Kenenisa Bekele Comes Up Short in Breaking 25k world record

Thanks for the video!

Banana Bread wrote:

Bekele has proved again that he is the most greatest runner ever. It said that the first 12k was 39:09, and Bekele was a few seconds from the front. If he finished in 73:48 than he done 13k in 34:3x. That proves that he is still the best 10k runner in the world ever. after running 12k, doing a 26:40ish 10k and then keeping the pace for yet another 3k. All out he will have done a potentially literally world record. It is definitely a road, world record. I'm surprised that wasn't evan realised by any one. Am I the only one with the brains to noticed this. I literally think he would have done the world record if he had a pacer with evanly paced splits, and no crowds of runners toward's the end, to get paced through.

Yeah we need to see some official splits. Kenenisa was obviously flying at the end but even I have a hard time believing he ran 13k in 35 mins and change.

I watched the race live and i'm pretty sure that 7.5km was 22:24 and 39:09 was 13km

no he blew his nose with left hand shook the guys hand with his right

???? ? wrote:

I watched the race live and i'm pretty sure that 7.5km was 22:24 and 39:09 was 13km

So he ran the remaining 12k (not 13..) in 35:XX? That makes a lot more sense.

Banana Bread wrote:

Bekele has proved again that he is the most greatest runner ever. It said that the first 12k was 39:09, and Bekele was a few seconds from the front. If he finished in 73:48 than he done 13k in 34:3x. That proves that he is still the best 10k runner in the world ever. after running 12k, doing a 26:40ish 10k and then keeping the pace for yet another 3k. All out he will have done a potentially literally world record. It is definitely a road, world record. I'm surprised that wasn't evan realised by any one. Am I the only one with the brains to noticed this. I literally think he would have done the world record if he had a pacer with evanly paced splits, and no crowds of runners toward's the end, to get paced through.

WTF is a "potentially literally world record"?

Banana Bread wrote:

Bekele has proved again that he is the most greatest runner ever. It said that the first 12k was 39:09, and Bekele was a few seconds from the front. If he finished in 73:48 than he done 13k in 34:3x. That proves that he is still the best 10k runner in the world ever. after running 12k, doing a 26:40ish 10k and then keeping the pace for yet another 3k. All out he will have done a potentially literally world record. It is definitely a road, world record. I'm surprised that wasn't evan realised by any one. Am I the only one with the brains to noticed this. I literally think he would have done the world record if he had a pacer with evanly paced splits, and no crowds of runners toward's the end, to get paced through.

There's no way he ran the first 12k in 39:09. He was going much quicker than that.

According to the LetsRun thread of people watching the livestream, The 22k split was 1:05:06. If the 12k were 39:09 than that would make the following 10k a 25:57. Also, according to the thread the opening 5K was 14:33, so I doubt Bekele hit the brakes so much that he only hit 12k in 39:09. So those splits in the press release are definitely a misprint.

Christopher Kelsall wrote:

Bekele (as we found out) wasn't in great shape, as Jos Hermens mentions in this article:

“The race okay, not extraordinary. Obviously, Kenenisa is not in top shape.” – Jos Hermens

Pollution also was likely an issue.

He was wearing Vaporflys for those keeping track....

http://athleticsillustrated.com/editorial/the-race-okay-not-extraordinary-obviously-kenenisa-is-not-in-top-shape-jos-hermens/

You can trust Jos.

He is very smart.

Sometimes it is more convenient for Jos to be dumb.

For example:

Dr. Miguel Angel Peraita, according to Spanish media reports, shares or shared an office in Madrid with Jose Merino Batres, one of the sports doctors under investigation in the Spanish cycling (Operation Puerto) doping scandal. That scandal, one of the worst to engulf cycling, led to top stars like Jan Ullrich and Ivan Basso being banned from this year's Tour de France. Hermens's current clients include Olympic 10,000 champion Kenenisa Bekele as well as Gebreslassie.

Hermens said he recommended Peraita to the three German athletes because he believed some of the Spanish doctor's methods, which included homeopathy, were revolutionary. "I was maybe a little DUMB," Hermens said. "I should have asked more questions about what Peraita exactly does."

Neither Schumann or Breuer faces a criminal investigation at the moment - the German athletics federation has given the two runners seven days to explain some of the "medical" breaches reportedly shown in the Springstein court documents.

Springstein was convicted in March for giving a banned substance to minors he was coaching.

Hermens was also the manager of Breuer and Katrin Krabbe when they tested positive for the banned substance clenbuterol in'92. Both Breuer and Krabbe, who won 100 and 200 golds at the'91 world championships, were coached by Springstein at the time.

???? ? wrote:

12k was sub 36:00

Yes, at 12km 35:50

So last 13km at 2'55" pace

and 2:55 1km is a 2:03:04 for a marathon.

faster than ruppy poop

lkj wrote:

Head to Head since 2012

Galen Rupp (USA), 2

Kenenisa Bekele (ETH), 0

Yes, and I already showed you that Bekele's times on a bad losing day are at least 3 minutes faster than Rupp's times on a good winning day, those are facts....bro.

What is up with the "NN" I keep seeing on Nike's elite marathoners' jackets and singlets? Is that Hermens' group?

doctorj wrote:

lkj wrote:

Head to Head since 2012

Galen Rupp (USA), 2

Kenenisa Bekele (ETH), 0

Yes, and I already showed you that Bekele's times on a bad losing day are at least 3 minutes faster than Rupp's times on a good winning day, those are facts....bro.

You would hope his losing times are faster than Rupp's losing times considering they're run during a friggin time trial!!!!

Why are we comparing someone who has 20+ gold titles to someone who only has like.....one. And plus comparing one to other one (when one is not in top form) is weak. All you have to do is look and see who would win in a match up when they're both at their best. Everything else is just fanboy talk.

What are you guys going to say when Rupp kicks down Bekele over the marathon?

Pretty interested that pre-Rupp running Boston, we criticized the elites for not running Boston and just preferring time trial courses like Berlin.

Now that Rupp races Boston, you guys say he is avoiding other runners.

Eat it.

Again why are you even comparing the two? And as for Boston? Last time I checked London is without a doubt the best marathon on the planet. Bekele is not near his best but he has at least done London twice which I respect. Hell even farah has done London and he wasn't even a full marathoner. Rupp has yet to do London at all even though that's where the best comp is going to be ( kipchoge, farah and a few others). But backed to bekele why are you so sure rupp will be beat bekele. You talk as if rupp is on kipchoge level(which he clearly isn't). He's only won one major marathon in a so so field. Most of the the runners he was competing against were not in there best form. And yes bekele did run a time trial Berlin race but at least he beat a Wilson kipsang who was in 2:03 shape that race. Has rupp ever beaten a guy who was 2:03 marathon shape on race day? So why are you 100% positive that it would happen if both at there best. I want to here it.

I literally think Bekele would have no trouble beating Rupp. He is the best marathon runner ever. He will run the world record next year. I remember the excitement of Berlin 2016. Ok I was still 2 or 3 miles from the finish line, when he crossed in a near world record.I was more excited for his results then mine. He actually literally motivated me, and always does motivate me to be a more better runner myself. I wish I could finish closer to him, so I can shake his hand at the finish line. I'm dying to meat him more then ever. Someday I will. I will definitely visit his hotel in Ethiopia some day. I always wanted to visit Ethiopia literally. I think he will get the 2:02 he deserves, may be evan 2:01. Rupp could someday do a mid 2:05 I think, but that is still a bad day for Bekele.

Is it safe to say you Expect Great Things™✔️?

The website of the race is a joke. Two weeks after the race there are no results. If all Indians are as incompetent or lazy as the race organizers it is no wonder that India's runners are despite its huge population a joke as well. It is no wonder that splits mentioned here are well off

https://tsk25.procamrunning.in/media-pr/press-releases/bekele-degitu-win-first-international-edition-of-tsk-25k

Also notice the hideous surroundings and the rubbish on the side of the road at 34:40 of the video -

https://youtu.be/9rHau7vMthc?t=2073

Anybody knows Kolkata? It looks like there is not a lot of asphalt roads and the organizers did not have much choice.