Most definately. He has the drive, talent, and is in the right shape to do it. So I say yes
hahaha. Def. not the outdoor.
El G was probably lanced. The indoor record is not as hard as the outdoor one. I can see SiKi running 3:27 or even 3:26 but not 3:25.
Interesting thoughts , we dont have an american close to this type of depth in talent. Americans just are not wired to be at the top of the heap. Just make sure I get my * top american status note seems to be the goal.
Can't say that he "will." But (if age records are accurate, and that's an important if) Kiplagat ran 3:29 at age 21, while Hicham did it at 22.
But remeber that Alan Webb was once on pace to challenge Hicham's records. If Kiplagat can continue to progress with consistent training and without training errors that result in injuries, then I think he will take El Gurrouj's records out. Not this year, of course.
Probably not, 3:26.00 is flying. But he is on track I suppose, 3:25 is an entirely different world from 3:29.
shoe guy wrote:
Probably not, 3:26.00 is flying. But he is on track I suppose, 3:25 is an entirely different world from 3:29.
I certainly don't accept Kiplagat's statements that he's going to break the record this year. It will take at least 2 years, and if his age is correct, he has 3 or 4 years to get it done.
As I said before, the real question is whether he can make the necessary training progression without taking significant steps backward due to injury/overtraining. Quality of coaching and support staffs matter here, and El Guerrouj and Lagat (and Kipketer and Rudisha for that matter) have benefitted from having among the best in the world on their side.
So if he does what will all the posters who said he wouldn't do? Answer they won't do anything so its easy to throw you negative opinion when you have nothing to lose. If he does why don't all the posters who said he couldn't leave Letsrun for three months!
After seeing the impressive 12km x-country win Silas completed today in Kenyan he's on a different level than last year. So my answer is maybe, it's possible, but everything (health, training, suitable competition, pace, & weather) would have to go right for him thru indoor and outdoors.
he says he started running in 2008, he ran 3:39/28:00 in 2009, and then he dropped ten seconds in the 1500 in 2010. His xc prowess is much improved this season, so we can't just automatically rule this out even though he is so far away from the record. he was actually already predicting 3:26 at Berlin or Rieti last summer, as you can read in this article:
http://www.letsrun.com/2010/silas-kiplagat-0826.php
Bottom line is that it would be incredible for him to break 3:28 this year, as no one has done that in maybe 7 years since Lagat was a secret U.S. citizen and still running for Kenya in 2004.
justAthought wrote:
So if he does what will all the posters who said he wouldn't do? Answer they won't do anything so its easy to throw you negative opinion when you have nothing to lose. If he does why don't all the posters who said he couldn't leave Letsrun for three months!
I think you already know the answer. They'll all say he's on drugs--I'm actually surprised that the losers haven't said that already.