Bekele has 20 world titles and the WR in the 5000m and 10000m. He is better ,period.
Bekele has 20 world titles and the WR in the 5000m and 10000m. He is better ,period.
it's hard to run fast will all that gold around your neck
v6 wrote:
You know what really makes your opponents know they have no shot at beating you in a 5,000/10,000?
Running 12:37 and 26:17.
Hmmm. Good thing Kenny B was only a 12:37/26:20 guy in 2004 or El G would have known he had no shot at beating him at 5000m in Athens. Guess it's those 3 seconds at 10000m that make all the difference.
dkny64 wrote:
v6 wrote:You know what really makes your opponents know they have no shot at beating you in a 5,000/10,000?
Running 12:37 and 26:17.
Hmmm. Good thing Kenny B was only a 12:37/26:20 guy in 2004 or El G would have known he had no shot at beating him at 5000m in Athens. Guess it's those 3 seconds at 10000m that make all the difference.
Low IQ shtick is a bad shtick.
The argument that Farah is somehow outsmarting his competitors by not showing that he's in WR or near-WR shape so no one knows his limits is bad and not good.
That is typical Metric Miler backward logic. Same thing with it being a bad idea for him to race the World Half Marathon championship.
He's had six seasons in his (very late) prime to run close to outdoor world records and he has never come close to any of them. His 1500m best is just under 3 seconds off the record, yet it was paced all the way. When Ngeny had pacing all the way in the mile, he ran low 3:43. When Lagat had pacing all the way, he ran 3:26.34 and a host of other fast times. His 3000m best is 12 seconds off the world record. His 5000m best is 12:53.11 and he has not come within six seconds of that in years. His 10000m best is 29 seconds off the world record. His half marathon best is about 1:09 off the world record. His marathon best is 5:24 off the world record. He has proven to be absolutely deadly in the kick off of 13:00+ 5000m's and 26:40s 10000m races. Where is the evidence that he can run 12:37? Who has he beaten that was at that level when they raced? Bekele and Geb were never close to that level when they raced Mo at his peak, and Bekele actually beat him at the half. When is he going to prove that he's even close to that level? The clock is ticking.
When will we accept that Bekele and most likely Geb were pumped full of EPO? I realize that they are nice, likable guys but why do we believe Bekele and not Ayana???
I think the WR is north of 12:40 in the 5k and 26:25 in the 10k. Watch Bekele's 5k WR- that looks just as suspicious as Ayana, Makhloufi, Dibaba, etc.
Running blistering times is a sign of better fitness, i.e. would be greatly impacted by EPO use.
I'm not an NOP apologist, but come on.
Sourced wrote:
When will we accept that Bekele and most likely Geb were pumped full of EPO? I realize that they are nice, likable guys but why do we believe Bekele and not Ayana???
I think the WR is north of 12:40 in the 5k and 26:25 in the 10k. Watch Bekele's 5k WR- that looks just as suspicious as Ayana, Makhloufi, Dibaba, etc.
Running blistering times is a sign of better fitness, i.e. would be greatly impacted by EPO use.
I'm not an NOP apologist, but come on.
When did Bekele's coach make public statements about conducting testo-boost experiments on his relatives? Did Bekele's other coach-- ahem, sorry, "British National Team stop watch holder,"--- get popped with a hotel room full of EPO?
So despite an even larger cloud of suspicion surrounding Mo Farah, he's an eternity slower but somehow regarded by some of you as the king of track?
Or Mo's been capable of running vastly quicker times but chooses not to? Hmmm. Why would someone do that...?