"Basically Gladwell called you a moran."
-Again, the beauty of irony strikes...
"Basically Gladwell called you a moran."
-Again, the beauty of irony strikes...
your a moran wrote:
Bad Wigins wrote:Except that he did have body fat for years while he was competing as an elite with a 13:09 PB.
Except that's not true.
Except yes it is. He looked like any other east African, skinny but not starving. Now the only one even close to his level of emaciation is Kejelcha, and that's more about Kejelcha's tall, skinny frame than about body fat.
Call-out threads are very bad manners, especially from unregistered posters, so I'm not gonna humor this thread anymore. But it's worth pointing out that all this shit getting thrown at me only makes it look like I'm on to something. Posters heap insults and accusations on Mo every day, but what really gets under your skin is me noticing how he's skinnier than the Kenyans and Ethios, even though his means of achieving that may be legal if not ethical. You all seem to be afraid I'm right. But there's no point blaming me, because I'm not the only one.
Bad Wigins wrote:
Call-out threads are very bad manners, especially from unregistered posters, so I'm not gonna humor this thread anymore.
Heaven forbid an "unregistered" poster exhibit bad manners! Proper etiquette is the crux of LRC. If anything, we're known for our decorum; without that, what do we really have left?
Mo Twin wrote:
Mo's twin is not a skeleton.
http://www.hiiraan.com/images/2012/Oct/mobro_1.jpghttp://media2.whosaystatic.com/237797/237797_762x762.jpg
OMG what a fatty!
Dough-bot
Czech yer speller wrote:
"Basically Gladwell called you a moran."
-Again, the beauty of irony strikes...
Why did you skip thel lessons above?
Bad Wigins wrote:
your a moran wrote:Except that's not true.
Except yes it is. He looked like any other east African, skinny but not starving. Now the only one even close to his level of emaciation is Kejelcha, and that's more about Kejelcha's tall, skinny frame than about body fat.
Call-out threads are very bad manners, especially from unregistered posters, so I'm not gonna humor this thread anymore. But it's worth pointing out that all this shit getting thrown at me only makes it look like I'm on to something. Posters heap insults and accusations on Mo every day, but what really gets under your skin is me noticing how he's skinnier than the Kenyans and Ethios, even though his means of achieving that may be legal if not ethical. You all seem to be afraid I'm right. But there's no point blaming me, because I'm not the only one.
Kemboi is skinnier than Mo. Remember Mo Kedir? So was he.
Do you happen to actually know what Mo's bodyfat percentage is?
Who can win the 10k and 5k any way and all day?
Just like Louis, Farah can.
Czech yer speller wrote:
"Basically Gladwell called you a moran."
-Again, the beauty of irony strikes...
you must be new here
your new here wrote:
Czech yer speller wrote:"Basically Gladwell called you a moran."
-Again, the beauty of irony strikes...
you must be new here
Your knew hear.
corrected wrote:
your new here wrote:you must be new here
Your knew hear.
What a moran! Moran a what!
Wigins, the point of this thread was to acknowledge that your idiotic theory has gotten traction in the New Yorker. Don't worry, no one has been swayed by your "observation", believe it or not people formed opinions about whether Farah is a doper before you posted this.
You were refuted on the original thread anyway.
Didn't you read Running with the Buffaloes? You've got to be a skeleton with a condom on top. Although ironic that this was said to Goucher...
10000 hours/meters wrote:
http://www.newyorker.com/news/sporting-scene/usain-bolt-a-collapse-and-an-epic-beer-mile?intcid=mod-latest"If there is one thing I learned by reading Epstein’s “The Sports Gene” it is that world-class athletes are, by definition, abnormal: that is, the kind of person capable of competing at that level is necessarily very different from the rest of us physiologically. They are outliers. In one of the posts on the running Web site LetsRun.com, someone recently commented that Mo Farah has, essentially, zero body fat. The poster meant that as evidence of something fishy with Farah. But you could just as easily say that the kind of person capable of being the greatest distance runner of his generation is necessarily NOT going to look like you and me. So Dibaba? It is not impossible that we are simply witnessing one of the greatest middle-distance runners of all time. Let’s just enjoy what we are seeing."
These analyses are pretty great. I gotta disagree on their point in the other article about the importance of form for new runners. When you're a four hour marathoner, form doesn't matter, heel striking is fine - get the miles in! You will adapt to an efficient form for your body type.
Another incredibly deep and in no way glib or facile analysis from Malcolm Gladwell. Now I'm convince drugs aren't a problem in athletics.
Great point about Mo Farah. You just forgot to mention that he's also one of those outliers who's outlier super genes only start expressing themselves in his late 20s.
Bad Wigins wrote:
your a moran wrote:Except that's not true.
Except yes it is.
Except no it isn't.
Mo Farah hasn't changed a lot nor is he noticeably thinner than Africans.
How long will you continue to spout your drivel without a grain of evidence?
Mo Twin wrote:
Mo's twin is not a skeleton.
http://www.hiiraan.com/images/2012/Oct/mobro_1.jpghttp://media2.whosaystatic.com/237797/237797_762x762.jpg
Which one's Mo?
Mo's twin is pretty damn skinny for
someone who isn't a serious runner.
Gladwell is often entertaining. Sometimes he writes good stuff, and sometimes his work demonstrates a lack of understanding of his subject.
Gladwell has a product to sell, and he is very successful at it. It doesn't mean his output is more truthful than that of other salesmen.
Malcolm Gladwell is the chips you get at Whole Foods, with the jicama and truffle oil and sea salt. I love those chips! They make me feel smart and sophisticated, and they're still just junk food.
RP wrote:
Gladwell is often entertaining. Sometimes he writes good stuff, and sometimes his work demonstrates a lack of understanding of his subject.
Gladwell has a product to sell, and he is very successful at it. It doesn't mean his output is more truthful than that of other salesmen.
ThanksMalcolm wrote:
Great point about Mo Farah. You just forgot to mention that he's also one of those outliers who's outlier super genes only start expressing themselves in his late 20s.
Out of curiosity, how much do you actually know about how gene expression works? Like were you a bio major in college, did you pass high school biology, do you work professional in a bio-related field?
Major changes to genetic makeup obviously don't change much over time, but epigenetic effects can take place throughout the entire lifespan, including those that influence how our bodies put on and take off weight.
Brat Wigins wrote:
Mo Twin wrote:Mo's twin is not a skeleton.
http://www.hiiraan.com/images/2012/Oct/mobro_1.jpghttp://media2.whosaystatic.com/237797/237797_762x762.jpgThis proves that I'm RIGHT.
Yeah, one the best distance runner in the world. One not a professional sportsman. They don't have identical physiques. This can only be PEDs. No other possible explanation here.
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