Anybody still think that he was 75% fit going into the Worlds?
Like I said, it was an enormous bluff. No one saw it coming.
More surprising results: An Ethiopian, Algerian and Moroccan do NOT advance.
Ivan Heshko DOES NOT ADVANCE.
Mark Fountain gets pipped by a CAMBODIAN who runs 3:43.
The Cambodian fellow, named Bunting Hem, just ran the race of his life. Good for him. There is some talent out here in Southeast Asia.
Cambodian national record
MAYEROFF wrote:
Like I said, it was an enormous bluff. No one saw it coming.
Nice work, Columbo. I assume you are being sarcastic, as this was one of the most predictable things to happen of all.
75% Fit + 35% drugged = 110% ready to run!!!! wooooooo!!!
wow.
3 asians men have run sub4. This is cause for celebration!
meanwhile, in Africa, 25 Kenyan children run 3:55.
In America, the nation doesn't even notice its 400+ sub 4 minute miler.
In England, land of the great sub-4 milers of old, no one even notices.
In Australia and New Zealand a few people notice something happened in some Japanese city with runners. Something to do with Sub-4/willis or something of that nature.
Honestly I think there is no answer for why Asians/Indians are so slow. It looks like only the men though- my thinking goes that they just don't give a crap and its not in asian culture to run.
Well you see, I have been living in Asia for 10 years now, so I know the significance of a Cambodian guy running 3:43.
In Kenya or the USA, this is not news if a someone runs 3:43, but when you work and run with these folks on a daily basis, you know what this means.