cmurph wrote:
Why are you guys acting as though he's lying about how much he runs? He runs 60 mpw or so because he's had a lot of injuries in the past so he's being cautious. Forys, Acosta, Fout, Derrick, Jager, a ton of the top guys in recent years were only 50-70 mpw guys. Do you seriously think they were all lying for some inexplicable reason and were actually all running 100 mpw?
YES!!!!!!!!!!
This is the most unarguable debate in LR history. When we all saw and heard from German's coach that he runs 60 mpw, does 200's no quicker than 30s, first time under 9 flat was a national HS record @ 8:34, and played basketball and soccer full time only 2 years ago the argument of nature vs nurture was inherently over. If anything, I'm curious to if he is more naturally talented than the "former" most talented HS kid I've ever seen/heard of: Abdirizak Mohamed (sp). We will never know the kinds of abilities this kid had; sorry for the distraction...
I am 100% with R. Scribner: after you've put in miles upon miles year after year with (literally) hundreds of speed works than you'll understand that this guy is just a natural talent. If he jogged 30 miles a week and shot hoops everyday, he'd still run close to or possibly under 9 flat! As for the explanation of what talent means, that's another waste of time. If you're not sure what "natural talented" means everything you say afterwards is just null and void.
This thread should have been over a long time ago. At this point, I'm most curious to see how he adjust to NCAA's. I hope to death that he, Derrick, Fout, Puskedra, and the other slew of great HS runners from the Class of 08 continue this *new* era of great American distance runners.
How come we dont hear about Fout in the track season as much as we hear about the others.
Anyone who witnessed Abubaker Kaki’s performance at Oslo’s famed Bislett Games Golden League meet June 5 knows the Sudanese teenager appears the man to beat in the Olympic 800 metres.
In only his first 800m of the outdoor season he followed countryman Abdalla Abdelgadir through the first 400 metres in 50.17 seconds before unleashing a kick that withstood the attack of Kenya’s recently crowned African champion David Rushida.
When he crossed the finish line and saw his time on the trackside clock he pumped his fist in the air. It had stopped at 1:42.69 a new world junior record, almost a full second under the former record which has stood for more than a decade. It is also the fastest 800m run in the past five years.
A day earlier he had told CBCsports.ca he has done no speed training and hoped to snatch the record by the end of the season.
“I don’t feel I am in 100 per cent shape,” he said at that time. “I don’t want to be in 100 per cent shape yet. I think I have lots of time to sharpen up. I run the competitions like Oslo to see where I am and to see how the competitors race. I want to be in 100 per cent shape at the Olympics.”
BS You must train faster than you run in races. It's a lie. Would he run 1:39 if he did speed work?
Yeah, I would say 1:39-1:40 with a few quick 200 workouts.