Do you guys seriously think Bekele won't Win the olympic 10k? Seriously?

So what strategy should the others use to beat Bekele. Fast pace early? Surges? 1000m acceleration?

rodney r. roddick wrote:

how do you know he's being careful? answer: you don't.

he's past his prime, and track runners don't usually come back from that. maybe on the roads, but not the track. you can't go by what he's done in the past, like rupp said himself.

farah is the favorite, rupp has a shot at beating bekele again in london, because bekele is past his prime, rupp is still approaching his, and bekele is more injury prone now.

sorry, pr's from 2003-2004 don't really matter that much anymore, big guy. that's almost a decade ago. you -- 95% percent of the people here -- have no idea what they're talking about; bekele WAS the best distance runner. now farah is. and bekele is the underdog, clearly

Bring back this quote after The Games. I'm gonna laugh my ass off. Actually I already am but it will take a few more months for you to be dragged, kicking and screaming, back to reality.

Clearly Farah at his best is not anywhere near where Bekele was at his best. What will determine who wins the 10,000m in London will be whether an ascending Farah at 100% is better than a descending Bekele at 80-95%, wherever his fitness and injury end up in two months.

Those of you who think Farah's assured the 10,000m win are underestimating Bekele's talent and intelligence. Those of you who think Bekele can in two months improve from an afterthought in a DL 5,000m to the unbeatable favorite in the Olympic 10,000m are quite optimistic about what two months of tentative training can bring.

Watch this interview:

Haha suckers, I stand by my original post. THE KING WILL WIN THE LONDON 10K. I look forward to bumping this thread again.

The King Reigns! wrote:

Haha suckers, I stand by my original post. THE KING WILL WIN THE LONDON 10K. I look forward to bumping this thread again.

Let me help you with that.

Gobble gobble, motherfucker!

So how stupid do you feel now?

Clearly, you're a master tactician and a Rupp expert.

I'm sure the fans of dressage and synchronized swimming have these kinds of pissing matches too. I'm SURE of it.

I agree with the previous pisser. This post is so completely ridiculous and wrong, especially the second paragraph.

george oscar bluth wrote:

WHATyO wrote:

I could very well see Farah- Gold (home crowd advantage, don't forget), Rupp- Silver, KB- Bronze in London.

I think this is just as likely as any other scenario.

This has to be a troll. I just can't fathom that people actually believe this is a possibility, let alone an even probability.

Just reading through the thread and looking at the early-June predictions, I wanted to give WHATyO some credit.

Reading further, I wanted to call out george oscar bluth.

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I'm sure the fans of dressage and synchronized swimming have these kinds of pissing matches too. I'm SURE of it.

POD

KB is a nasty lil prick, always slapping and pointing his finger against his competitors at the starting line and throughout his races. Oh, sorry KB ,we ought to know not to pass you.

george oscar bluth wrote:

WHATyO wrote:

I could very well see Farah- Gold (home crowd advantage, don't forget), Rupp- Silver, KB- Bronze in London.

I think this is just as likely as any other scenario.

This has to be a troll. I just can't fathom that people actually believe this is a possibility, let alone an even probability.

Hello, mr Bluth!

Love all these old posts.

Actually I would love to finally see a mea culpa and acknowledgement that Galen Rupp may actually be a pretty good runner from the "Laughing Man", "the King Reigns!" and mostly from someone who may very well suffer from Schizophrenia . . . our always incorrect, but loveably arrogant "Jesse's got a Girl", "Clifford C. Clavin" and now I believe "kozz"

Bottom-line: it's great to see American runners not only relevant, but true contenders at Games again.

I was thinking of that myself. That would show some class for one of them to post, "I blew it, I was wrong" Its no crime making a wrong prediction but some were fairly arrogant about it.

Once81 wrote:

Actually I would love to finally see a mea culpa and acknowledgement that Galen Rupp may actually be a pretty good runner from the "Laughing Man", "the King Reigns!" and mostly from someone who may very well suffer from Schizophrenia . . . our always incorrect, but loveably arrogant "Jesse's got a Girl", "Clifford C. Clavin" and now I believe "kozz"

Bottom-line: it's great to see American runners not only relevant, but true contenders at Games again.

Hahahahahahaha