Josh Cheptegei should not have run World Half

Running Guy 007 wrote:

douglas burke wrote:

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

If he keeps slowing down like this his best marathon will be 2:08. YIKES. My coach texted us about this today

VO2 MAX not min. My coach’s words

Belarussiya wrote:

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

Can a 3:35+ 1500m guy possibly break 3000m World Record?

Why not? It's only a road race. Don't forget, as double world record holder he probably got a nice payday. He ran one race too many this season, but he has plenty of time to rest and then start his next training cycle.

I agree -- not a good take. But not neccessarily just for fans' sake but for Chep's own sake, and for the sake of his experience. When you're the best in the world at something, the rules are different. You probably recover better than 99%, can race better than 99% when underrecovered, and can do all sorts of things 99% of the world can't do. Chep is experimenting with his body and his potential. He's not going to kill himself running a HM. So what's the big risk? Not winning? Who cares. Kipchoge's streak was great but we should let runners run and not expect them to be top dog every time they lay foot on the road or track.

Running Guy 007 wrote:

Running Guy 007 wrote:

If he keeps slowing down like this his best marathon will be 2:08. YIKES. My coach texted us about this today

VO2 MAX not min. My coach’s words

my coach is laughing at this thread

Running Guy 007 wrote:

Only 10 days after his world record 10k, which means he probably spent most of those ten days recovering. Now, he’ll have to spend even more time recovering when he could have been spending that time training for another race instead of running a race he wasn’t prepared for,

What other race? Season's over.

alsoulsmatter wrote:

could be the first runner to hold both WRs and never finish the top three in a Major championship? wouldnt that be funny?

He is the reigning 10,000m world champion, Bozo.

SteeeeeV wrote:

Running Guy 007 wrote:

Only 10 days after his world record 10k, which means he probably spent most of those ten days recovering. Now, he’ll have to spend even more time recovering when he could have been spending that time training for another race instead of running a race he wasn’t prepared for,

What other race? Season's over.

He will have to spend so much time recovering and getting back into shape I don’t know if he’ll be ready for the Olympics next year. My coach’s words.