You are so obsessed with biomechanics...Sharon Kiprop is worse, Salina Kosgei was no better either but they both won Boston marathon in astonishing sprint finish beating people with better running techniques...Mary Keitany carries her wrists way too high, Paula with her bobble-head running style was painful to watch but yet their speed is incredible!
If Prischah Jeptoo can win a marathon with that godawful running form...
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SayWhat? wrote:
...knock-kneed and right leg swinging out for 26.2 miles, then running form obviously does not mean much and speed is really all that matters. It is not a pleasant thing to watch.
Running form doesn't matter much when you have the cocktail of drugs Jeptoo takes. There is virtually no testing in kenya. She is free to dope to about 2-3 weeks before the race.
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SayWhat? wrote:
...knock-kneed and right leg swinging out for 26.2 miles, then running form obviously does not mean much and speed is really all that matters. It is not a pleasant thing to watch.
In a race, speed from the start to the finish "is really all that matters", yes, but we all know that.
What Jeptoo's idiosyncratic form should be telling you is that being as lean as possible is extremely important for an athlete involved in a strength/weight discipline.
If Deba could have transmitted the same amount of energy over that course yesterday, but carried 1kg of fat less, she would have been running about 6 seconds faster per mile. Jeptoo would have never caught her...or maybe never let her get that far away to begin with.
If Dibaba wants to move up to the marathon and beat Jeptoo, she is going to have to sacrifice a bit of her beauty/baby-face and lose 1 - 1.5 kgs as well. Jeptoo is just too lean. I don't see her doing that. She's had too much success and it's very difficult for a woman who knows she's gorgeous to let that go (even temporarily), not to mention how difficult it is to overcome the body's signals to eat like usual.
It's striking how much Mutai and Jeptoo look alike in the picture on the current homepage where they are wearing jackets and victory laurel's while holding up the sweetest dinner plate ever. Like identical twins: equally lean, same bone structure in the face...even identical teeth! Bizarre, or maybe not.
Tim Hutchings didn't notice.
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"Tim Hutchings didn't notice."
Didn't notice what?
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Bleu wrote:
Isn't she coached by Canova?
AKA doped to the gills. Only way to explain his ludicrous views on African blood doping
Dunno who coaches her but she's managed by the good Dr Rosa and hasn't he had some interesting questions asked about him.
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Jeptoo's form is flawless and quite efficient when viewed from the side where it counts.
Messing with her front on appearance would screw up her speed and efficiency, and she wouldn't even be able to run.
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Her form is disturbing. It is a bit like watching someone have an epileptic fit. But it obviously isn't that bad or she would not keep winning.
However, there may be a reason outside of training that she can sustain less that perfect form longer and faster than everyone else.
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Octa wrote:
If you measured the power that she uses/generates during an entire marathon and compared it to an efficient marathoner, you would be amazed by how much more it takes for Jeptoo.
This is no perfect form for every runner.
But every runner has her perfect form.
Now please eff off.
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If this marathon was on a track, would Jeptoo have been lapped twice and come back to win?
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