a good methodology, and stupid persons like trollism become exceptions.
I am not really happy of the result of Shami, because, when you have somebody that you know is the strongest of the race, and you do not win (in this computer I am not able to find some graphic particular, so I have to write everfy word in full extension), you cannot be happy. Why he did not win ? Because, during the last two weeks, he had problems in his back, provoking other problems in his right leg, from the buttock till under his foot (probably sciatic, in Italian Sciatica, I do not know in English, but everybody understands). So, Shami never can look for his race, but only for controlling his pain, that he had from the first meter, and became stronger after 27 km, running downhill after Osaka Castle.
The difference between the athletes arrived in top 3 (plus the Japanese Team) and the other, is in one particular only : THEIR PREPARATION FOR ADAPTATION TO THESE CONDITIONS.
I can explain, for example, what we did with Shami.
* Long run and specific marathon endurance training, starting at 11 in the morning, at low altitude (1200m) near Nakuru, 200km far from Iten, with a temperature higher than 30 C degrees
* Use of Maltodestrines in these training, with different percentages in order to find the best for every single athlete, reducing the quantity step by step during the same run, because at the end, when the dehydration is bigger, the concentration is higher, and, if we use the same quantity of maltodestrine in the bottle, INSIDE the body of the athlete we do not produce the same percentage of specific fuel, but we can provoke an HYPOGLICEMIC CRISIS
* Use of mineral salts (Polase) for reintegration of what the athletes lose, in order to maintain the same HYDROSALIN BALANCE
* Recovery run in fresh weather and at early morning, for not stressing too much the body after (or before) very tough specific workouts in hot and humid conditions.
* Training to use water under their cap, for maintaining fresh the head
Because I know that, for example Ethiopians, continue to use their traditional type of training without changing an ything, I cancelled the athletes of these Countries from the list of possible winners.
Because I know that somebody (see Goumri) already have signed good contracts with top marathons in autumn, I cancelled also these athletes from the list.
Because I know that Japaneses wanted ab solutely to win as Team, and they know very well the specific conditions, and prepared for these specific conditions, I had high respect for their possibility of winning as Team (nobody had the individual value to win the race, in any case).
So, when somebody is able to run well in so terrific conditions, is BECAUSE OF SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OF TRAINING, not because of doping.
In so bad conditions, a European athlete with correct methodology, well motivated, that strat his training for marathon 4 months before the race, is able to win a medal. Look at the Italian Team : did you forget Modica, silver, in 1999, Baldini bronze in 2001 and 2003, his victory in Athens and all the European Titles, always in hot conditions ? Look at Spanish Team : did you forget the victories of Martin Fiz and Abel Anton ?
Viktor Rothlin was followed by Gabriele Rosa like programs, and every year train in Kenya for 3-5 months.
Which specific training the US Team did ? Which specific training South African Team did ? Which specific training Ethiopian and Kenyan Team (apart Kibet) did ? Which specific training Maroccan Team did ?
So, when we go for a Marathon in August in these conditions, do not look at the times of the athletes, but at their strategy, if you know. And, if you do not know, do not speak.
For speaking ab out something, YOU MUST KNOW
For knowing, YOU MUST BE INFORMED
For being informed, YOU MUST WANT TO BE INFORMED
If you are not interested in finding correct information, you cannot know. If you cannot know, you cannot speak. Otherwise, you can only say a lot of stupidity.
This is exactly what you are doing.
Thanks for the information, Renato. Late in the race, it appeared that Shami was holding back, staying next to Kiplagat instead of giving chase to Kibet. Perhaps that was because of the sciatica.
I was hoping that he could get his sixth straight victory. Oh, well. He is still young.
How is Shaheen?
Ciao Renato
Thanks for your post, it finally made it worth scrolling through the last four pages. Don't ramble, you know that this is LR.com where many kids are posting crap.
I have some questions and would greatly appreciate your insights on this:
1. Do you know what happened to Bourifa?
2. Why were not more Italians selected?
3. Is Rosa now Roethlins "coach" or is R just following his programs?
4. Roethlin seems to be very diligent with his preparation. He was wearing a tight shirt saying that loser fit singlets may actually keep heat and humidity inside? Any thoughts on this?
Mille grazie e in boca al lupo per tui atleti Kenyani!
uli
Thanks for the great post Renato!!
See you in Berlin.
Jason
DAN ROBINSON IS DA MAN!!!!!!!
This guy consistently over-achieves in major marathons - he reall knows hwo to get the best out of himself. Well done!!!!
Not enough guys prepared for hot/humid conditions (Ethiopians/Moroccans just prepared at altitude as usual).
Other athletes like Goumri and Chaat were thinking about the big pay day potential for automn marathons (New York, Berlin, Chicago) so they may not even have intended to finish.
Guys like Cabada (2:12 at Fukuoka in December 2006) were brave to finish, but I have serious concerns about their performances (2:35 for Cabada). Yes it was hot and humid - but a 23 minute difference in time is way too much). It was evident at Peachtree (30 minutes for 10km) that Cabada was already over the top.
Many of the athletes need to take a break and then rebuild.
Beijing next year will be run in similar conditions, so at least athletes will have learned something from Osaka.
Ghost in Korea
VIKTOR FOR PRESIDENT!!
ihr habt doch gar keinen praesidenten. lass den viktor mal laufen, das kann er am besten!
Ja, hast ja recht, Uli!!
Disgusting sycophants.