Bad Wigins wrote:
Probably retraining himself to storm the 10,000 with a bunch of 26:30's and cement his 800+ GOAT status.
Nah, I've been hearing rumours he has been focusing on speed; as in sprinting ... the 400. Supposedly ran a hand-timed 44.9 with a running start, on a dirt track, just the other week.
He is only 28. Still plenty of time later to take up the 10K, before moving to halfs, then marathons, then the ultra scene.
I say yes as is fresh (didn't race in Beijing) and is not jetlagged (didn't race in Beijing).
Editor's note: The title was initially titled. Can Lagar go sub-13 in Berlin tomorrow?
Just watched it.
I thought koech was 55 last lap, Mead 57, Lagat 64.
Yeah ... I just watched the end on youtube myself. Somehow I missed it live, but the last lap came up as 55.88.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLlB5rQcKgg
Watching live, the camera angle wasn't great with 1 to go ... I was thinking Koech was at 12:11-12.
Freezing the video, looks like 12:12.9 and 13:08.7 finish by onscreen clock, so 55.8.
Not as bad a finish by Lagat as first appeared then. He simply couldn't speed up any. Stuck at 63-64s.
Not a bad week for Koech. Wins a DL steeple on Thursday, 8:09, then a (admittedly weak) 5K on Sunday, 13:08. Still a very solid time.
a little pride it title would be nice
MakwalaFan wrote:
then the ultra scene.
future undisputed 800-to-infinity GOAT