So in light of the recent superstardom of this 17 year old Kenyan, who has recently lit the track on fire with his 12:53 5k and his 7:37.5 3k, I am wondering.. does anyone know anything about him??
I would love to know his back story.
So in light of the recent superstardom of this 17 year old Kenyan, who has recently lit the track on fire with his 12:53 5k and his 7:37.5 3k, I am wondering.. does anyone know anything about him??
I would love to know his back story.
and I apologize for the typo, it's Isaiah*
Answer:
Pick random dude from skinny, brown dudes without proper birth certificates.
Insert random coach (mediocre, poor, awesome, whatev).
Inject EPO.
Say hello to Isaiah Koech.
Heard that he may end up at Oklahoma State next year.
Answer:
Pick random dude from skinny, brown dudes without proper birth certificates.
Insert random coach (mediocre, poor, awesome, whatev).
Inject EPO.
Say hello to Isaiah Koech.
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So how did you bunch of less talented athletes manage to suddenly break 13. They were not even born at altitude
He would hold the US senior record as well so keep looking for excuses for being shit
Hahaha, that would be great to see, and not entirely implausible, but it would definitely be a good experiment on the mertis of NCAAs, Dave Smith, and training in Stillwater vs. Iten.
Say hello to Isaiah Koech.
come on guy wrote:
Answer:
Pick random dude from skinny, brown dudes without proper birth certificates.
Insert random coach (mediocre, poor, awesome, whatev).
Inject EPO.
Say hello to Isaiah Koech.
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You are racist know aren't you? It really annoys me when I see posts like this. First of all, Kenyans are much tougher and work much harder than an average American(not going to say all Americans though). They have much, much excercise and have to do huge amounts of running too. From young ages the Kenyans are always working in the fieldsl; running to try and get water or get to school, etc.
They do this from age 5-6. Americans do this often from age 14(and still not even as much) and still Americans "build up" from there. Most of the good Cross Country runners in America almost completely rely on talent. But hard work, determination, skill, dedication, and being mentally strong are the true components that make up a Kenyan runner. The only thing I could agree with your post on his age might be wrong, but you cannnot confirm this( especially considering that now adays 75% of Kenyans have something that they can prove their birth with and Americans refuse to see it because it is not " a birth certificate")
Africans aren't nearly given the respect they deserve. They don't deserve to be bashed like this. They work super hard and because Americans just want to see their runners, and only their runners, succeed. Once an American gets the fire of a Kenyan runner than I can promise you whoever achieves that has a good possibility of achieving success. Until then though, you just have to accept that Africans have these advantages over Americans and should be respected for their running achievements.
Have to run so I got to go quickly but remember just because Africans are that good doesn't mean they take EPO or have some how an "unfair" advantage.
Who are the top male UK distance runners that are not imports?
Sub 13 min 5k?
Sub 27:10 10k?
Sub 2:08 marathoners?
USA can fill in all of those categories
come on guy wrote:
Answer:
Pick random dude from skinny, white dudes without proper birth certificates.
Insert random coach (mediocre, poor, awesome, whatev).
Inject EPO.
Say hello to Rupp, Webb, Teg, Solinski, etc.
FIXED ^^
I think people should relax any crazy expectations for Koech based upon his listed birth date and any expected greater maturity, training etc. I wrote about this today: http://viewfromlane9.blogspot.com/2011/02/age-is-just-numberfor-kenyan-juniors.html but the burden of evidence on recent Kenyan junior record holders is that pretty much what you see in that first year is what you will get with some minor improvements. That could be for a host of reasons (incorrect DOB, complacency, more intense training that makes comparisons to American jr. athletes irrelevant), but the evidence points that way. The big breakthrough for young Kenyan athletes is when they get to race against a world-class field, whatever age it is that they get the opportunity. If you read Renato's discussion of all the hurdles Silas Kiplagat had to clear to get to that point, you can see that many talented Kenyans (young and old) probably never get the chance and are waiting to come out of obscurity.