irun wrote:
Well it's not like K. Bekele hasn't been experiencing any failure lately. He(according to that article) was weak as a kitten for some period of time following the aftermath of the cross country champs in Mombosa.
You have to wonder though when Mottram manages times to rest because it's a given that he races in Europe every summer because that's where the bigger, more important meets are, but he apparently runs in Australia when they have their track season going on as well, and he's always nearly 6 weeks away from sub 13:00 5k shape, as he and his coach say, which means he must constantly be red-lining, or just about. So I'm not surprised to see athletes like him or Bekele experience some dry spells in certain races, although Bekele did seem to bounce back with some impressive runs this summer- 7:25, 7:26, 12:49, 10,000 gold at wc's, etc.
I think Mottram should just take some time off to totally recoop from the stress of his training, so that he is fresh enough to put together a solid 10 months of training to get him ready for the Olympics, because the next time he runs in the Olympics, he may not be the same athlete or have the same capabilities because of the toll time takes on the body. He's 27 right now, will be 28 next year, which makes him 32 in the 2012 Olympics. Limo won the WC's in 2005 at the age of 31 or so, but it was a slow tactical race. Mottram better get rest so he can gear up for the best race of his life, if he really wants that race- that gold nuggett of triumph.
You're an idiot. Mottram tweaked his hamstring 2 weeks ago and has hardly even jogged for most of that time.