HERE IS WANJIRU HAVING A BEER AFTER THE RACE WITH HIS COACH......UNBELIEVABLE!

Michael "clean" Johnson wrote:

Nothing wrong with a beer ask Toshiheko Seko.

Oh wait most whipper snappers on here would have no earthly idea who that is.

I know, he invented the running watch. Ha Ha, not as unknowledgeable as you thought are we?

Dr. Illogic wrote:

After a long, blistering hot marathon, a Guinness is not exactly what I'd be craving. It looks like a nice pale to medium ale of some sort from the photo. I'm sure it had just the right balance of nutty flavor and smooth thirst-quenchiness. And anyway, beer snob, it looks like he's drinking something on tap. You have no idea what Wanjiru is drinking.

Easy, Trigger. Go have yourself a Miller Lite (in a frosted glass, of course, to kill the taste) and lighten up a little bit.

If appreciating good beer over crap beer makes me a beer snob, so be it. I'll also give you that I have no idea what the guy is drinking. Where I'll disagree with you is that Guinness -- real Guinness brewed and served in Ireland -- is something to crave under all circumstances.

this whipper snapper knows wrote:

Michael "clean" Johnson wrote:

Nothing wrong with a beer ask Toshiheko Seko.

Oh wait most whipper snappers on here would have no earthly idea who that is.

I know, he invented the running watch. Ha Ha, not as unknowledgeable as you thought are we?

Well actually that would be seiko watches not Seko watches. I guess the jury is still out as to how knowledgeable or unknowledgeable you whipper snappers are.

Wither Man wrote:

The only thing "unbelievable" is that he settled for whatever that crap is he's drinking. If I'd just won Oly gold, I'd be asking for a Guinness, a nice German pilsner, or a quality American microbrew.

Wanjiru, here's to you. Slainte!

Why do you think it is "crap" he is drinking? Looks like Tsingtao to me, which is a Chinese brewery started by Germans. Originally the beers were made according to German Reinheitsgebot (purity laws) but not sure if that is still the case. Tastes ok.

Tsingtao is a very fine beer. And the fact that Wanjiru can relax and have a few after his race probably contributes to the great athlete that he is.

another case and point about very weak American training. Several Europeans I've met laugh at us when we talk about strict diets in our training. We need to do more mileage, quite whining, and may the strongest survive.

Wow, someone can drink a beer and no undo years of fitness?!

Even more amazing was Usain Bolt eating Chicken McNuggets before an Olympic race. The puritanical "health" food scolds of letsrun.com would have you believe that food from McDonald's is poison and if it doesn't give you a heart-attack will surely render you incapable of achieving your athletic potential. So here we have Bolt loading up on McD's before a sprint final and Tyson Gay taking the family to McD's after the World Champs. The moral is that you shouldn't substitute propoganda from ridiculous movies (Supersize Me) for your own fact-based, well reasoned opinion.

Agreed. Diet is overemphasized. Go to most trail ultras and you're getting more than the standard Gatorade and Gu at aid stations. Cheeseburgers and beer, baby! That's how you run a century!

Considering the Americans kick the Europeans' collective ass at just about everything you might want to revisit their statements with a more critical eye.

However a beer after an Olympic Gold marathon? How refreshing! If Wanjiru got schnockered and staggered around the Olympic Village puking in porto-potties that might be a problem. but a beer or two? Great!

Michael "clean" Johnson wrote:

this whipper snapper knows wrote:

I know, he invented the running watch. Ha Ha, not as unknowledgeable as you thought are we?

Well actually that would be seiko watches not Seko watches. I guess the jury is still out as to how knowledgeable or unknowledgeable you whipper snappers are.

former usc student, he won boston in 2:09.27, he ounce said after a hard workout sometimes he could not eat so he would have 10-12 beers instead.

famed and very successful coach and runner larry greer drinks every day, and his favorite saying is i will run people into the ground during the day and drink them under the table at night.

thuiatghu wrote:

Considering the Americans kick the Europeans' collective ass at just about everything you might want to revisit their statements with a more critical eye.

However a beer after an Olympic Gold marathon? How refreshing! If Wanjiru got schnockered and staggered around the Olympic Village puking in porto-potties that might be a problem. but a beer or two? Great!

That would be awesome if he did that. Except forget the porto-potties; I want to see home come reeling into the athletes village, shortly after dawn, and puking in his Kenyan team-mates' beds before passing out on the floor (their beds are empty because they are already out for their morning runs when Wanjiru returns from his all-night booze-up). That would be a true champion.

doug burke wrote:

Michael "clean" Johnson wrote:

Well actually that would be seiko watches not Seko watches. I guess the jury is still out as to how knowledgeable or unknowledgeable you whipper snappers are.

former usc student, he won boston in 2:09.27, he ounce said after a hard workout sometimes he could not eat so he would have 10-12 beers instead.

now Doug either you are not a whipper snapper or you are unlike most on letsrun and know how to use google. I did not know h ewent to usc??? Are you sure on that part?

Seko didn't run in college. He went to America and got fat and then when he came back to Japan everyone laughed at him.

Then he started running again and became a great marathoner but he drank too much and ruined his liver.

Moral: American culture makes you fat and slow.

According to IOC rules, the winner of the marathon is allowed 1 beer for each mile that he or she led.

I believe Mr. Wanjiru led from the gun, did he not?

If that were me, that would have been the first of many beers.

What's truly unbelievable is that Gharib had to have his beer by IV! That guy is a true STUD!

Steve Jones, Rod Dixon, Dave Bedford...

You have got to be kidding me?

There is someone out there trying to find fault with a guy having a beer? To top it off that guy just won the olympic marathon, he should have ten.

Live a lttle, my god, no wonder the US can't compete, bunch of wimps.