World XC Recap: A Truly Unbelievable Day

Sorry to be pedantic on an emotional day, but Kenya as the "birthplace" of cross-country. Did I miss something?

430, this thread will resurface in one year when Kenenisa makes his victorious return to world cross. It will be just another pebble on the mountain of stupid shit you have said.

wejo wrote:

Tens and tens of thousands of people, many of them packed body to body between a barbwire fence, others hanging out of trees, many not able to see any of the racing at all except for a torso here and there, packed the Mombasa golf course in excruciating heat and humidity to witness "cross country come home" to its birthplace of Kenya.

XC was born in Kenya? Whatever. Sorry man, but this whole piece was really poorly written and hard to read.

If you check the video from wejo with the staggering Ethiopian, you can easily see and identify the numbers. It is the Junior race and a look at IAAF results clearly shows that the runner finished. This, after he fell and was helped up by numerous people. Don't jump the gun - as he was still the 5 th Ethiopian he was not a scorer(4 to score in Jr. I think-?), but could have displaced others by 1 pt. Just a keen observation.

Stupid Yank wrote:

wejo wrote:

Tens and tens of thousands of people, many of them packed body to body between a barbwire fence, others hanging out of trees, many not able to see any of the racing at all except for a torso here and there, packed the Mombasa golf course in excruciating heat and humidity to witness "cross country come home" to its birthplace of Kenya.

XC was born in Kenya? Whatever. Sorry man, but this whole piece was really poorly written and hard to read.

You people are complaining about the poor quality of the report and video, but I don't see you there doing any better. Be thankful he went and gave us updates so quickly.

Thankful for a poo sandwich? You're right, but what's that got to do with it? I don't write books, either, but I know a bad one when I see it. The report imparted no meaningful or worthwhile info that I hadn't already found elsewhere and written well. It's really too bad that the author of this doesn't have a better vocabulary and writing ability, I bet he noticed a LOT of awesome things that weren't covered by others that might have been of interest because they didn't get into other reports.

There is an excellent report at the link below written by Bob Ramsak in Mombasa for Race Results Weekly.

David Monti

Editor & Publisher

Race Results Weekly

Thanks Wejo and everyone.

91 degrees and 73 percent relative humidity:

Dew point = 81 degrees!

Heat index = 111 degrees!

http://www.weatherwizkids.com/temperature.htm

Kenenissa will see to it that not a single Kenyan will touch a GOLD medal in any race he will parttake in the future. Cheering a formidable athlete in injury or any health related issue no matter who it is in our sport is as bad as it gets and should be considered unsportsman-like.

All I would say to Kenyans is do not piss off a wounded tiger - you will regret it.

Well said, Emperor.

I suspect kenyans are using their kind of 'magic vodoos' and sort to fade bekele from the race.

voodoo

Those were all Qatar fans cheering.

dunes runner wrote:

91 degrees and 73 percent relative humidity:

Dew point = 81 degrees!

Heat index = 111 degrees!

dunes runner, dew point tends to be relatively stable (a reflection of thermal inertia). Since the dew point was pretty much 73-76 for most of the week, that would suggest that one (or more ) of the figures Monti quoted was off. As it turns out, the official hourly temperature record confirms.

Time/Temp/DewPt/Relative Humidity

3:00 89.6 75.2 62% 3:35 Jr Women

4:00 89.6 75.2 62% 4:05 Jr Men

5:00 87.8 75.2 66% 4:40 Sr Women

6:00 84.2 75.2 74% 5:20 Sr Men

It should be noted that highest dew point ever recorded on the planet is 94, in Eritrea, home of one 12:59/26:37/59:05 runner - Zersenay Tadesse, World XC Champ 2007.

Selassie wrote:

Kenenissa will see to it that not a single Kenyan will touch a GOLD medal in any race he will parttake in the future. Cheering a formidable athlete in injury or any health related issue no matter who it is in our sport is as bad as it gets and should be considered unsportsman-like.

All I would say to Kenyans is do not piss off a wounded tiger - you will regret it.

And I'm sure Kenyans give a shit.

How will KB "see to" this, exactly? Sorry, GOAT or not, he's beatable.

There was no injury, champ. And I think you mean "jeering."

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And I'm sure Kenyans give a shit.

How will KB "see to" this, exactly? Sorry, GOAT or not, he's beatable.

There was no injury, champ. And I think you mean "jeering."[/quote]

he will see to it the same way Haile did that an athlete that I admire Tergat never won an Olympic or Majors GOLD from 1993 - 2002. The same way Kenya was frustrated over and over again by not being able to beat Bekele until the elements brought him down this past Saturday.

Remember, chump, Kenya didn't beat Bekele even when he was unable to finish a race.

stupid letsrunners wrote:

Selassie wrote:

"Cheering a formidable athlete in injury or any health related issue....."

And I think you mean "jeering."

No, actually I think he does mean 'cheering'

Let Haile attempt the Marathon record if he thinks he is greater than Tergat. Selassie, can he do it?

Then I will believe you...

Did you see the 1-2-3-4 in both men and the women? That is what is in stock in Kenya. They keep germinating and blossoming. Records seem to never stand. These stars in the making are coming for them.

Isn't it amazing that the statistics are staggering? By the way, Bekele and Haile have been attempting to break Kenyan records. Did I say Kenyan records...

Hey Selassie...Do you how many nations are in the world? Kenya is the home to the blazing fire that seems never to extinguish!