Rumour - Cheptegei to attempt the 10,000m WR in September!

ISTAF (Berlin) is in the afternoon. It can be hot as well, even in September.

I hope he goes for it this year. I think he will.

context matters wrote:

It will be easy for him with the wave light technology. The light will lock him into 62-63 and then he will throw down 61s the last two laps.

Agreed. Rumor on the street is that Cheptegei is part moth. This is why the 5k record was so easy for him - he was chasing the light. Expect more records to fall.

The 10000m would have to be at night, but Berlin averages 67/51 in September, so it would be unlikely to be hot.

1234321234 wrote:

I hope the television coverage has at least 3 commercial breaks and oddly zooms in on his face coming down the stretch so we have no idea where the finish line is until he reaches for his garmin.

Ha! I agree that 5000m video was full of disappointments. Unfortunately it seems like there is no other, better video of it.

If it's in Berlin, it will definitely be in the afternoon.

ARD livestream is scheduled for 4:30 to 6:30 pm. Actual TV coverage will start at 5:35 pm - Tour de France has priority.

macdaddy wrote:

context matters wrote:

It will be easy for him with the wave light technology. The light will lock him into 62-63 and then he will throw down 61s the last two laps.

Agreed. Rumor on the street is that Cheptegei is part moth. This is why the 5k record was so easy for him - he was chasing the light. Expect more records to fall.

The light was chasing him most of the way.

dunes runner wrote:

This is great news, but don't count on the lights doing anything but being a nuisance.

First of all they are down on the curb, and no good runner competes while looking straight down at the curb. Thus no runner could even see the lights anyway.

Plus, Cheptegei was ahead of the lights for most of his recent 5k world record.

The primary issue is not being on pace, as most good runners can usually tell if they are on pace or not. The issue is being fit and fast enough to keep maintaining that pace through the distance.

If there was a rabbit about a foot high traveling at an even speed all the way around the track then that could be useful.

Have you heard of peripheral vision bro? They aren't staring at the rail, maybe keeping it in the corner of their eye to gauge progress, maybe a quick glance every now and then.

By your logic, the lights are a nuisance and somehow hindered Chep? Then how did he set the WR running the entire second half alone?

So do you run, like, marathons? wrote:

macdaddy wrote:

Agreed. Rumor on the street is that Cheptegei is part moth. This is why the 5k record was so easy for him - he was chasing the light. Expect more records to fall.

The light was chasing him most of the way.

What's the opposite of a moth? Is Cheptegei a partial raccoon? Light spooks him into faster running!! Cheater!!

i use nordvpn, quite cheap for 3 year contracts, register for bbc (it is free), and watch it on a bbc channel. plus you always get announcers like radcliffe and cram. to watch it on eurosport you need to pay.

There is no proof that weather affected him whatsoever & he didn’t bring it up either unlike 99% of runners do when they come up short.

Human physiology wants to contradict you my friend.

Announcement to be made by the end of next week at the latest.. We will see which venue

GlobalView1 wrote:

grox wrote:

With good weather, about 26 flat. The weather in Monaco was horrible: hot and humid. Yet he jogged a 2s improvement on the world record. He could have gone under 12:30 in good weather on that day.

WA have decided to make running a technological sport and ruined all comparisons on the road. At least they are consistent and let the same happen on the track.

Right on the money: sub-12:30 on a cooler and drier night is well within his capabilities.

What are you guys talking about? Cheptegei is unlikely to run under 12:45 on any other track.

The light assistance is so dumb. Whos idea was it to add that in... just makes it stupid.

under the impression wrote:

How many drug test will he get between now and then?

At least one, right? This 5k world record has to be ratified. So we can at least count on one I'd assume.

chllin369^2 wrote:

The light assistance is so dumb. Whos idea was it to add that in... just makes it stupid.

Why would it be stupid to maximize the pacing? If it's a world record attempt, wouldn't you want to see the REAL limit of the human body?

I wish he would go after Daniel Komen’s 2 mile record. I’d prefer that over the 10000m record

This week we should get more news, very interesting to find out the venue.

I heard 3 possibilities, Berlin, Rome and even an own event within the NN Running Team in Hengelo(Similar to those held by the BTC).