Where did this guy come from? I see from his IAAF profile a 1500 race time (3:51) from 2018, a couple of slow 5000 race times from 2019 and 2020, and then...
...he jumps on the scene with a 58:58 half marathon in 2022.
Yet he's already 30 years old?
So he was already 23 when he did that 1500 and 24 and 25 when he did the 5000s?
Anyone know what he was up to all those years? Why did he leap into the fray suddenly in 2022?
You surely do not follow the sport, do you?
You seem to be from Pluto if you don't know Sawe's athletics career by now. Please do your research well !!!
So a guy asked a simple question and idiots reply with smug arrogance not answering the question. No wonder people hate this sport outside of the few geeks of us who follow it.
curiouscat44 wrote:
Where did this guy come from? I see from his IAAF profile a 1500 race time (3:51) from 2018, a couple of slow 5000 race times from 2019 and 2020, and then...
...he jumps on the scene with a 58:58 half marathon in 2022.
Yet he's already 30 years old?
So he was already 23 when he did that 1500 and 24 and 25 when he did the 5000s?
Anyone know what he was up to all those years? Why did he leap into the fray suddenly in 2022?
Gault asked and apparently he was only casually running through high school unlike many Kenyans. Age 19 started in earnest and joined 2 Running Club in 2020. 13:42 at altitude in 2019 is not too shabby especially pre-superspikes likely. That’s probably something like a 13:20 all things considered for a guy on limited training. I think the big question is why no starts in 2021, but possibly it’s as simple as he had no international experience and with COVID it wasn’t easy finding a spot for him.
Without quoting figures and statistics,let me just inform you that Sebastian Sawe has been around and winning races the last several years.
He won the Kenyan Cross country championships twice and represented Kenya twice in World Cross country championships. He has won many 10k World Road races.His speciality has been in the half marathon. He won World half marathon championships and was I n top 3 in several of those races over the years.
The journalist on this forum can bring the statistics and figures.Hovewer ,for those of us who know this sport well,we know Sebastian Sawe's story.
He was on a lengthy mission and will be joining BYU as a freshman in the fall. Will probably redshirt his first year so he can work on his base.
long time fan wrote:
Without quoting figures and statistics,let me just inform you that Sebastian Sawe has been around and winning races the last several years.
He won the Kenyan Cross country championships twice and represented Kenya twice in World Cross country championships. He has won many 10k World Road races.His speciality has been in the half marathon. He won World half marathon championships and was I n top 3 in several of those races over the years.
The journalist on this forum can bring the statistics and figures.Hovewer ,for those of us who know this sport well,we know Sebastian Sawe's story.
And to add to these credentials, Sawe beat Jacob Kiplimo over the half marathon last year running 58'05 to Kiplimo's 58'09. He did run 58'02 in Barcelona in 2021 or 2022 but the result omitted likely because the course was a bit short.
He had previously set his personal best in the half marathon at 58:02 at the Rome-Ostia Half Marathon in 2022. This victory in Valencia was his first marathon win, and his second overall marathon victory.
Slammed some gear and got fast. Career summed up in 1 sentence.
Kaptel wrote:
He had previously set his personal best in the half marathon at 58:02 at the Rome-Ostia Half Marathon in 2022. This victory in Valencia was his first marathon win, and his second overall marathon victory.
How can his Valencia win be his first win and second win at the same time?
Not a simple question but a silly question for that case
all is possible wrote:
He was on a lengthy mission and will be joining BYU as a freshman in the fall. Will probably redshirt his first year so he can work on his base.
If only BYU recruited Kenyans like the rest of the NCAA (minus NAU), then they could win more than once in a blue moon
curiouscat44 wrote:
Where did this guy come from? I see from his IAAF profile a 1500 race time (3:51) from 2018, a couple of slow 5000 race times from 2019 and 2020, and then...
...he jumps on the scene with a 58:58 half marathon in 2022.
Yet he's already 30 years old?
So he was already 23 when he did that 1500 and 24 and 25 when he did the 5000s?
Anyone know what he was up to all those years? Why did he leap into the fray suddenly in 2022?
Just to save you future headaches, don't try to figure out what, why, where, and how about anything the Kenyans do. You really can't trust any information about them with regard to age, where they're from, etc... their managers, agents, and coaches are super secretive and NEVER share info about workouts or training plans.
Two years ago he ran 25:30 5K Fun Run marathon and caught the running bug. Wears Hokas when he's not running so you can tell he's legit... and now London Marathon champ!
One day, he was given an Italian cocktail. The expierence changed his life, and he suddenly realized that running was his dream. He hasn't quit since
His times really improved when he became elite and didn't have to carry around a double fuel belt and 8 gels.
curiouscat44 wrote:
Where did this guy come from? I see from his IAAF profile a 1500 race time (3:51) from 2018, a couple of slow 5000 race times from 2019 and 2020, and then...
...he jumps on the scene with a 58:58 half marathon in 2022.
Yet he's already 30 years old?
So he was already 23 when he did that 1500 and 24 and 25 when he did the 5000s?
Anyone know what he was up to all those years? Why did he leap into the fray suddenly in 2022?
Probably training under a Shady manager below the radar outside of the testing pool doing a significant ammount of PEDs. Doping stays with you for years. I'm sure there are plenty of others like this in Kenya who are just below world class training and doping until they hopefully make it.
This thread has everything you come to letsrun for.
condescension, poor humor, doping allegations, and real quality information all within 18 posts.
Ah, but you didn’t really answer the question,
a 5’5” 115 lbs dude with the heart and lungs of Secretariat?
if it looks and smells wrong,
it is wrong.
ah, the chemicals.