RENATO CANOVA is Bekele's new coach!

I know some'ng but ain't tell'ng no one! Bekele will not make it to the start line in Dubai. He will be injured and as a result scratch off. Don't believe me? Get back to me in Januarey. Hear that Negash?

totally. I mean it's not as if he ran a really fast debut or anything like that. He's probably getting a ton of cash and great pacers to run this race. Don't forget to wear a tampon when Kenny scares the WR on one of your approved courses. And have a nice day.

About a third of these posts are asking Mr. Canova to weigh in, about a third are somewhat random and about a third imply he's now on the juice.

So, are all of you saying he never was before? Are you saying all previous accomplishments were clean?

Or are you saying he was drugged to the gills during his prime, joined a running AA or NA group or something and quit? So he's BACK on?

Or has he been the whole time? STILL, not again?

Giving in wrote:

Shows he knows he cannot beat the Kenyans on a full length course.

So they made a short course. That thousands of people have run. That can be checked with a bike or with a maps application. But no one ever noticed.

jjjjjj wrote:

in january in dubai, average humidity is just 65%, with temps ranging from 59-76, and there is an average of less than 1" of rain in the month.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_of_Dubai

Right now the dew point in Dubai is 59 degrees, compared to 47 degrees on the coast of California.

The average January dew point in Dubai is 47 to 57 degrees, which is moderate, but not a dry climate at all.

Over the course of a year, the dew point typically varies from 47°F (dry) to 81°F (very oppressive) and is rarely below 35°F (dry) or above 86°F (very oppressive).

All of the world wrote:

You're a douche

Excellent post, Sir.

grox wrote:

Giving in wrote:

Shows he knows he cannot beat the Kenyans on a full length course.

So they made a short course. That thousands of people have run. That can be checked with a bike or with a maps application. But no one ever noticed.

Also,HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE, Ruler of Dubai; HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Dubai Sports Council; and HE Matar Al Tayer, Deputy Chairman of the Dubai Sports Council and Saeed Hareb, the Secretary General of the Dubai Sports Council wouldn't be too happy if it was short, which it isn't, it's an IAAF Gold Label event.

youngcoach12 wrote:

Prof. Renato Canova is coaching K. Bekele for next month's Dubai's marathon.

http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/index.php/display-article?arId=106912

Must have found yet another way to get around drug testing.

ventolin^3 wrote:

tell us sometime what you think they couda run for 10k track off pure M training now you have the "gold standard" to compare them with

It's much slower than you seem to believe

You probably still won't believe it when you're told

IAAF Road Race Labels – Regulations

3.6 Measurement

3.6.1 Courses must have been measured within the 5 years preceding the race by an IAAF/AIMS “A” or “B” Course Measurer and an International Measurement Certificate issued by the International Measurement Administrator unless the course has undergone modifications since the last measurement, in which case a new measurement must be made. The original Course Measurer or other suitably qualified Official with a copy of the documentation detailing the officially measured course shall ride in the lead vehicle during the competition to validate that the course run by the athletes conforms to the course measured and documented by the official Course Measurer.

3.6.2 All intermediate timing points shall be measured and marked by the Course Measurer and included in the course map.

3.6.3 In the case of separate men and women races, a certified Measurer or other suitably qualified person (see 3.6.1 above) should be in the lead vehicle for each race.

http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-label-road-races

See: COMPETITION INFORMATION

I think he'll go around 2.02.20.

Juice Peddler wrote:

Or are you saying he was drugged to the gills during his prime, joined a running AA or NA group or something and quit? So he's BACK on?

Or has he been the whole time? STILL, not again?

Since 2002

i ran Dubai, Boston and Berlin this year.

The Dubai course is very flat, but not short. It is dead accurate. My GPS read 42.26 and i think the gps is pretty close to actual length here since it is literally running straight out and back with no corners and curves to affect the mapping.

It's actually pretty fun to see your GPS beep dead on time at almost all the KM markers.

The only variable is the weather. The course is completely unshaded, and in the second half, the weather can get a bit warm, especially with radiative heat from the morning sun.

surrounded by ocean wrote:

HardLoper wrote:

I wonder if the weather makes it fast because it's so dry.

Dry?

Humid air is actually less dense than dry air. I know that this is not intuitive but it is a fact. Humid air should provide less air resistance than dry air. However it may affect sweat evaporation and physical functions that may make a runner slower from a physical standpoint.

Also Renato, what changes did you make from his previous training? Did you keep the same guidelines or was there a total reformation?

I know he said he only did 110-120 miles per week and that wasn't enough conpared to the 150-160 he did prepping for Paris, so have you bumped him back up to 150-160 and around where do you keep his long run

The distance is 42.195 kms, with a metre added for every km, on the shortest possible tangents. So if you ran perfect tangents...which is tough to do precisely.

Anyway GPSs are notoriously inaccurate.

JUST SAYING

The course is not short, it's flat.

A guy who has not broken 2:05 is not likely going to set a WR.

If all goes well, KB will run under 2:04, but he may not win.

Remember his track season in 2012? He put up some very solid times over 5000, but plenty of guys crossed the finish line in front of him. In any case, good luck to Bekele, one of the most exciting distance aces ever. It will be fun to see how it plays out.

How does coach Canova manage his time commitments to the various superstars he coaches?

Giving in wrote:

Shows he knows he cannot beat the Kenyans on a full length course. He is basically admitting defeat.

No one takes results at Dubai seriously....

Yeah, you're right (sarcasm). It's short and no one takes it seriously.

January 2008: Haile G Runs 2:04:53 in Dubai.

September 2008: Haile G Runs 2:03:59 WR in Berlin

Jan 2009: Haile G Runs 2:05:29 in Dubai.

So he ran faster in Berlin than Dubai in his prime. Course isn't short.

Lelilisa Desisa won there last year (2013) and then went on to win Boston and get 2nd at Word's and be ranked #1 in the world.

The thing is only 'short' in the sense that it's the Stanford of marathons. Like Stanford, it's held early in the year in conditions that are normally totally ideal to run fast.

Prof. Renato Canova is coaching K. Bekele for next month's Dubai's marathon.

http://www.letsrun.com/news/2014/12/kenenisia-bekeles-third-marathon-will-dubai-january-23rd/