i am the mushroom man wrote:
Leipzig wrote:
You got it. Remember Adola?
Nope, and there’s a reason why you don’t…
I will always remember the novice that challenged Kipchoge and nearly succeeded at the worlds most legendary marathon. That’s the thing about no name guys, they do something amazing and are no longer nameless. At least not to real fans.
Adola was 14 sec back from kipchoge. What chance of the same margin tomorrow to bekele?
Running Cult Member wrote:
Yawn. If I'm getting up that early I'm watching real sport, the ManU match, not some glorified time trial. Watching a guy hold pace for 2 hours is worse than cricket.
Try visiting India some day and say that openly on the street and you’ll soon find yourself made into a Running Cult Member Vindaloo.
igotoneforyou wrote:
Just want to say how refreshing this thread has been, sticking to running and making good points all around.
Hope I didn't just jinx it.
For the record I'm team Kenny and an cheering for him, but I'm thinking the record will be out of reach for him.
Just give it some time and some fool called the Vax Man will come and start ranting about ivermectin or trump or something.
Teammate here. I so badly want Bekele to have the WR so he can retire in peace. Hope he amazes us with some magic.
Read the entire article and it told me precisely NOTHING.
Maybe hes fit, maybe not, maybe a WR, maybe not.
As if any of his team would say anything unbiased anyway.
runne wrote:
igotoneforyou wrote:
Just want to say how refreshing this thread has been, sticking to running and making good points all around.
Hope I didn't just jinx it.
For the record I'm team Kenny and an cheering for him, but I'm thinking the record will be out of reach for him.
Just give it some time and some fool called the Vax Man will come and start ranting about ivermectin or trump or something.
Teammate here. I so badly want Bekele to have the WR so he can retire in peace. Hope he amazes us with some magic.
He said after last time he has such bad luck! I feel for him. If he were in prime shape, I would remind everyone his 2:01 whatever included some bad spates when he looked terrible so you would think he could do better by 7 seconds. But I don't know. Check every few hrs to see if he's still in it.
It's really a great time to watch for me on the West Coast. Just have to stay up a couple hrs after midnight.
runne wrote:
spaghettilegs wrote:
He ran 2:01 only 2 years ago why ppl acting like 10 years have passed lol. WR SUNDAY
+1. Wonder where the negativity comes from. Is it that LR posters believed in and rooted for him and were burnt by disappointment in the past? The negativity almost sounds like they don’t want him to break a WR. How can one want that of one of the greatest distance runners, if not the single greatest, of all time?
Intelligence matters. A lot. Neither of you are exactly drowning in it. To go from age 37 to 39 is probably a bit like 10 years for some runners, as some would decline a fair amount from 24 to 34, for example, and Kenenisa has clearly been in decline. I am not implying that 37 to 39 is like 10 years decline but the poster was wondering why some are acting as if it is 10 years. It is obviously only 2 years but those 2 years are a big deal at his age. One rarely sees no decline there.
Yes indeed, under 2:03 would be sensationally good for him at this point.
Berlin finisher wrote:
not so fast... wrote:
The weather might be a problem. Not really perfect conditions.
Weather looks not too bad.
https://weather.com/weather/tenday/l/Berlin+Germany?canonicalCityId=49875d033efa3f8a515cc07b7ab1897df30ce65616175ffb4591cb95c5f646ff
Looks great apart from when he is running 25 or 75 plus for those living in the dark ages.
Monkeyooo wrote:
runne wrote:
+1. Wonder where the negativity comes from. Is it that LR posters believed in and rooted for him and were burnt by disappointment in the past? The negativity almost sounds like they don’t want him to break a WR. How can one want that of one of the greatest distance runners, if not the single greatest, of all time?
Intelligence matters. A lot. Neither of you are exactly drowning in it. To go from age 37 to 39 is probably a bit like 10 years for some runners, as some would decline a fair amount from 24 to 34, for example, and Kenenisa has clearly been in decline. I am not implying that 37 to 39 is like 10 years decline but the poster was wondering why some are acting as if it is 10 years. It is obviously only 2 years but those 2 years are a big deal at his age. One rarely sees no decline there.
Heard it all in 2019 he's too old then he proved people wrong. It's Bekele and if he's prepared as he wanted then he has some room with age to STILL pull out a WR. One of the mental strengths of running is believing in yourself so let's believe in Bekele despite his age disadvantage. I want him to break it so much the only way is to believe.
Ok we have the pacers now and the first group is going out at 61:00, bring it on !
https://twitter.com/albertostretti/status/1441718841281695747
I will be an in-person witness of Bekele's performance as I wll be running Berlin as well with a goal time of 2:50. I'll let you know if I pass him XD lol.
I fully expect a DNF, but I am still excited about this race.
Monkeyooo wrote:
runne wrote:
+1. Wonder where the negativity comes from. Is it that LR posters believed in and rooted for him and were burnt by disappointment in the past? The negativity almost sounds like they don’t want him to break a WR. How can one want that of one of the greatest distance runners, if not the single greatest, of all time?
Intelligence matters. A lot. Neither of you are exactly drowning in it. To go from age 37 to 39 is probably a bit like 10 years for some runners, as some would decline a fair amount from 24 to 34, for example, and Kenenisa has clearly been in decline. I am not implying that 37 to 39 is like 10 years decline but the poster was wondering why some are acting as if it is 10 years. It is obviously only 2 years but those 2 years are a big deal at his age. One rarely sees no decline there.
Really man, is calling others dumb necessary to make your point?
Decide if going from 37 to 39 is or isn’t like 10 years as your post appears to be in two minds about it.
Damn, I promptly set my alarm clock as instructed and ended up waking Saturday morning at 4:30. Clearer alarm clock instructions needed.
runne wrote:
Damn, I promptly set my alarm clock as instructed and ended up waking Saturday morning at 4:30. Clearer alarm clock instructions needed.
I almost did the same thing, but luckily went to record the race last night and realized it’s not until tomorrow morning.
WR or not, it’s always exciting to watch Kenny B race.
That was interesting, thanks!
runne wrote:
Running Cult Member wrote:
Yawn. If I'm getting up that early I'm watching real sport, the ManU match, not some glorified time trial. Watching a guy hold pace for 2 hours is worse than cricket.
Try visiting India some day and say that openly on the street and you’ll soon find yourself made into a Running Cult Member Vindaloo.
runne wrote:
Monkeyooo wrote:
Intelligence matters. A lot. Neither of you are exactly drowning in it. To go from age 37 to 39 is probably a bit like 10 years for some runners, as some would decline a fair amount from 24 to 34, for example, and Kenenisa has clearly been in decline. I am not implying that 37 to 39 is like 10 years decline but the poster was wondering why some are acting as if it is 10 years. It is obviously only 2 years but those 2 years are a big deal at his age. One rarely sees no decline there.
Really man, is calling others dumb necessary to make your point?
Decide if going from 37 to 39 is or isn’t like 10 years as your post appears to be in two minds about it.
It is like 10 years for some runners. There are runners who decline more from 37 to 39 to than they do from 24 to 34. That is the point. I knew some morons would think I thought 37 to 39 was like aging 10 years. The larger point is that almost nobody is as good at running at age 39 as they were at 37. Yes there are exceptions and reasons for those exceptions but Kenenisa does not fit these exceptions.
Kenenisa is not even the best Ethiopian marathoner at this point so he has no chance at a world record.
He looks insanely fit for him. Lean and mean baby. 1:59:59 - the real first sub 2.
1:59
Bekelelelelelelele
2:01:23 incoming baby. Bekele about to send LR home DEVASTATED!