Geoff Kipsang a threat to 10k WR ???

depends on who has tapered and who is in heavy training. cc is also vastly different from track so we have to wait and see.

seeing as virtually all those guys train together in various camps & at least 1/2 of them are aiming for world x-country squad, i'd bet good money those 1/2+ are all in similar training cycles/taper/etc

still, some might be pushing the pace while others are training thru. Besides cc is vastly different from track.

eh ???

to win by a ~ minute meant he damn well pushed it hard long way out & no one coud keep up

he destroyed a top class field by biggest margin i can recall

get a clue

he ran phenomenal, with the 10000 world record the only place to try for it is brussells in 9 months on september 7th or hengelo in may, unless he wants to run a world record pace solo at worlds to get away from farah and rupps kick.

did you talk them and asked who pushed and who trained thru?

douglas burke wrote:he ran phenomenal, with the 10000 world record the only place to try for it is brussells in 9 months on september 7th or hengelo in may, unless he wants to run a world record pace solo at worlds to get away from farah and rupps kick.

hengelo is usually an ethiopian centred meet & with hermens as organiser & owner of all those ethiopians, he's not going to be too keen to see a kenyan there to run a fast time, so i doubt geoff will be welcome with open arms there

if the organisers here

have their heads screwed on, they'll have a 10k & make arrangements for geoff to turn up in shape & offer him best pacing to 5k they can ( & big bonus for various clockings - at least something for 26'25 - kennster's track record - that is feasible )

it's rare to have a potential wr talent around nowdays in track events 1500 & up, so they shoud try to make a huge name for the meet worldwide

from another thread by kapcherop

Beating Geoffrey Mutai by almost a minute means a lot especially that Mutai is in a faily good shape(finished third a week ago-2secs behind the winner). Also the fact that Isaiah Koech came in more than a minute after Kipsang means that this guy is bad news! His performance is only reminiscent of Geoffrey Mutai's 2011 season. He should go for the half marathon world record as well because this could be his best chance. And btw, I think 35:00 is the fastest time ever on that course

note, this course until '10 was the one for kenyan national championships

mutai was 2s behind last week to the african x-country champion, mwangangi ( albeit i've never heard of this race, but it's got to be significant with that moniker ), so he is in good shape

http://www.iaaf.org/news/report/victories-from-chebet-and-mwangangi-in-kerich

my guess is 50/50 tt and racing.

If the guy is any good he'll go run some marathons for big $$$ instead of chasing a 10000 WR that nobody cares about anymore.

so, if kipsang walloped that field by nearly a minute is only in 50/50 tt / race shape, then we can expect something very, very special when he is in 100% race shape

kenyans don't need anymore M runners !

he is only 20 & can wait for M

he already has extensive wiki entry

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Kamworor

this shows he already has 10k pedigree, with a 27'06pb from nearly 1.5y ago !

so, he was already for all intents/purposes a 27-flat guy from long time ago & he has got to be stronger & more mature as growing guy

this really does indicate an imminent demolition of 27 if some meet organiser takes notice

i meant 50% of the participants were in race shape.

obviously kipsang was one of the 50% NOT in race shape as it was his 1st race of the season compared to likes of mutai who has already run a close 3rd to african champion last week

10k wr

who cares??

maybe you should email his coach with your advice

and some projections on your calculator ventolin

ventolin^3 wrote:

all this indicates that the kid has got to be hugely under 27-flat currently & really shoud think about dropping down from the M to 10k as he's still only a pup

he has some huge business to attend to over 10k...

Kipsang said he is targeting world championship this year in Moscow and I am sure he is not talking about the marathon. 10000m is his best bet. Note that his training mate, Jonathan Maiyo-a 2:04 marathoner(59:02 h/m) ran and won 5000m in the African champs last year. And though Maiyo doesn't a 10000m time, he is rumoured to be in sub 27 club. Renato could therefore get him to pace Kipsang later in the year.

Is anyone else impressed by Asbel Kiprop's 37:03??

george oscar bluth wrote:Just like Wilson Kiprop was a threat to the 10k WR and going to run sub 26:30 in the Olympics, right?

...Right?

he was injured going in & dropped out of a 27'30 race

you think that indicates 100% fit ???

canova, his coach, has been asked about him at least twice but hasn't responded

this kid has an actual, ole 27'06pb & seems to have "trained on" from there

what do you think is a fair estimate for what he coud run 10k know ???