Should Geb retire now before disgracing his reputation?

Yeah, and that's why he breaks world records in his sleep. Freakin' 22 .. can you even count that high?

Selassie

Skuj wrote:

Yeah. Geb has just been a mess over the last few races. It's a disgrace.

agreed 100%.

its probably time for him to just relax and enjoy the fact that even though he cant win elite races anymore, he can atleast participate in them and enjoy himself.

its time for him to relax, live life, and remember that he USED TO BE A WR HOLDER. since then, he records have been shattered by Paul Tergat, Kenenisa Bekele, AND SAMUEL WANJIRU NOT ONCE, BUT TWICE!!

he was a decent elite runner, but not the best. Paul Tergat will continue to be the best marathoner ever, and Samuel Wanjiru will continue to be the best half-marathoner ever. hailes name has already been overshadowed and partially forgotten. its only a matter of time before only ethiopians will remember his name. the rest of the world will be recognizing the 10 or 20 other people that have surpassed his times and records.

its time for this guy to retire.

Your idea that he could 'disgrace' his reputation shows you don't actually understand what the word means.

He ran 58:55 and 60.07 in 2006 and 2.05.56 this past September. He is not close to being past his prime.

Hardly not sticking it out at the olympics

IMHO, this is the best single letsrun post of all time...once Haile F***ing Gebresellasie...always, Haile F***ing Gebresellasie.Hoovis

Gold wrote:

[quote]gebquitting wrote:

As it turns out, he really doesn\'t need to retire at all. He can keep running and racing until it takes him 8 minutes to cover a mile and he\'ll still be Haile-F***ing-Gebresellasie.

The only way Gebrselassie could ever disgrace himself is if he doped, and that totally isn't the case. People other than the Ethiopians will never forget Gebrselassie. His name and accomplishments will be immortalized to the likes of fellow countryman Abebe Bakila.

Dudes. I was being ironic.

Haile enjoys running.

It's clear if anyone ever speaks to him about racing, training, people in the sport... whatever it is, he enjoys it.

I once asked him why he always smiled and laughed on the start line. He looked at me almost gone out and laughed: "Running is fun. If you run well that is good, if you don't [shrugged his shoulders] it is only running."

Explains a lot. Not the kind of guy to smash up the mixed zone after a bad one.

Talk to him about fast 150ms on the track - he enjoys it. Talk about running in the forest - he enjoys it. Talk about 1500m indoors - he enjoys it. Talk about 10K - he enjoys it. Talk about road races - enjoys it. 60min on the treadmill at work - enjoys it. XC races - okay, maybe he's not so sure.

He's already rich and could be more powerful if he quit and went into politics or did more in business. So he clearly runs as he enjoys it and thinks he can achieve more.

As long as he enjoys it why would he quit?

Skuj wrote:

Dudes. I was being ironic.

Isn't it moronic, don't ya think? A little too moronic, yeah I reall do think.

Skuj wrote:

Dudes. I was being ironic.

sorry, i didnt catch the irony.

how do you really feel?

If only I could be as disgraceful as Geb...

Kirk Cameron as Jean Valjean wrote:

If only I could be as disgraceful as Geb...

thats a hard thing to accomplish.

the only reason for his overall discracefullness is because he had accomplished alot in the past, and now its no longer there. thats the way life is. it seems like the more you fight and better you get, the more that you have to lose.

this is also the same situation for many highschool kids that turn to drugs and violoence. they did it because they dont play sports and dont have much to lose. me, on the other hand, i am involved in track and have worked my way to the top and therefore have ALOT to lose.

i encourage all parents to to enroll their kids in sports if they have the ability to do so. it will keep them out of trouble, and if they realize that they have a unique ability and passion as i do, then they will realize that they have something to lose in life.

I hate you so much.

Kirk Cameron as Jean Valjean wrote:

I hate you so much.

why?

the430miler wrote:

Skuj wrote:

Dudes. I was being ironic.

sorry, i didnt catch the irony.

how do you really feel?

With the exception of London, all his other races since Athens 2004 have been stellar. Unless I missed something?

you are just like an idiot only slightly dumber. no offense.

Geb should just retire and avoid further humiliations. I wonder what he will say when he meets elite athletes and he is beaten again. Just like ELG Hicham he should retire honourable otherwise new kids on the blocks like Wanjiru, Lel, Hall, Limo will continue to kick his old ass and cause really bad damage on him. Geb causes himself humiliation by promising his fans WR when he can't. He should either just run for fun and avoid promises of World Records or quit.

We do not remember.you do that for all of us. we all related to Gonzalez.

no. I don't think Geb is capable of disgracing himself, unless he's found to be a drug cheat. He's had a remarkable career and continues to do so. Even if he fails to run much faster int he marathon, he still has run 2:05!!!