So this happened yesterday.
The men were kinda slow, over 60min for the win. But the women, oh my.
Cynthia Limo 66:04
Gladys Cherono 66:07
Genet Yalew 66:26
Peres Jepchirchir 66:39
Gladys Chesir 66:57
Jemima Jelagat 66:58
So basically in FEBRUARY, already more women ran under 67min than in all of 2015 COMBINED.
Also, all but one of these women are Kenyan.
What do you think?
YUGE red flag?
Legal course?
There was just an article about how Kenyans are being asked to pay bribes to cover up positive drug tests. This race should give them the winnings to meet the bribe amount.
The prize money is crazy and deep at that race. $50k for the win. $15k for 5th. Compare Houston 1/2: $20k for the win, $2k for 5th. So, the top runners are going to put it all out there as the prize money is big.
But, I am suspicious of the distance races in the United Arab Emirates. Dubai marathon regularly gets men to drop 5 min PRs. RAK has posted crazy fast times for the field since it first started. Qatar's bid for WCs is under investigation for bribery.
There is a desperate push in the UAE, Qatar and Bahrain to be seen around the world as modern international metropolises on par with Paris, NY, Berlin, etc. They pump huge dollars into getting sporting events (tennis, golf, formula 1, soccer, etc.). I would not be surprised if there was some conspiracy to bribe doping officials into letting athletes juice up a bit before the big events so they would raise the profile of these events with super fast times.
Just look at what happened to top runners from Dubai: Abshero is pretty much one and done, Birhanu Lemi and Tsegaye Mekonnen run 2:04s in Dubai, but nowhere else. Fishy stuff.
Nutella1 wrote:
Cynthia Limo 66:04
Gladys Cherono 66:07
Genet Yalew 66:26
Peres Jepchirchir 66:39
Gladys Chesir 66:57
Jemima Jelagat 66:58
I haven't heard of any of these runners before. Not a single one.
I bet that even Wejo and Rojo don't know 4 out of 6 of these runners, if not all.
Ridiculous.
Random dude bro wrote:
Nutella1 wrote:Cynthia Limo 66:04
Gladys Cherono 66:07
Genet Yalew 66:26
Peres Jepchirchir 66:39
Gladys Chesir 66:57
Jemima Jelagat 66:58
I haven't heard of any of these runners before. Not a single one.
I bet that even Wejo and Rojo don't know 4 out of 6 of these runners, if not all.
Ridiculous.
Jus cuz u don't know them, it doesn't mean they're unknown...I personally don't know much about the others but I've heard of Gladys Cherono and Genet Yalew......in fact, Genet Yalew WON the 2015 Ethiopian XC Trials.
Get used to it. Once the IAAF collapses pro running will be only East African mercenaries covered by bribes competing in oil states.
The 6th place woman is my aunt.
I know you have heard of her wrote:
The 6th place woman is my aunt.
I had pancakes with her for breakfast