Is it just me or do Ed's legs look much thicker and more muscular than anyone of the other runners? Definitely larger than typical Kenyan legs. Maybe he has more fast twitch fibers, thus able to kick home in 24.xx.
Does anyone know his height/weight?
Maybe he is the 2nd coming of Henry Rono..
I do see a similarity but I think Ches is shorter.
In the livestream they said he was 5'6'' and that he lost 7 pounds after coming to Oregon...
He definitely looks leaner than high school but still large compared to everyone else.
you know what? if we would all do some squats we could have legs just like his.
true story, just ask x-fittherealone1
Look at Gebs thighs, especially when he was younger and ran the 1500 regularly. He had the thigh-bicep ratio of a Tyrannosaurus. Same with Bekele when he was burning it up.
He looks a lot leaner than HS. I was thinking he looked smaller than most of the guys in the race. A lot smaller than Rosa and his Oregon teammates.
Maybe Leg Thickness Doesn't Matter
Jurassic Runner wrote:
Look at Gebs thighs, especially when he was younger and ran the 1500 regularly. He had the thigh-bicep ratio of a Tyrannosaurus. Same with Bekele when he was burning it up.
They may have looked slightly larger than the rest of the field, but I think this is because there legs were generally just shorter. If you saw them in person, they would still look extremely small.
I think the same thing is going on with Ed Ches' legs since he's so short.
notpencil wrote:
Jurassic Runner wrote:Look at Gebs thighs, especially when he was younger and ran the 1500 regularly. He had the thigh-bicep ratio of a Tyrannosaurus. Same with Bekele when he was burning it up.
They may have looked slightly larger than the rest of the field, but I think this is because there legs were generally just shorter. If you saw them in person, they would still look extremely small.
I think the same thing is going on with Ed Ches' legs since he's so short.
That is illogical. The width of a small pencil does not appear bigger than the width of a long pencil.
Take a look at Toshihiko Seko. Great runner for his time, but short with thick legs.
There's this dude we like to call Kenny B...
Nonsense.
Did you never experiment with the volumes of different sized glass when you were a kid? The short, wide glass always appeared more volumous than the tall, skinny glass. In reality, they were the same.
You just now said they are different, so how can they be the same.
not the same or the same wrote:
You just now said they are different, so how can they be the same.
I was proving the point that was mentioned earlier that they may just appear larger because he is shorter. His legs may not actually be larger in diameter or volume, but they certainly look bigger.
Ches definitely did lose weight mainly because he is running more and is paying better attention to what he eats. Kind of what you would expect transitioning from H.S. to a big D1 program. Sol, Rupp, Jordan, Kara, Molly and Shalane for example were bigger in H.S., got small in college and even smaller as a pro. Although, it seems to be the opposite with some H.S. girls, some of the very skinny ones don't progress much beyond H.S. and in some cases don't start to get better in college until they put on weight.
trackcoach wrote:
Ches definitely did lose weight mainly because he is running more and is paying better attention to what he eats. Kind of what you would expect transitioning from H.S. to a big D1 program. Sol, Rupp, Jordan, Kara, Molly and Shalane for example were bigger in H.S., got small in college and even smaller as a pro. Although, it seems to be the opposite with some H.S. girls, some of the very skinny ones don't progress much beyond H.S. and in some cases don't start to get better in college until they put on weight.
Definitely true.
High school:
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/high-school/milrose-games-held-168th-st-armory-young-athletes-nyc-marathon-champion-dr-norbert-sander-article-1.1021663College:
http://www.letsrun.com/photos/2014/ncaa-day1-cheserek/imagepages/image9.php
