Would Samuel Wanjiru have beaten Mo Farah in a 10,000 right now in his prime?

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8 years ago 08/03/2015 6:13pm EDT

re: The Dingo

The Dingo wrote:
Ok I'll bite wrote:
...then your a moran. Yes, I said that.
And you were doing so well!
Gebremeskal, Gebrhiwet, and Koech closed in 54.x, 55.x, and 56.x to run 12:46, 12:47, and 12:48 respectively two months prior to losing to Farah at the Olympics.
How many of Bekele's competitors were capable of that? I'd say Sihine, Kipchoge, and Geb (in his earlier years). MAYBE Tadese, though his kick was never particularly strong.
I can list some credentials of the others runners Farah has raced, and beaten, in every championship, but you get the point. You might be able to say that Bekele's competition was marginally better, but Farah is certainly not racing "a bunch of scrubs".

If you didn't get the "your a moran" you must be new here.

8 years ago 08/03/2015 8:25pm EDT

re: Ok I'll bite

The thing I've never understood about Sammy is that he isn't built on the classic Kenyan model. He's got relatively short, heavy legs. His stride isn't particularly elegant, although it seems quite efficient. His arm carriage is low, down by the hips, not up around the pecs.

Here's a fanboy video that shows all this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-SxTnqCmLA

What gives?

And yet it works, brilliantly. In Chicago, he unleashed one of the most devastating kicks ever unleashed in the final mile of a marathon. In the Olympics, he didn't wait for the kick: he started off suicidally fast on a hot day, and held it.

He's got an everyman look. I think that's why he touched many of us. You watch Bekele or Haile G., you see guys who were built to run. You watch Sammy, you see a guy who just runs his ass off, even though he's not really built like a prodigy.

8 years ago 08/04/2015 12:10am EDT

re: KudzuRunner

This man was MURDERED and the question is when are the officials in Kenya going to get off their lazy inefficient backsides and stop using stalling tactics and do something about it? WHEN? You cannot sustain injuries to both the front and back of your body when supposedly "falling" from a second story balcony. This is rubbish! Why has this charade been allowed to go on?

8 years ago 08/04/2015 12:50am EDT

re: ukathleticscoach

ukathleticscoach wrote:

ventolin^3 wrote:
err...
you do realise his schooling from '02 was in japan ???
how many 20++y oles are there in japanese high schools ???

Not many if their birth certificate was issued in Japan

err...

explain to us why sammy woud claim to be 16y if he was as suppposed as you say 20++y ???

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