oh please wrote:
He's 28 now and has done something like two or three road races, which were not all that spectacular even.
That 15k that he was injured in was somewhat 'spectacular'. He was on pace to destroy that record by at least 30 seconds, then his leg broke.
The Waterboy wrote:
You understand a year ago he utterly owned Lagat in a 3000m from the gun and ran 12:51 at the end of his Diamond League season also a week after a double which contained a 26:43 10000m? Is that the Bekele that's finished?
People waited two years after 2007 before they called Webb done but they can't even wait that long to call Bekele done?
Please be informed that starting your posts with "You understand..." or "You do understand" has been officially declared arrogant and moronic and an idea whose time never even arrived.
Please refrain from doing so in the future.
Happy Birthday Kenenisa...Kenenisa turned 29 today. His days of dominance have been over for some time, but I would love to see him return as he'd still be in the mix if healthy.
chet wrote:
I know, I know, some of you are probably thinking that chet has been drinking again, that chet is off his meds, that chet is again out of his mind, that chet has not been in his mind for quite some time, that chet has probably just escaped the mental hospital etc...
However, the question has to be asked. I don't mean to imply that Kenny won't race again, or even that he won't be near the top of the world again. But it seems increasingly clear that Kenny's days at the top, where he sat perched on his throne appearing so imperious as the grand emperor of footracers, that those days are over, that the distance events are going to be more like the 1500 post ElG, where there is not one man who triggers trepidation in his competitors, as Gabriel Jennings was once known to evoke in his peers, assuming Gabriel had any, and that Kenny has sucked the orange dry, and there is no juice left, and we may yet get to see a humble Kenny, as this great champion is no longer feared, unless he walks away like ElG, as a champion who could not stomach the thought of taking a backseat to a mere mortal...
Well, I occasionally like to pull up an old post of mine in a generally futile attempt to educate some of you...
Yes he's finished... IF... He can't stay healthy. If he can keep healthy, he has 5 decent years left IF... He still has fire for the sport. Age and injuries change many things.
If he's "finished" it'd only be with track running. This could be the sign for him to move up.
Except you don't bring up the times when you were wrong.
Is he finished?
No, we are still waiting for him to finish his last race.
mesfin wrote:
kenenisa is like phonix
Mesfin,
Congratulations on the young man Jeylan Mohammed.
After he pipped the Brit (Mohamad Farah) at the line, I said to myself..'the Ethiopians have it! These guys always find a way to win!'
Jeylan did it for his country. Ethiopia needed it. I was actually happy for your nation ironic as it might sound.
I feel for Farah. He put in everything and just lost it in the end.
Hermens now says Kenenisa is running 5000 meters in Brussels on September 16th.
chet wrote:
Hermens now says Kenenisa is running 5000 meters in Brussels on September 16th.
source??
I'd say he's finished
he will compete 07 jan 2012 at edinburgh XC
he has started a 10000 race where he did not not win.
he LOST
No. Brussels 2011 anyone?
don't think so wrote:
No. Brussels 2011 anyone?
read: drugs
someone had to do it wrote:
don't think so wrote:No. Brussels 2011 anyone?
read: drugs
Evidence? And are you also implying the same thing for Albalco salazar's athletes such as Rupp and Farah?
mesfin wrote:
he will compete 07 jan 2012 at edinburgh XC
Are you sure?
Kenenisa says he has recovered from his "injury" and that he is motivated for the London Olympics. He is planning on contesting some Diamond League races. This season should be interesting, to say the least.
That someone is a retard wrote:
Evidence? And are you also implying the same thing for Albalco salazar's athletes such as Rupp and Farah?
The evidence is that he got dropped at worlds when the race was being run at a slow pace, knew he had no chance and dropped out, and then he comes back 3 weeks later and runs a world leading 10k time. Common sense is not common, is it?
What did I write which makes you believe that I implied salazar's athletes were on drugs. I don't think you understand the definition of imply.