London DL Day 2 Recap - "[O]ne can't say this was anything but a disaster for Lagat and Manzano."

Regardless, Lagat and Leo will miraculously be in the best shape of their lives in a few weeks.

according to malmo, Manzano is a very consistent runner. Really, he truly stated that on here.

(I am sure he will correct me on my "misquoting" him in a minute though, just you watch and see)

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Or is this just another example of the Brojos typical awful journalism?

I will agree that one could make the argument this race wasn't a total disaster for Lagat as the 5 guys that beat him are all credentialed milers.

But if you are talking about him winning Olympic GOLD, then it wasn't good at all. You have to be able to beat the 4th and 5th placers at the Kenyan Trials.

To beat Gebremeskel, you are going to have to be incredible. Remember, he's a guy that beat Farah last year barefoot.

PS. As for the awful journalism, it can't be that awful as you're reading it.

Disagree Rojo, on you still insisting Lagat's race was a total disaster. There's a difference between preferring a little better - and a disaster. I think you're being creative to defend yourself.

You have to taste the soup to realize its terrible.

rojo wrote:

PS. As for the awful journalism, it can't be that awful as you're reading it.

jesus, you probably really believe this don't you?

that's outrageous.

how does your brother even let you on this forum with drivel like this? you are truly cringe-worthy at times.

I have to agree that this was a pretty bad outing for Lagat. He's usually a formidable force in a race yet was nowhere to be seen. After running 3:34.XX in NYC about a month ago, it is logical to expect a similar result, yet the race was very strange in that the main pack failed to follow the rabbits and so a slow time for the entire field resulted. Kiplagat should have easily been about two seconds faster.

I missed the race this morning, does anyone have Lagat's approximate / estimated splits? What did he close in?

rojo wrote:

I will agree that one could make the argument this race wasn't a total disaster for Lagat as the 5 guys that beat him are all credentialed milers.

But if you are talking about him winning Olympic GOLD, then it wasn't good at all. You have to be able to beat the 4th and 5th placers at the Kenyan Trials.

Another poster put it well: there's a difference between hoping for better (a performance to indicate that he's capable of winning a gold medal) and claiming that "one can't say this was anything but a disaster."

If you really can't think of anything to call the performance other than a disaster, your journalistic credentials are even worse than I thought.

rojo wrote:

PS. As for the awful journalism, it can't be that awful as you're reading it.

I go where the information is easiest to find. I think that's true of a lot of us who frequent letsrun. Most of us probably come here in spite of your "journalistic" tendencies and the mid-1990's era website - not because of them.

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I go where the information is easiest to find. I think that's true of a lot of us who frequent letsrun. Most of us probably come here in spite of your "journalistic" tendencies and the mid-1990's era website - not because of them.

We have a winner. People come here because it's comprehensive, but I can't imagine for the "journalism" at the brojos (a title they try to eschew at certain times, when convenient). Personally, I read a ton of links posted, but put very little stock in brojo-written articles. I'm sure it's the same for a lot of readers.

"A couple years ago I would have thought that that [a 3:54] was a failure, but this time around when I'm training for the 5,000m that was exactly what I needed"

-Lagat doesn't think it was a failure

http://www.flotrack.org/coverage/249569-Diamond-League-2012-Aviva-London-Grand-Prix/video/647643-Bernard-Lagat-pleased-with-354-mile-and-looks-to-sharpen-for-Olympics-at-2012-Aviva-London-Grand-Prix