Honestly I think it is because he is a naturalized citizen, which is wrong. He broke a US record and gets beaten for quote of the day by Solinsky who albeit ran a great time, especially for a 10Ker in late winter, but still.
US RECORD > anything else that happened yesterday running wise
Oh wow, another african runs a fast time...whooptie freaking doo.
You mean American citizen?
It would have been bigger news if wejo heard 3rd hand information on (in his opinion) poor post race interactions in the locker room or bad toilet matters.
Letsrun owners are skinny white guys. The vast majority of Letsrun fanboys are skinny white guys. Fast skinny white guys are just more relevant to the population reading this website. Also Lagat is on the downswing of his career. Like 10 years ago he probably would have spanked 8:10. It's just made out as really fast because he's American now.
Because it's not a quote. It's a time.
because, it's not shocking. Its just a little faster thank his 5k pace, few expected solinksy or ritz to do what they did. if you didn't expect lagat to get the 2 mile record, you don't know running.
whateverjimbo wrote:
Oh wow, another african runs a fast time...whooptie freaking doo.
As opposed to another European running a slower time, Solinsky, Ritzenhein etc