Competing clean right now because he has lower expectations with raw marathon experience. Once he gets back on the sauce, expect close to a WR. Time to wake up.
Was expecting atleast course record but it shows Marathon is a completely different game.
Still quite a bit better than a 63 min HM.
I don’t know if you’re just being disingenuous or if you genuinely don’t know about specific training to peak for 1500m vs half marathon. Either way, it’s a bit strange. I feel like you should know better.
Was expecting atleast course record but it shows Marathon is a completely different game.
He doesn’t have it. Gault is right, Bekele and Geb with no supershoes spanked his ass with faster debut times and wins the race. Positive split is a bad sign his body is not suited for this event. Time to go to the mountain running scene and join Kilian Jornet
Not good in anyone’s eyes. It’ll be sad if the rest of his career is being an okay marathoner.
Mountain running world tour is waiting for him. He is just not suited for high performance marathoning. What’s his HM pb again? 59:xx? He is not running 2:02 with that lame pb. That’s just very brutal for him. Kiplimo is more suited or he better take some EPO. That’s the only way
It’s gotta do with his technique. That weird ungainly forefoot striking high arm pumping style is just not suited for the marathon
Cheptegei's technique is almost identical to Kiplimo's, especially arm carriage and forefoot. Kiplimo, slightly more economical, and shorter frame, I think, lighter.
He is doing just fine. Sub 2:06 in his second marathon is amazing. Regardless of what other top athletes decide to compare him to...he isn't them but sub 2:06 is heading in to right direction .
Was expecting atleast course record but it shows Marathon is a completely different game.
He doesn’t have it. Gault is right, Bekele and Geb with no supershoes spanked his ass with faster debut times and wins the race. Positive split is a bad sign his body is not suited for this event. Time to go to the mountain running scene and join Kilian Jornet
Are you saying that Geb won his marathon debut? He didn't. He was 3rd behind Khannouchi and Tergat.
He is doing just fine. Sub 2:06 in his second marathon is amazing. Regardless of what other top athletes decide to compare him to...he isn't them but sub 2:06 is heading in to right direction .
How much time does he have for LA 2028?
He'll be right up there with all the American sub 2:06 guys.