Bedan Karoki rocked a meet in Kenya over the weekend - Can he take down Mo Farah this weekend at 2016 World Half?

Yes, Mo will be taken down this Saturday and in the Olympics; age is catching up to him. That lone indoor 3k win was nothing, and the other race he did was XC, which he lost. So he'll go down, but the question is who will take him down this Saturday? Either Karoki or Kamworror.

In the Olympics 10k, the Kenyans just need to do the same tactics and they'll get him this time.

In the 5k, Kejelcha!

yes&no wrote:

Yes, Mo will be taken down this Saturday and in the Olympics; age is catching up to him. That lone indoor 3k win was nothing, and the other race he did was XC, which he lost. So he'll go down, but the question is who will take him down this Saturday? Either Karoki or Kamworror.

In the Olympics 10k, the Kenyans just need to do the same tactics and they'll get him this time.

In the 5k, Kejelcha!

You know you same people say the same every year?

Kenyans will work together blah blah blah.

Remember this 12 laps in and you're screaming at your TV, when Mo's just sitting there barely having to work and the Kenyans are all messing around.

Depends what time the race is for Kejelcha. If it's later on in the evening, he might struggle cause it's past his bedtime (he's 12, or 13 isn't he?) I can't keep up with what age these people are using these days to cheat.

The real question is whether Karoki can take down everyone at the London Marathon.

Wait, I'm a bit confused with the part in that article about Kwemoi.

In it Canova is quoted at saying he thinks Kwemoi has the potential for a WR in both the 800 and 1500.

Yet an article from back in February says Kwemoi will try to make the Kenyan 5K team for Rio, instead of the 1500, then in a thread Canova said he though Kwemoi could break the 5K WR by 2020 ...

So is he moving up to focus on the 5K this year, or staying with 1500 or even 800? Surely we aren't supposed to believe he has the potential to set world records from 800 to 5K ...

February article is here:

http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/athletics/Kiprop-Birech-to-star-at-AK-meeting-in-Mumias/-/1100/3089318/-/159ynhk/-/index.html

And the thread about it ...

http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=7056529

Longosiwa sounds awesome.

Our friend is just experiencing culture shock. Longosiwa's case just represents the majority of people in Kenyan villages. You will soon hear him meeting other greats like Paul Tergat, Daniel Komen, Noah Ngeny, Rudisha and realizing that these people are down to earth, kind and hospitable. By the end of the six months, he will definitely fall in love with the country and its people and may not want to come back. It is that simple.

ergerg wrote:

Longosiwa sounds awesome.

Darn, BroJos. Could I at least get half of Andy's pay check? Other than a few omissions, inconsistencies and one or two inaccuracies, I think I did almost half the job he did, and filed earlier too 😉:

http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=7124788

Seriously though, good to see you'll have an embed in Kenya for much of the year. Nice reporting (and gossip) dude. I especially liked the story about the Belgian future agent. Nice to see doping being taken seriously. I'm so bummed I missed Kiprop and Kwemoi because I left before the 800m heats on Friday (someone told me they weren't coming and I was starving) and they didn't show for the final on Saturday. Still, they didn't race each other.

About the condition of the Nakuru track, I did mention on the thread I started that news had come through that the government had agreed to upgrade Nakuru as well as Mombasa, Eldoret, Iten and one other to state of the art. That was the buzz around the stadium when I was there so this could spell doom for those romanticised images of dirt track running.

Great article, thanks. And kudos to the writer for the note about Longosiwa ... nice of him to mention that.

Sounds like a great event.