Group 1 : 60:45-61:00
Group 2: 62:00
Group 3: 64:15 -64:30
Group 4: 65:15-65:50
Group 1 : 60:45-61:00
Group 2: 62:00
Group 3: 64:15 -64:30
Group 4: 65:15-65:50
I can't wait to see Bekele in action
Women's pace groups?
Haile Geb FTW running under an assumed name.
Banana Bread wrote:
I can't wait to see Bekele in action
You're very dedicated fan BB, but Kenenisa Bekele will not finish the race. I believe this to be true. (But hey, it would be cool if he set the WR while beating Kipchoge).
LetsRun.com wrote:
Group 1 : 60:45-61:00
Group 2: 62:00
Group 3: 64:15 -64:30
Group 4: 65:15-65:50
https://allafrica.com/stories/202009240705.html
Mzungu in Iten announced this yesterday morning. Try to keep up.
Oh Please wrote:
Banana Bread wrote:
I can't wait to see Bekele in action
You're very dedicated fan BB, but Kenenisa Bekele will not finish the race. I believe this to be true. (But hey, it would be cool if he set the WR while beating Kipchoge).
Bekele ran within two seconds of the world record in Berlin last year. And you think he won't finish? I'll have some of whatever you're smoking.
Why would you expect this site to offer complete running news and analysis?
bugattiaron wrote:
Oh Please wrote:
You're very dedicated fan BB, but Kenenisa Bekele will not finish the race. I believe this to be true. (But hey, it would be cool if he set the WR while beating Kipchoge).
Bekele ran within two seconds of the world record in Berlin last year. And you think he won't finish? I'll have some of whatever you're smoking.
If you think there's not a possibility he might drop, you probably started following the sport last September
Inside information tells Kipchoge is in world record shape. Bekele probably not.
Harry is not Chucks son wrote:
Why would you expect this site to offer complete running news and analysis?
You're sadly right. I just posed the question without passing judgment. This is a running website. I often come here for information but it's very male dominated on the boards especially. I wonder what the actual breakdown of viewership is. With a little more effort, they could easily branch out but would need to clean up a lot.
Anyways, maybe that 4th group is for Kosgei lol. For the person that said who cares -- crawl back into the hole in your mother's basement. Women's running is exciting. With better pacing, Kosgei can lower the world record she set last fall. I'm here for it.
Kipchoge is in world record shape... or in VIENA shape?
Hi Mr. Canova,
Is sondre going with the leaders or he will be better by going with the second group?
bugattiaron wrote:
Oh Please wrote:
You're very dedicated fan BB, but Kenenisa Bekele will not finish the race. I believe this to be true. (But hey, it would be cool if he set the WR while beating Kipchoge).
Bekele ran within two seconds of the world record in Berlin last year. And you think he won't finish? I'll have some of whatever you're smoking.
Recency bias is powerful, isn't it? Bekele has been very inconsistent in the marathon. In fact we've pretty much seen this exact story before. In 2016, before Kipchoge had attempted to break 2:00 or broken the world record, Bekele ran 2:03:03 in Berlin to redeem his rocky marathon career, at the time the second fastest time ever, to put himself in the running as a challenger to Kipchoge. This set up a match up in London in 2018 (Kipchoge has attempted to break 2 in 2017 and fell just short), and Kipchoge dominated while Bekele only managed to get a distant 6th. Bekele had since struggled while Kipchoge had continued to dominate, destroying the WR and breaking 2 minutes in a exhibition, cementing himself as the marathon GOAT. Then Bekele bounced back with his 2:01:41 in Berlin, once again falling just short of the WR and putting himself in the conversation to challenge Kipchoge.
Kenenisa is the GOAT, but there's sadly precedent to think that he'll falter this go around. The reports about his training haven't been encouraging.
bugattiaron wrote:
Oh Please wrote:
You're very dedicated fan BB, but Kenenisa Bekele will not finish the race. I believe this to be true. (But hey, it would be cool if he set the WR while beating Kipchoge).
Bekele ran within two seconds of the world record in Berlin last year. And you think he won't finish? I'll have some of whatever you're smoking.
Supposedly he hasn't been training as well as he was before Berlin last year because of Covid and political turmoil in Ethiopia. That being said he still has a couple weeks and maybe he'll be in better shape than we think. Even then, if he goes through halfway with Kipchoge, I think there's a good chance he runs well for the second half.
My perfect race would be one where Kipchoge and Bekele go through in 60:45, then negative split the second half, run under the world record, and it's still a sprint finish, less than 3 seconds apart from each other. Either could win, but of course it would be more exciting if it was Bekele. I don't know how anyone could say he wasn't the GOAT if he outkicked Kipchoge for the marathon WR.
Also, anyone who doesn't think Bekele is already the GOAT of distance running, would a London victory/WR do that for you?
People seem to forget the carnage that was left in the dust behind Bekele only 6 months ago in London where he literally tore Mo's course record to pieces, so it is not like he has dropped fitness since Berlin.
6 months ago, Covid wasn't the problem that it is today. He very well may have lost fitness since Berlin, because 6 months is a long time. He may not have, I'm not sure, but I think I read that he wasn't where he wanted to be right now.
We all know you want action from him as well.
The Wizard JS wrote:
Inside information tells Kipchoge is in world record shape. Bekele probably not.
Inside googling
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