Eliud could no longer break 27 minutes a decade ago. What the hell happened to completely transform him into the best long distance runner who ever lived?
Eliud could no longer break 27 minutes a decade ago. What the hell happened to completely transform him into the best long distance runner who ever lived?
Kaxxe wrote:
Eliud could no longer break 27 minutes a decade ago. What the hell happened to completely transform him into the best long distance runner who ever lived?
He went to the roads and competed twice a year.
His running economy is supreme which makes him well suited to 42km. it takes time to develop the muscles to be able to run 42km fast, you can't do it as a 20 year old which was why he started in the 5k, nothing unusual there, his progression through the distances was typical really. probably when he could 'no longer break 27 minutes' he had already started training for the half and marathon distances?
Come on.
He didn't make the KENYAN Team on the Track and was for sure motivated to show that he's still strong.
So he decided to give the marathon a shot.
The rest is history.
sfwfdqwd wrote:
His running economy is supreme which makes him well suited to 42km. it takes time to develop the muscles to be able to run 42km fast, you can't do it as a 20 year old which was why he started in the 5k, nothing unusual there, his progression through the distances was typical really. probably when he could 'no longer break 27 minutes' he had already started training for the half and marathon distances?
Samuel Wanjiru broke the Olympic marathon record when he was 22.
Pikachu wrote:
Come on.
He didn't make the KENYAN Team on the Track and was for sure motivated to show that he's still strong.
So he decided to give the marathon a shot.
The rest is history.
Yeah ummmmm OK…..
Sammy Wanjiru died way too young.
How far could others go with the backing of a large company?
sfwfdqwd wrote:
His running economy is supreme which makes him well suited to 42km. it takes time to develop the muscles to be able to run 42km fast, you can't do it as a 20 year old which was why he started in the 5k, nothing unusual there, his progression through the distances was typical really. probably when he could 'no longer break 27 minutes' he had already started training for the half and marathon distances?
That doesn't make sense. E.K. never stopped doing mile repeats. Difference between training for international championship 10000m and Marathon, since 1972 Olympics, elite 10000m men need to be prepared to race final 800m sub-1:55. Training for Marathon should not make a sub-26:50 10000m man into a guy no longer capable of racing sub-27 10000m.
Probably the same thing most Kenyan runners do. Edgar allan Poe
He built his AEROBIC HOUSE and was able to run fast ‘thon times.
Kaxxe wrote:
Eliud could no longer break 27 minutes a decade ago. What the hell happened to completely transform him into the best long distance runner who ever lived?
And you must add ,,,, now years after years , before and post pandemic he use to run a marathon at 2'50-2'51 /km , cruisin the first half in 59:50 everyone else just blow away and he does the WR and as usual after the finish line he keeps on running like he just started. Incredible!!! How somebody can be so fresh after such a performance well beyond the human possibility , to me all this is very strange
He works harder and trains smarter....yeah that's it.
It’s just like in quantum mechanics:
”…and then a miracle occurs.”
👍
Kaxxe wrote:
Eliud could no longer break 27 minutes a decade ago. What the hell happened to completely transform him into the best long distance runner who ever lived?
Runners may hit primes several times at different stages in their professional career. Kipchoge hit his first prime 2003 WC win at 19 (never to win a global track gold again); then again in 2008 at 23 (never to win a global track medal again); yet again in 2013 at 29 (when he lost his second marathon); in 2015 at 31 when curiously nothing unusual happened; and now in 2022 at 37 when he would have turned out to run his fastest marathon in hindsight.
Next stop is 41 if he doesn’t retire earlier.
Pikachu wrote:
Come on.
He didn't make the KENYAN Team on the Track and was for sure motivated to show that he's still strong.
So he decided to give the marathon a shot.
The rest is history.
He didn't make the Kenyan team as this was decided by the absolutely absurd Paris 2012 Diamond League, the deepest 5000 in history. Six men broke 12:50. Kipchoge AND Bekele both ran 12:55 and got dusted by the young guns. They were both past their track primes but with still with the underlying speed and aerobic development that allowed them such success when they moved up in distance. I think the great tragedy is that neither tried to seriously take the half marathon WR when they had the chance.
Nike gave him those super shoes. His new WR would've been impossible without them.
but that's not common. generally speaking a 20 year old will not be physically developed enough to post impressive times at the marathon distance
MikeF. wrote:
Nike gave him those super shoes. His new WR would've been impossible without them.
honestly, the shoes revived my running as well. I can def train way more, harder , longer. Its viagra for the feet.