Geoff Kipsang a threat to 10k WR ???

To give you one of many examples, Markos Geneti ran 2:04:54 a year ago on January 27. Of course he was defeated by Ayele Abshero, who ran 2:04:23 and Dino Sefer, who ran 2:04:50. These are personal bests for all three.

yes

but he needs to take his meds on time

and persevere with the anger management

no matter how tough it gets

In case the point has not sunk in yet, Dick Buerkle ran 3:54.93 on January 13. This remains his mile pb and is superior to his 1500m pb.

jonesy johnson wrote:To give you one of many examples, Markos Geneti ran 2:04:54 a year ago on January 27. Of course he was defeated by Ayele Abshero, who ran 2:04:23 and Dino Sefer, who ran 2:04:50. These are personal bests for all three.

& rumours were of a short-course

go read the blurb around it

jonesy johnson wrote:In case the point has not sunk in yet, Dick Buerkle ran 3:54.93 on January 13. This remains his mile pb and is superior to his 1500m pb.

an ancient feat from '78 from a guy who coudn't make the american 1500 team in '76 at 28y but the 5k team, so looked like 5k was his best event

with his mile wr run he wouda been invited to run some mile/1500 races in '78 against ovett & in '79 against coe/ovett

what were his results ???

jonesy johnson wrote:

To give you one of many examples, Markos Geneti ran 2:04:54 a year ago on January 27. Of course he was defeated by Ayele Abshero, who ran 2:04:23 and Dino Sefer, who ran 2:04:50. These are personal bests for all three.

1. Marathon. Obviously not what we're talking about here.

2. Short course.

ventolin^3 wrote:

jjiofjijf wrote:Ventolin is a nutter. He thinks that Farah and Rupp have the same sprint speed, as though all runners with similar 10k potential have the same amount of fast twitch.

idiot

i have never said that

i believe mo has low/mid-51 ( we have a 12.9 100m vid ) & rupp high-51/52-flat when both at their peaks

Which is bollocks. Rupp has low 23 200 speed, high 48/low 49 400 speed.

So, you are saying that Rupp and Farah have the same amount of fast twitch, you just lack the basic running knowledge to know.

moron

how does this off-season, but eyeballs out 12.98 for mo convert to "high-48/low-49" & indicate anything substantially better for his whupping boy rupp ???

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJMIwlQB-28

you'd expect 11 flat for someone like Moh Fara.

which is myth that needs lotta busting

reality is that even the best 5k or 10k guys don't have better than low-12 speed in top shape/conditions, indicating nothing better than

50++ & +

ventolin^3 wrote:

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

Kenya Prisons XC this morning. John Mwangangi was "only" 8th as Timothy Kiptoo defends his title. Silas kiplagat was 11th.

1. Timothy KIPTOO 1984 37:18

2. Fredrick MUSYOKI 1990 37:37

3. Julius KOGO 1985 37:47

4. Simon CHEROP 38:02

5. Philemon CHEBOI 1993 38:07

6. Charles CHERUIYOT 1988 38:20

7. Benard ROTICH 1986 38:29

8. John MWANGANGI 1990 38:34