OMG did Mary Keitany just run sub 1:06 half marathon WR?

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A friend of mine just told me Mary Keitany has decided to run the World 10000m. I can't wait to see her against Tirunesh Dibaba. YES!

Where did your friend get this information? Is there a link you can provide? My money would be on Mary Keitany.

Who cares if Mary Keitany will run the 10000m. Shalane Flanagan will pose a bigger threat to the Ethiopians then Mary Keitany. Shalane have stated several times she plans on putting her 5000m and 10000m records way out there this year. Sub 30 minute 10000m and 4:05 1500m speed will certainly make her a serious medal threat. Bring it because Shalane will be ready, Mary and Tirunesh!

a serious medal threat is not as dangerous as a serious gold medal threat.

ProudAmerican wrote:Sub 30 minute 10000m and 4:05 1500m speed will certainly make her a serious medal threat. Bring it because Shalane will be ready, Mary and Tirunesh!

you do realise incongruency ?

geta ran 4'01 & had 14'30 non-chinese wr

elvan ran solo 3'58 & a 14'24wr & went ~ 29'55 in '08

it is virtually impossible to run <30 of "only" 4'05 & it's likely the actual <30 gals have flat-out

3'53 - 4'00 ability

yes

14'10 ability means you coud even grind stuffed-to-the-gills-doped 3'55 ruskie bitches into the ground

Elvan 10000m personal best was in a championship race and that year I'm sure she could have run 29:45-29:48 in a even pace trial time race. Shalane will definitely improve this year at every distance from 1500m to 10000m. If she doesn't get injuried she could very well threaten 4:02high 1500m, sub 14:25, and sub 29:55. Shalane doesn't need lower than 4:02high-4:03 to easily break the sub 30 minute 10000m barrier.

ProudAmerican wrote:Shalane doesn't need lower than 4:02high-4:03 to easily break the sub 30 minute 10000m barrier.

no

she does

paula is greatest endurance female in history

in her book she mentions a 4'01tt in her glory track years

if she needed 4'01 at worst to get 30'01, all other inferior endurance machines will require << 4'01

learn logic

Your not as knowledgeable as you would like to think. Paula ran 30:01 by herself at the European Championships and never attempted sub 30 any other time. If Paula had rabbits and target sub 30 it's not doubt that she could have easily bested that time.

You don't run a solo 30:01 with the 2nd half in the rain unless your capable of much faster- Thank You!

2002 European Championships

Paula Radcliffe (GB)30:01.09

Sonia O'Sullivan (Ir) 30:47.59

Lyudmila Biktasheva (Rus) 31:04.00

Paula's only attempt to run under 30 minutes and she did it solo and if it wasn't for the rain which started right around 4km- she would have destroyed the sub 30 barrier.

moron

what part of :

"if she needed 4'01 at worst to get 30'01..."

does your numbskull not compute for 1500 expected requirements of a < 30er ???

Is Mary really planning on running the World 10000m? I know she's running London Marathon will that be enough time to get in track shape for Worlds 10000m?

Can Mary Keitany run Lisbon half marathon? She needs to race more often.

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RE: MARY KEITANY: can she take down Paula's Legendary 2:15:25 WR 5/10/2010 4:36PM - in reply to UnmatchableStrength

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Every now and then an Athlete comes along who raises the bar to a magical height such as Jesse Owens (LJ), Daniel Komen, Sotomayor, Burka, JJK, Michael Johnson, Bolt...and Paula Radcliff. We always assume because another athlete gets close or is on the right trajectory that the record will be broken. Although all records will eventually be broken, but not necessarily by an athlete 'on paper' who are expected to break it. Usually even the athlete who set record can't do it again.

I don’t want to suggest any incredible performance was luck, but records are set when all the stars align...everything is perfect, scheduling, conditioning, venue, incentives, pacing, whether, etc., etc., etc., etc. Obviously I am talking about off the charts records, not the incremental ones. If you think about the circumstances when the records were set, for example, when Wariner ran 43.5 a lot of people though the 400m record was a done deal, but when MJ ran 43.1 it was on a rock hard track, no wind, 82 degrees and it done when Mike was perfectly fit while maintaining an unmatched low percentage of body fat which you can only maintain for a short period of time without getting sick or injured. When Daniel Komen ran his 7:20 3k, he was in 3:29 1500m and 12:40 5k shape and he ran the record at a meet and in a race when there was nothing on the line but the 3k record. When Jesse Owens set the long jump record, when he ran down the runway he carried with him weight of thing we can only imagine, which far exceeded a medal. (Like I said, I don’t want to call it luck, but some many things have to be right, beyond the things you can control.) Perhaps one of the Ethiopian ladies have the talent if they take a shot ‘right now’ while they are at the top of their game, but like I said, capability isn't enough… the stars have to align. No disrespect to Coach Canova, but I am pretty certain MaryK will not come close to Paula’s record and we should not even be talking about it until she runs 2:18. And not to take anything away from MaryK, but I watched Tirunesh Dibaba run a 15k in 46:26, she hit the 10k mark 31:24 and basically cruised the rest of the way…keep in mind she was coming off of a long layoff from injury. Tirunesh will break the road 10k/15k/20k/25k and half marathon record whenever she feels like it.

Talent isn’t enough, Paula had two weird human quirks, the ability to handle an insane training load and live an insanely monastic lifestyle singularly dedicated to one pursuit. As important as sport is to an elite athlete, it is almost impossible to get an athlete to make running the absolute center of their universe. Paula had the talent of a servant, body of a mule and mind of a monk.

Just like Jesse Owens' long jump record which lasted for decades; perhaps the female to break Paula’s record isn’t even born yet.

Mary broke Paula's 2:29:27 record. She should just focus on breaking 30km wr and Catherine Ndereba record.

No. She doesn't run any race till London Marathon. For preparing marathon, you don't need to run frequently. "Ubi mayor minor cessat", when there is a top goal, the other goals come after.

Renato can you get Mary to break Mizuki Nogouchi 30km 1:38:49 record? So she'll own records at half marathon 25k 30k.

I think Mary Keitany herself wants to compete at Lisbon because of the loaded field and the course is downhill.

ventolin^3 wrote:

moron

what part of :

"if she needed 4'01 at worst to get 30'01..."

does your numbskull not compute for 1500 expected requirements of a < 30er ???

We do not need the 'moron' word here.

Also, that was not a 30:01 it was a 29:40 or better run in conditions that slowed the time down to 30:01, if I recall correctly.

It seems to me that some runners have a 'wide, flatter, range while others have a more narrow optimal distance. For the latter group, having a 3:56-4:00 level means not being top-level at 10,000. Looking at the men, how many top-level 10,000 guys are within a couple of seconds of the 1500 WR? Why are women so different than the men.