Let it be done.
Let it be done.
I second that motion.
+1
The best is Ron Mann said Friday that Wesley would win it and the heat would help him win it. Great prediction by Ron, he knows his athlete.
Wesley Korir is the real deal. Total blue collar breakthrough in the sport by running 2:08 in Chicago without an invited runner spot (finishing fourth overall without the headstart the invited runners got). Wins LA after idiot race directors figure out that the guy is legit. Wins Boston over living legends like Mutai and Gebre. Has a cool twitter account where he follows Louisville basketball. Doesn't have a wikipedia page. Runs a brilliant race in Boston, letting the leader get away, knowing that the move is too much too soon. And fights back for a decisive win. Really wish the guy would get a shot at the olympics. He has the kind of heart that it takes to win a championship race that, even in UK, will still be warm.
He doesn't want the Olympics for Kenya. He wants to run for the USA, expect to see that next year.
I don't care who he runs for or if he ever runs for us period, I just love the fact that he runs a marathon like he's Pac-Man, waiting for people to tire and then picking them off. In fact, Pac-Man is a perfect nickname for him.
He's a great guy. A friend of mine tweeted at him when he came to Boston last week and asked if he wanted to go for a run with our college team and he responded and said sure. Pretty cool to say that we went running with the Boston Marathon champion a few days before his victory.
He's a very nice guy and clearly has a bright future on the roads..
I'm a fan.
Too legit. The story about him helping college kids with their schoolwork as he cleans the dorms is almost too good to be true. Part Bernard Lagat, part Will Hunting! His winning Boston flirts with black front page territory.
OnPoint wrote:
He's a great guy. A friend of mine tweeted at him when he came to Boston last week and asked if he wanted to go for a run with our college team and he responded and said sure. Pretty cool to say that we went running with the Boston Marathon champion a few days before his victory.
He's a very nice guy and clearly has a bright future on the roads..
I saw that.. Absolutely incredible.
he has made a good living on winning marathons. :)
He has my vote for now.
all in favor?
Korir is the man. I got real pumped watching him come back today and then open up the gap to win. I wasn't expecting him to in it for the win late in the race or to feel that strongly about the race in general, but how can you not root for this guy? Everything about him seems incredibly positive and I'm not sure I've read a bad word about him. Just seems like a top class person and with him coming through the NCAA's, his progression has been really cool to follow as a fan of the sport.
It's settled then. Wesley Korir joins Yuki Kawauchi as a favorite citizen marathoner.
He's my favorite maintenance guy, for sure.
And let's not forget about his foundation:
http://www.kenyankidsfoundation.org/
A couple of nice hometown reports:
http://www.whas11.com/home/Louisville-man-wins-Boston-Marathon-147603845.html
He's been a local favorite for a while now. Truly a great guy!
I was watching his move as the announcers talked of him setting up a clinic in his town. Here's a man with his heart in the right place.
And, what a smart run yesterday! Well done.
I remember Boston in '76, it may have been even hotter. The winner was Jack Fultz(?). I think he ran 2:19. Ten minutes slower than Boston Billy the year before!
Korir, Letsrun's favorite marathoner. Done
I think Korir is great, and he ran a really smart race. I also think it's pretty funny that Korir is getting all this love from LRC for running off the pace and pulling out the late win. So many times I see comments on here from people who believe that there's some kind of moral victory from going out with the lead bunch, even if it means you blow up late.
For example, here's a comment from the Week that Was after the 2010 Boston marathon, where Ryan Hall fell off the lead group, then came back to finish 4th:
"the American who had the best race in the marathon last week was Meb Keflezighi. Yes, Hall beat the New York champ but Meb - despite some injury troubles in training - stayed in the hunt the longest."
Read more:
http://www.letsrun.com/2010/weekthatwas0427.php
So I guess the moral of the story is that you have to win for running your own race to be admirable. Otherwise, blow up in a blaze of glory.