If Kimani is really doing those 2x2 at the pace the interview says, Jorge, Boaz and company will have their hands full. Plus having 3:52 and 13:10 speed never hurts. No one has said it, but I think he will bring the individual title back to sweet home Alabama. Tell me your thoughts. Holla
No doubt Kimani is doing those workouts. He's straight up tight yo.
People forget Kimani has run 13:10, I'm not saying he'll definitely win it, but if he starts the race (he seems to be injury prone these days) he'll be top 5, and he has as good a chance as any to win it.
Of course, I don't actually think he'll win. The dude's married. All girls are inherently evil, she will weaken his legs, and he will not be able to compete with other, celibate athletes. And yes I'm just bitter cause I can't get a date.
Kimani has had his days and they were good one's. We are now dealing with a higher caliber of athletes than the year Kimani won. I agree 13:10 is very solid, but chances are that was in a rabbited race in Europe (I could be wrong).
It is about equal to when Torres ran his 13:20 something on American soil! Boaz was one of the top guys at Kenyan nationals. I don't know if you know much about KENYAN nationals or not but it is not easy. Torres was last years 12th place finisher at WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS XC. These guys along with Kangango are in a class ahead of anyone else and now that Ritz in injured they are going to run off a leave everyone else. I will bet my Big Lebowski DVD on it! and that is saying a whole hell of alot!!!!
13:10 is 13:10 and none of those other guys have come even close. Rabbit or not, Torres couldn't touch 13:10. Give Kimani some credit, on his best day he would win, I don't think he will, but to say that Torres time is equal is ludicrous. Boaz and Kip are at a higher level than Torres, even though Torres had a great race at world cross, and could be there, Boaz, Kip and Kimani are very bold runers not afraid to attack the whole way. Our athletes don't seem to respond so well to that kind of merciless pace pushing.
The problem with equivalencies is that many times runners from the US don't run what they should overseas. For example. John Trautman ran 13:20 here 10 yrs ago. That might have been equivalent to a 13:10 or better over there, but he didn't run 13:10 or better. Jorge and Ritz ran sub 13:30's here, but still remains to be seen that they will run sub 13:20's over there. I'm not saying they won't do it. It's just that they haven't. You can argue that Kimani doesn't go though the US trials, the point is is that he runs faster over there than over here, which statiscally Europe is a faster place than the US to run.
hey, I'm not sure who will win NCAA this year. I would tend to think it would still be Boaz as the favorite as he will be ready in November. But when you look at experience as a factor, I think Kimani does have like 6 or 7 NCAA titles which is probably more than the other favorites combined. We'll see what happens in a month or so. Arkansas will win the team title.