Kimetto perfect running style for marathon

"No results for Dennis Kimetto in the sport of Track and Field before 2011."

Incredible.

The whole lead pack has pretty indistinguishible running form

Deutsche wrote:

The whole lead pack has pretty indistinguishible running form

That may be the distinguishing aspect of Kimetto's form. :)

I don't believe he just popped out of nowhere in 2011. Renato Canova has said on here that these guys have had years and years of aerobic base before arriving at this level (whether it be formal or informal training).

Wilson Kipsang is looks very efficient when running too

Dude! wrote:

I don't believe he just popped out of nowhere in 2011. Renato Canova has said on here that these guys have had years and years of aerobic base before arriving at this level (whether it be formal or informal training).

AFter Chicago, Kimetto himself said he didn't start running til 4 years ago.

Remember when Lance used to destroy the TdF and all those mountain climbs. And we all (well, maybe not everyone, but most at least) thought he was a unique physical specimen of incomparable genetics and early training. And we bought his book, "It's Not about the Bike," and we all ate up how hard he trained year round and how he even trained on the very routes the Tour would take, and we all thought, it was genetics and training that made him the greatest cyclist ever and he was so amazing? And remember how basically his book was all one, long big defense that he didn't use drugs? Yeah, remember all that?

vdawg wrote:

Wilson Kipsang is looks very efficient when running too

Anyone under 2:04 IS incredibly efficient, period.

If a runner at that level doesn't "look" efficient to someone watching, the problem is with the observer, not the form.

Yep, these Kenyans and Renato's claims don't pass the BS-detector.

Sorry, Lance Armstrong = Godwin's law of doping.

instead of being sour about these great runners, just pack your bags, go to their training camps and see if you can hang with them....

somethings rotten in Berlin wrote:

time will tell wrote:

AFter Chicago, Kimetto himself said he didn't start running til 4 years ago.

Remember when Lance used to destroy the TdF and all those mountain climbs. And we all (well, maybe not everyone, but most at least) thought he was a unique physical specimen of incomparable genetics and early training. And we bought his book, "It's Not about the Bike," and we all ate up how hard he trained year round and how he even trained on the very routes the Tour would take, and we all thought, it was genetics and training that made him the greatest cyclist ever and he was so amazing? And remember how basically his book was all one, long big defense that he didn't use drugs? Yeah, remember all that?

Yep, these Kenyans and Renato's claims don't pass the BS-detector.

There's no doubt Kimetto is a huge talent. He may just have been lacking good blood, and a good trainer (doctor) provided him with the necessary treatments to jump a few levels over the more genetically gifted competition. Plus, he probably wasn't in a testing pool beforehand, so he can start his bio passport with documented high levels....or something like that.

DPL wrote:

There's no doubt Kimetto is a huge talent. He may just have been lacking good blood, and a good trainer (doctor) provided him with the necessary treatments to jump a few levels over the more genetically gifted competition. Plus, he probably wasn't in a testing pool beforehand, so he can start his bio passport with documented high levels....or something like that.

Wow, like a lightbulb went off! Your last statement could make sense for someone wanting to beat the bio-passport; the required doping, taking several years with training, to build the blood, might encourage someone to wait before they burst onto the scene and get into the testing pool. They would avoid the track racing in their development. Wonder if this is one of the things Abdi was referring to as "fishy"?

[I'm not suggesting this is what's actually happening with Kimetto. But to make matters a little confusing in his case, he once entered a race(s) under a different name: http:runners world.com/elite-runners/who-and-how-old-dennis-kimetto ]