Josh Cheptegei should not have run World Half

They also said that I should not of raced the Turkey Trot Championship 5k Marathon after my XC Season(10/10 man D2) but I showed them and EQUALED my 17:20 pr! BOOM!

America is America wrote:

appIeswan wrote:

Jesus... Your ignorance hurts.

So, Cheptegi tapered for his World Record, spent ten days recovering for the half, now still spend two weeks recovering from this half. His season is over

Cheptegei is a world champion already. So appleswan is right and the troll before him is 0/10.

The fact that the OP is probably correct if you’re thinking in terms of preserving Cheptegei’s reputation and building his legend is actually part of the trouble with running as a sport. Instead of incentivising runners to race often and squaring off against each other, we end up with the best runners only racing when they are peaking, and we almost never get to see the very best face off against each other.

Running as a sport would be much better off with less focus on times, and instead more emphasis on exciting and memorable races. The greatest runners shouldn’t be crowned based on their ability to time trial, but rather their ability to perform when it matters, and create memorable moments over and over again by racing and competing frequently, never shying away from facing their hardest opponents. Legends are created through legendary battles.

Imagine if Sammy Wanjiru scratched ahead of Chicago because he knew he wasn’t at his best? The fact that he didn’t gave us the most exciting race ever witnessed on this side of the Y2K. Moments like that is what makes it great, and what creates legends. A race like that is a hundred times more exciting than a solo world record.

I celebrate Cheptegei for being there, and competing. The fact that he was made the race more exciting. And I’m sure we’ll see him race plenty more in the future. His 2017 World Cross race showed that he’s a runner who’ll compete, and leave it all out there.

npurdy1112 wrote:

Running Guy 007 wrote:

I knowwww

Someone forgot to change their username before commenting LOL

That’s pretty funny. This place is full of idiots of all flavours.

astro wrote:

Viren was blood doping.

Zatopek then.

You should coach him

Why didn't he attempt the 3k world record?

heartfoundation wrote:

You should coach him

Sure! I’d have to check with my coach first. My coach was the one to say Cheptegei is in a huge training hole. His exact words “His VO2 Max is HURTING right now.”

Running Guy 007 wrote:

heartfoundation wrote:

You should coach him

Sure! I’d have to check with my coach first. My coach was the one to say Cheptegei is in a huge training hole. His exact words “His VO2 Max is HURTING right now.”

Another thing coach said about Cheptegei: “He needs to start doing threshold work!”

Well I TT'd ny own 10k PB in August and let me tell you, there's no chance I'd have run a strong Half Marathon 10 days later despite being 6 minutes slower than Chep. Chep put in a very solid performance.

Only on LR will the troll post bash a guy for racing too much and another for ducking the competition.

Admit it or not Brojos but this is the commune you’ve cultivated.

Runner10287 wrote:

Only on LR will the troll post bash a guy for racing too much and another for ducking the competition.

Admit it or not Brojos but this is the commune you’ve cultivated.

Yes because they own the internet. Or do you actually believe letsrun is the only place people bash each other, ignore facts and reason, and insult everyone that doesn’t share their opinion...

I would rather he spent two months training for the half and breaking the record, instead of where he is now, which is in the HURT box and out of shape. My coach texted me this morning a picture of Ryan Hall lifting weights with the caption “Cheptege” in 2021. I LOL’d

Athletes dodging eachother has lead to the death of this sport, and a fascination with watching individuals time trial by themselves.

Akin to watching footballers hit the top corner 100 times in a row in training or golfers landing hole in one's on their practice course.

old news wrote:

Runner10287 wrote:

Only on LR will the troll post bash a guy for racing too much and another for ducking the competition.

Admit it or not Brojos but this is the commune you’ve cultivated.

Yes because they own the internet. Or do you actually believe letsrun is the only place people bash each other, ignore facts and reason, and insult everyone that doesn’t share their opinion...

So because the rest of the internet is a cess pool so should the Brojos sandbox. Ok I guess.

Looked good. Just seemed to lose interest later in race because he never moved with leaders but kept form and was not really gassed at the end. I think he is capable of world record next time.

He's a racer and about to go into a break before preparing for the Olympics. Why not race, see what happens? He also helped his country to a team medal and it could have been gold if he was in the shape he thought he was in.

Running Guy 007 wrote:

I would rather he spent two months training for the half and breaking the record, instead of where he is now, which is in the HURT box and out of shape. My coach texted me this morning a picture of Ryan Hall lifting weights with the caption “Cheptege” in 2021. I LOL’d

LOL, Out of shape???? He ran 59:22 for the Half Marathon Yesterday and 26:11 for the 10000 just 11 days ago, How many runners would love to be that out of shape? Answer ALL

I agree with this take 100%. It is this race, not the 10K world record race, which is exactly the reason, Cheptegei will smash the 1/2 marathon world record someday. There's nothing more motivating than an unexpected loss, especially to a champion.