King Ches is nearly lapped in Kenyan Trials, where does he go from here?

joed|rt wrote:

Bad Wigins wrote:

calling the guy "king" at this point is ironic. He has flopped as a pro.

Oregon used him up in college chasing team points. Having distance runners compete in two to three events at nationals every indoor and outdoor season is a recipe for disaster. Coaches should be more responsible in protecting the long term careers of their runners than to over race them in such a manner.

Lol. High schools race 2-3 times per meet every week or biweekly. It really doesn’t matter.

nomadiclife wrote:

And yes ches got dropped but how many US runners would have stayed with that pace at 6k elevation? A big fat zero. Stop hating.

This.

If THIS performance relative to Kamworor shows a runner should quit, every single American 10,000 runner who isn't 2012 Rupp with a time machine might as well hang up their superspikes.

Bad Wigins wrote:

calling the guy "king" at this point is ironic. He has flopped as a pro.

Your mom has flopped as a pro.

So who knows why he isn't a US citizen yet huh?

Maybe he's been less organized, hasn't had the right lawyer, sponsor whatever. Maybe an unpaid speeding ticket idk. Our immigration system is very uneven and slow. That's why immigrants join the military. It expedites it. Ches didnt so it takes longer. The world is way messier than many keyboard warriots seem tl think.

4L wrote:

joed|rt wrote:

Oregon used him up in college chasing team points. Having distance runners compete in two to three events at nationals every indoor and outdoor season is a recipe for disaster. Coaches should be more responsible in protecting the long term careers of their runners than to over race them in such a manner.

Lol. High schools race 2-3 times per meet every week or biweekly. It really doesn’t matter.

There is a world of difference between high school and college. Both in terms of speed and in terms of accumulated injuries. He raced too often in college in an effort to secure team points. Good for Oregon, not good for Ches.

Oh yeah rojo, Jerry will get him hooked up on the burrito sauce and he’ll drop a 26:10 in no time.

NCAA is a wee bit tougher than HS isn't it?

If he can't make the Kenyan team then he is definitely not going to medal, so should he just be looking for a participation trophy at this point?

Does not matter? Of course it does matter.

Lots of runners get burned out in HS or College.

Some thread was floating around about who would break Bekele's records few months back, and people were scoffing at the idea of Kam even being on that list. While he wasn't the one to do it, . dropping a 13 min 5ks in a half, winning the world half after getting trampled and bloodied at the start and now dropping 27:01 after getting run over by a motorcycle and hospitalized for weeks shows he always had the talent

Kam is the GOAT of mental toughness

Obvioulsy, he should go back to Powell or go with ADP.

He needs a coach.

And WTF, Haas entered Weine in the Trials 10k?

Just classic! RoJo has been gone from the boards for 24hrs+ and hasn't realized he just recommend the two clubs which are disbanding and defunct post-Olympic Trials!!

rojo wrote:

When does his contract expire? Does anyone know? I'm normally don't think a coaching change is all that important but think he clearly needs a change when his contract expires. Get in a structured environment with like Chris Fox at Reebok Boston or Jerry at BTC.

I changed the title of the thread after the race was over. Does anyone have his actually finishing time?

Where do you guys come up with this stuff? Last time I checked there are plenty of Americans who would have run faster than the "king" in addition to Rupp. Kipchirir, Lomong, Lagat, Solinksy, Meb, Fisher, Korir, Kincaid, Abdi, True, etc. Those guys have all run 20 seconds or more faster for 10k and many of them recently.

dsrunner wrote:

NCAA conversion useless

That same applies to NAU runners........and you know it.

You know what would be amazing? If someone could make a joke about burritos. We can only hope somebody will come up with something.