The 10,000m is Koech's best event, as you can see the way his stamina is the best of the top track runners. Koech will move up from 5000m better than any of the current crop. Look for a 26:30 effort which will move him into the top 5 performers of all time.
7:30, 12:48 -> 26:21
BOLD STATEMENT
I agree. He should've run the 10000m this year instead of the 5000m, or at least in addition to.
I agree he could run or has the ability for that kind of time but don't expect to see it in Brussells unless there will be someone else pushing for that time. At the moment Koech is more of a sit and kick type athlete. He starts winding up the last three laps. If the pace is too slow early in the race, his pushing will not carry him to a great time but will be sufficient for a win.
lolno
It's time for Leonard Komon to finally show what he's made of. Dude ran 26:44 on the roads
Some people run better on the roads than in 25 little circles.
The Waterboy wrote:
It's time for Leonard Komon to finally show what he's made of. Dude ran 26:44 on the roads
Bad Wiggins wrote:Some people run better on the roads than in 25 little circles
very, very few
kenny kawaguchi wrote:
BOLD STATEMENT
There is nothing bold about it. IF you've watched Koech run, you can see that he has the capacity for a fast sustained pace, and he lacks a killer finish. Koech has the ability of Tergat, make no mistake about it.
SPMBLNPF wrote:The 10,000m is Koech's best event, as you can see the way his stamina is the best of the top track runners. Koech will move up from 5000m better than any of the current crop. Look for a 26:30 effort which will move him into the top 5 performers of all time.
no
3k/5k is his best event currently
even if all his 3k/5k ability extended "perfectly" to 10k off 5k training, his speed-decay is too excessive to get 26'30
his current lines of fit are possibly
51.5 / 1'48.4 ->
3'32.5
4'48.9
7'25.2
12'46.8
26'41.0
or
51.6 / 1'48.5 ->
3'32.5
4'48.8
7'24.8
12'45.7
26'37.7
or
51.7 / 1'48.6 ->
3'32.5
4'48.7
7'24.5
12'44.7
26'34.4
looking at those, he'd be lucky to get near 26'40 on debut
ummmm.... world reconfr dsi is is 26:12
his 12:48 for the 5000m was in July with no testing.
don't expect anything near this post London. On the other
hand, he might be back since there is no testing in Brussels
either. He was 5th in the Olympic final which is an utter failure. I was pretty disappointed by that race.
However, he is young.
SPMBLNPF wrote:
kenny kawaguchi wrote:BOLD STATEMENT
There is nothing bold about it. IF you've watched Koech run, you can see that he has the capacity for a fast sustained pace, and he lacks a killer finish. Koech has the ability of Tergat, make no mistake about it.
Tergat ran under 26:30 once and only 2 others have ever done it, and you can debate among those two who is the best runner ever. Maybe it wouldn't be a bold statement to say that Koech will run 26:30 someday. But say he'll do it in this race is a bold statement.
The last time anyone ran under 26:43 was Bekele in June of 2008. Last year was actually a little unusual of late as 13 people ran under 26:55. In 2010 no one did. In 2009 only 2 did (both at World Championships). In 2008, 4 people did. Heck, the post-Olympic Brussels 10,000 was won in 27:06 in 2008 by Shihine.
asdefjh wrote:
SPMBLNPF wrote:There is nothing bold about it. IF you've watched Koech run, you can see that he has the capacity for a fast sustained pace, and he lacks a killer finish. Koech has the ability of Tergat, make no mistake about it.
Tergat ran under 26:30 once and only 2 others have ever done it
I never asserted that Koech would run under 26:30, I said he would run "about 26:30," which to me means anywhere from about 26:27 to 26:33. Tergat did only run faster than 26:30, that is correct, but Koech has run faster than Tergat at 5000m, and Koech is more of a 10,000m runner than a middle distance runner.
Tergat was also primarily a 10000m runner before he turned
to the roads. He is slight better (7:28 vs 7:30) over
3000m. If Koech really is only 19, he might become the best distance runner ever. 2-3 years and he can go 26:10 perhaps.
As an expert on ceilings, I can GUARANTEE that Koech will NOT run 26:30 in Brussels this week.
good point!
yyy wrote:his 12:48 for the 5000m was in July with no testing.
don't expect anything near this post London. On the other
hand, he might be back since there is no testing in Brussels
moron
all 1 or 2 level meets have dope-testing
a wr is not valid unless doping tests were done after
look up nathan deakes...
either. He was 5th in the Olympic final which is an utter failure. I was pretty disappointed by that race.
However, he is young.
no
it was basically a 1500/800/400 race & even if he has mid-3'32, that still woudn't be close to mo/geb & maybe 1 other, who likely had
~ 3'30/3'31
( komen went 12'39/3'29, so a guy running 12'46 with 54
( komen went ~ 60 in his 12'39 - he was at his limit )
off presumed worse endurance has to be good for 3'30/3'31 )
4th was likely best he couda aimed for in a slow race
yyy wrote:Tergat was also primarily a 10000m runner before he turned
to the roads. He is slight better (7:28 vs 7:30) over
3000m. If Koech really is only 19, he might become the best distance runner ever. 2-3 years and he can go 26:10 perhaps.
tergat ran close to his 3k ability but short of his 5k by handful of secs as he followed komen's crushing pace & faded in last km ( he shouda backed off by 10 - 15m early on aiming for 12'45/12'46 & also peaking for 10kwr attempt in brussels the next week - which he got off some serious -ve splits
13'18/13'09
he couda gone close to 26'20 that day, as that race only picked up last 3k )
tergat that day was prelim ~
53.6 / 1'51.4 ->
3'36.1
4'52.4
7'27.8
12'45.7
26'23.8