Let me apologise if someone has said this here on this site.
Bekele might just run the 10k in Rio 2016.
That would be wonderful.
We need some spicing up.
http://www.iaaf.org/news/feature/ethiopian-distance-running-2016
Let me apologise if someone has said this here on this site.
Bekele might just run the 10k in Rio 2016.
That would be wonderful.
We need some spicing up.
http://www.iaaf.org/news/feature/ethiopian-distance-running-2016
Now I'm waiting for Farah to convieniently decide to only do the 5000 in Rio
No chance. Kb is done like a well done burger.
Agip wrote:
No chance. Kb is done like a well done burger.
Typical agip.
How is a guy that ran 2 marathons in 2:05 last year "well done"? One of them was even a debut.
Well, he has run the 10,000 faster than any other human ever in history.
There was an article last March (http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/great-manchester-run-bekele-kipsang) where Kenenisa said he has "unfinished business" in the 10,000m on the track. In context, he was not speaking specifically about the Olympics. However, it's very interesting that, after everything that the last year and 9 months have brought, he's still thinking about the 10,000. Go Kenenisa!
Maybe he's off the watch list now? Time to fire up the sauce!
This is certainly exciting. I would love to see a Farah-Bekele showdown, I just hope Bekele still has enough pop left in his legs after seemingly moving to the marathon. My guess would be he does, cause it's Bekele.
crete wrote:
Well, he has run the 10,000 faster than any other human ever in history.
"ever in history"? Wow, that sounds like a long time!
Odoodle wrote:
Now I'm waiting for Farah to convieniently decide to only do the 5000 in Rio
Bekele has never beaten Farah in a 10k.
How fast has Farah ran in the 10k?
J. Howard wrote:
Maybe he's off the watch list now? Time to fire up the sauce!
Too bad he doesn't have the sauce resources Farah has.
clearing it up for you wrote:
Odoodle wrote:Now I'm waiting for Farah to convieniently decide to only do the 5000 in Rio
Bekele has never beaten Farah in a 10k.
In 2013 Bekele won the Great North Run half marathon in 60:09, beating Mo Farah by out racing him with more than a mile to go. Bekele has recently beaten the Mobot and his "kick."
BryanCMU wrote:
I would love to see a Farah-Bekele showdown.
We already did, in London. In summer 2016, it will have been 7 years since Bekele showed track-medalist finishing speed.
ScottEvil wrote:
We already did, in London. In summer 2016, it will have been 7 years since Bekele showed track-medalist finishing speed.
I can't figure out if this is a serious post or not. Bekele was injured in London. This new version of Farah has yet to face a healthy Bekele, and so far it is 1-1.
clearing it up for you wrote:
Odoodle wrote:Now I'm waiting for Farah to convieniently decide to only do the 5000 in Rio
Bekele has never beaten Farah in a 10k.
Because Farah dodged Bekele.
Further, Bekele has beaten Farah at 5000 and half, so of course he would beat him in a 10k (if healthy). Farah's 10000 PR is around Bekele's tempo pace.
Thyh wrote:
ScottEvil wrote:We already did, in London. In summer 2016, it will have been 7 years since Bekele showed track-medalist finishing speed.
I can't figure out if this is a serious post or not. Bekele was injured in London.
No he wasn't.
Farah was gonna run the 10,000 in Eugene a couple years back but when he found out Bekele was entered he got sick with the chicken pox and switched to the 5000, where Ed Soi handed him his skinny behind
Bad Wigins wrote:
Farah was gonna run the 10,000 in Eugene a couple years back but when he found out Bekele was entered he got sick with the chicken pox and switched to the 5000, where Ed Soi handed him his skinny behind
You mean, boney behind. Farah is not fat enough to be skinny.
No he didn't. He raced and beat him in the 10k in 2011 & 2012.
Bekele beat Farah in a 5000 6 years ago, before he had a single WC or OG medal. Irrelevant in 2016.
Bekele narrowly beat him in a half marathon in September 2013 at the end of a long season for Farah when he was training for the track. Going down in distance to 10,000 isn't going to help Bekele. It's going to help Mo.
http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?board=1&thread=5302291&id=5302709#5302709