Great article by Addy Ruiter on Joshua Cheptegei. He believes Joshua is extremely talented and very intelligent, also with a work ethic almost second to none.
Basically thinks Joshua to be as talented as Bekele with the work ethic of Eliud Kipchoge.
Addy said Joshua proved him he was at least in 12:30 shape, and much fitter than Kenenisa ever was. So he's calm before his 10,000m attempt as he has a considerable buffer.
As for the future, Joshua stated he wants to be considered the greatest of all time, so he wants a few gold medals in worlds and olympic games.
What was interesting to me is that Addy believes Joshua best event will be the half and the marathon where he can run 'at least sub 57:30 and sub 2h in a regular race' and with continuity and years and years of undisrupted training, maybe even faster..
Time will tell, but if Joshua breaks the 10,000m wr and wins the world half, and caps it off with a half marathon world record..then, it has to be the greatest season ever for any distance runner ever.
talent? seems believable but to actually get there is another thing. good luck
I'm excited to see the world half
The race is in 8 days. Do we have the start-list yet? Or do we know who is the special guest announced? Kiplimo?
Adri wrote:
The race is in 8 days. Do we have the start-list yet? Or do we know who is the special guest announced? Kiplimo?
Not yet. Either a late addition( they have to complete the women's line-up too), or the special guest is Stewart McSweyn.
I hope he achieves his goals and sets more WRs
My only question is how does he know for a fact that he’s fitter than Bekele ever was?
This is a load of crap. Look at Scarface at the end where Al Pacino literally has crack coming out of his gills when he is getting shot multiple times but keeps standing up and shouting out that nobody will take him down. This is what is happening now but with different PEDs.
Great runner wrote:
I hope he achieves his goals and sets more WRs
5/10 commonwealth gold
2014 world jr champ 10k
2017 WC silver 10k
2019 WC gold 10k
2019 gold world xc champs
Wr road 5/10/15k
Wr track 5k
Banana Bread wrote:
This is a load of crap. Look at Scarface at the end where Al Pacino literally has crack coming out of his gills when he is getting shot multiple times but keeps standing up and shouting out that nobody will take him down. This is what is happening now but with different PEDs.
You should get out more. Hollywood isn't real life.
Mzungu in Iten wrote:
... if Joshua breaks the 10,000m wr and wins the world half, and caps it off with a half marathon world record..then, it has to be the greatest season ever for any distance runner ever.
Henry Rono says hi.
3000, 3000 Steeple, 5000, 10000 world records in 81 days.
Mombasa calling wrote:
Great runner wrote:
I hope he achieves his goals and sets more WRs
5/10 commonwealth gold
2014 world jr champ 10k
2017 WC silver 10k
2019 WC gold 10k
2019 gold world xc champs
Wr road 5/10/15k
Wr track 5k
Point taken. I hope he continues to achieve his goals and sets more WRs. He is on his way to being the GOAT.
you're talking about team noregon project
5k-5000-10000-HM/10k would be more impressive given how high the standard got since Rono's era
I disagree. If he is that much better rerun the 5k record without the wavelight tech and same with the 10k. Bet he doesn't run so evenly then.
Also very easier to think that from Cheptegei's road dominance but those shoes man. I am skeptical without all these major technological advances to just start saying he is way more fit than the best runner of all time
He was ahead of the wave-light for a good portion of his run. It had a marginal effect at best on that performance. He also did it on a hot day with not a huge amount of pacing help (not like they got him to 3500 meters or anything). It's funny you're acting like Cheptegei is all about the technological bells-and-whistles considering where he trains and his XC performances, which strips all of that stuff out. Beating Kamworor, Kiplimo, Barega and Kipruto shows a lot considering what all have done before and since.
Trackfan55 wrote:
My only question is how does he know for a fact that he’s fitter than Bekele ever was?
aside from the fact that he has run faster than Bekele ever did?
CAHorn wrote:
Mzungu in Iten wrote:
... if Joshua breaks the 10,000m wr and wins the world half, and caps it off with a half marathon world record..then, it has to be the greatest season ever for any distance runner ever.
Henry Rono says hi.
3000, 3000 Steeple, 5000, 10000 world records in 81 days.
OMG, I didn't realize that all happened in less than a 3 month timeframe. wow
WTF
Mombasa calling wrote:
Great runner wrote:
I hope he achieves his goals and sets more WRs
5/10 commonwealth gold
2014 world jr champ 10k
2017 WC silver 10k
2019 WC gold 10k
2019 gold world xc champs
Wr road 5/10/15k
Wr track 5k
Very, very impressive. Did he get the 10k record then before Kipruto? Kipruto's 26:22 is the road record now.