like that big test run the elites in eldoret do before marathons....is Wilson Kipsang's record on that 40km run still alive?
like that big test run the elites in eldoret do before marathons....is Wilson Kipsang's record on that 40km run still alive?
Who?
Renato tends to give insight after big races; i'm trying to get a better idea of what kind of shape the runners are in before the race.
you can't always trust the athletes when they claim to be in good shape, but having an idea of the workouts they have done leading up will give a better idea and help handicap the field.
what about these pace makers? i really hope they can maintain an even pace to 30k. i doubt the WR is going down, but it's rare that the pace makers do a great job of helping in london
51 Haile Gebrselassie ETH 2:03:59 PACE
52 Edwin Kiptoo KEN - PACE
53 Richard Sigei KEN - PACE
54 Fernando Cabada USA 2:11:53 PACE
55 Milton Rotich KEN 2:08:55 PACE
56 Linus Maiyo KEN 2:11:34 PACE
57 Cyprian Kotut KEN - PACE
Cabada is pacing Vail, Haile will be pacing the lead pack...and only 5 other pacers which will be split between the lead, Mo Farah, and others??
vdawg wrote:
what about these pace makers? i really hope they can maintain an even pace to 30k. i doubt the WR is going down, but it's rare that the pace makers do a great job of helping in london
51 Haile Gebrselassie ETH 2:03:59 PACE
52 Edwin Kiptoo KEN - PACE
53 Richard Sigei KEN - PACE
54 Fernando Cabada USA 2:11:53 PACE
55 Milton Rotich KEN 2:08:55 PACE
56 Linus Maiyo KEN 2:11:34 PACE
57 Cyprian Kotut KEN - PACE
Cabada is pacing Vail, Haile will be pacing the lead pack...and only 5 other pacers which will be split between the lead, Mo Farah, and others??
Cabada is going to lose his head, go out with the front pack and screw up everybody's pacing. America #1!
The "Who?" thing is getting a little old. Get some new material.F**ktard.
dril wrote:
Who?
The WR is going down. MF 2:02.59.
vdawg wrote:
like that big test run the elites in eldoret do before marathons....is Wilson Kipsang's record on that 40km run still alive?
I was just thinking about the unpredictability of the London Marathon outcome, and remembered, if there's one stable of athletes you don't want to bet against, at this point in contemporary running times, I believe it would be Renato Canova associated athletes. Trained well, adequately prepared and contending...
Canova has given his thoughts here:http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=5735714&page=1#5735936
Get a new line wrote:
F**ktard.
who?
vdawg wrote:
Renato tends to give insight after big races; i'm trying to get a better idea of what kind of shape the runners are in before the race.
you can't always trust the athletes when they claim to be in good shape, but having an idea of the workouts they have done leading up will give a better idea and help handicap the field.
He waits to see who wins, and then claims to have been the mastermind behind the success.
He still claims Mo Farah's success as his own.
Kipketer_Pumpkin_Eater wrote:
I was just thinking about the unpredictability of the London Marathon outcome, and remembered, if there's one stable of athletes you don't want to bet against, at this point in contemporary running times, I believe it would be Renato Canova associated athletes. Trained well, adequately prepared and contending...
I would bet one of them to win, but not to set the WR on Sunday in London, and I'd be willing to bet none of them go sub-2:04 or even break the CR, simply because there is a "stable" of them. It makes us think that with so many of them in one race that are capable of such speed that something huge might happen tomorrow, but actually the opposite is what happens. With so many of them all in one race they end up competing against one another instead of running a time trial for a fast time.
I would be willing to bet no one runs faster than KB's Paris time tomorrow even though the course is flatter. KB got to run a time trial which won't happen tomorrow in London. The London organizers want a fast time, but first and foremost the athletes want the victory regardless of the time. All it takes is for one of the elites to get a little impatient and a little too aggressive and all the others have to make a quick decision on the spot whether to go with the surge or to hold off, and then the CR and the WR is out the window.
trollism wrote:He waits to see who wins, and then claims to have been the mastermind behind the success
nonsense
he's already indicated he thinks 2 or 3 guys will go 2"03+
that is a bold prediction & he does offer advise to wilson
He still claims Mo Farah's success as his own.
utter drivel
he has never claimed any such thing
Well, Canova says Kiprotich is going out with Haile and Bedford told LRC he is going with Mo in 62:15. What is true?
Kipsang is so smooth. he's the one guy whose words you can trust about where his fitness level is...really screwed himself at London 2012, but he's bounced back magnificently
good to see you back!! Could Kipsang have gone 2:02 today with perfect pacing and perfect weather?
great interview with Kipsang on kenyan TV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUDW28tIwfg