Sounds like some really stellar communication between race officials, agents and athletes on this:
In a mild disagreement with his manager, Michel Boeting, Rotich said he thought that the race would have pacemakers when he agreed to run, saying that he only found out about it by reading a running message board on the internet. Boeting reminded him of a conversation where he told him that it was "looking like" Chicago wasn't going to use pacers this year. Rotich wasn't sure.
"Midway, they decided that there were no pacemakers," Rotich insisted. "I just read this on LetsRun.com about no pacemakers in Chicago." He added: "It didn't change my mind or my progress. If there are pacemakers or not pacemakers It's doesn't change my plan. I am focusing on two things: one is to run a good time and to win the race."
Interesting. Lucas Rotich reads Letsrun.com
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Honestly, you would have to be really weird to be an elite runner these days and not read letsrun (unless you didn't read English well or something). Most of us are former/more casual runners and come here pretty frequently, if my whole job was to run I'd probably spend even more time here.
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I would agree with you. However, Ventolin has assured us that Rotich is a 'third tier' Kenyan runner. :) he mentioned s this to make it clear that, if he can run 26:43 then Kimetto, Mutai and Kipsang are 26:20 runners.
I do t agree with the logic
phidipidippides wrote:
Honestly, you would have to be really weird to be an elite runner these days and not read letsrun (unless you didn't read English well or something). Most of us are former/more casual runners and come here pretty frequently, if my whole job was to run I'd probably spend even more time here. -
phidipidippides wrote:
Honestly, you would have to be really weird to be an elite runner these days and not read letsrun (unless you didn't read English well or something). Most of us are former/more casual runners and come here pretty frequently, if my whole job was to run I'd probably spend even more time here.
So what percentage of top 50 (1500/5000/10000/marathon) runners regularly reads Letsrun?
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Ggghhhhhh wrote:
phidipidippides wrote:
Honestly, you would have to be really weird to be an elite runner these days and not read letsrun (unless you didn't read English well or something). Most of us are former/more casual runners and come here pretty frequently, if my whole job was to run I'd probably spend even more time here.
So what percentage of top 50 (1500/5000/10000/marathon) runners regularly reads Letsrun?
I would think that they would normally try to avoid it.
I would imagine/assume that Wesley korir, Eliud kipchoge and Asbel Kiprop read this site( or other running sites). They are very knowledgeable (in my opinion).
It's good to learn that Lucas Rotich spends some time here. -
I'd throw in Wilson Kipsang too.
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phidipidippides wrote:
Honestly, you would have to be really weird to be an elite runner these days and not read letsrun (unless you didn't read English well or something). Most of us are former/more casual runners and come here pretty frequently, if my whole job was to run I'd probably spend even more time here.
reading the homepage I can see the message boards not so much a draw -
Letsrun is so well known, that curiosity alone would cause most elite and sub-elite runners to want to know what's being discussed. It'd be like staying in a hotel room and through the walls you can barely here many of the top in the world discussing your running or your race. You'd want to open the hotel window to hear what they're saying.
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Probably any runner that has a twitter reads letsrun. A twitter they update and not a PR company, I should say.
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Roelants wrote:However, Ventolin has assured us that Rotich is a 'third tier' Kenyan runner. :) he mentioned s this to make it clear that, if he can run 26:43 then Kimetto, Mutai and Kipsang are 26:20 runners.
I do t agree with the logic
he was a 3rd tier kenyan 10k guy
in that 10k, off far too unambitious a 5k pace, as kennster dictated to organiser, he wanted "only 13'25", aiming for presumed 26'50, which is crap target, lucas was chomping at bit mosta last 1/2 & blasted away long way out, something like 2 laps & kennster held on for dear life before edging final kick
lucas was in 26'35 shape that day at worst if they had aimed at 13'15 - 13'20 pacing & probably nearer 26'30 if flat-out from gun & paced to 5k
now, lucas in presumed better shape just few months later in kenyan olympic trials in eugene got blown away
he has to be assumed in 26'30 shape at worst in trials but got destroyed
lucas was 3rd tier kenyan 10k talent despite having best 10k kenyan clocking this decade & near last decade
