Calling it now: World record falls in Berlin to Bekele.

No Word Record and no win for Bekele. Won't even finish second. The best Bekele can run is 2:03:30 and that is not going to happen this year. Get that from me.

kvothe wrote:

That's right. This guy is hella pissed about being left out of the olympics.

Has anyone held the 5k, 10k, and marathon records at the same time?

Oh boy.

BINGO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Kenenisa Bekele holding the 5k, 10k, and marathon World Records all at the same time…is a grrrrrrreeeeeaaaaaattttttttt idea. Very well done.

This is one of the best ideas I have heard all year.

This is a way better idea…than ANY of the ideas of Bad Wigins!

It looks like you are expecting great things from Mr. Kenenisa Bekele.

(That is another great idea. Therefore, you have a lot of great ideas.)

Calling it now: all LRC predictions will be wrong!

You heard it here first.

You can bank on it wrote:

Calling it now: all LRC predictions will be wrong!

You heard it here first.

Oh boy.

Unfortunately…you are correct.

Darn.

Not a chance. Not one chance.

Per my post on http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=7505180

Bekele all day wrote:

Bekele will DESTROY. He'll destroy the course, he'll destroy the record, he will destroy Kipsang (who will go home DEVASTATED), he will destroy Kimetto (who may just be watching, at home, while being DEVASTATED), he will destroy the race organizers' ability to ever bill a world-record attempt at Berlin again, he will destroy the crowd's ability to blink, and as he crosses the finish-line the clouds will part and sunshine will pour down on this splendor and the flesh of all dopers and non-believers-in-Kenenisa's-greatness will melt off like in Raiders of the Lost Ark. You heard it here first.

God is my shepherd, but Kenenisa is His cane -- the implement of His direction. Kenenisa will show us where the marathon will "go," and what is possible.

Expect great things.

Expect greatness.

Bekele FTW.

Oh boy. (Wow!)

Ingrid kristiansen. But I guess you meant men. Zatopek?

Didn't Bekele retire? Hasn't been relevant in a long time.

No chance, Bekele has lost his superpowers since blood dope testing improved

Dnf

Zátopek never held the marathon record. You're probably thinking of his triple gold in Helsinki.

Bekele is years past his prime. Quite a few years. I'm not sure why there are holdouts on Letsrun who don't understand this.

saw him beating people up out of anger due to him not going to the Olympics, I expect great things from him.

He might be past his prime but he's still relevant lol don't be so obvious in your hate pal

Bekele may broke the world record this year, or he may not broken, if he break it he will run 2:02:57 but if he did not, kepchoge will broke it for sure next year. Kepichoge will run 2:01:47 and that will stay for the next 5 years. After that Kamworor will break the world record by 20 second , and he will run 2:01:27 then that will last for an other 10 years. so by 2031 a guy name Kipturo, or kiprotri kumen will run 2:00:37. Then After that will have an other 10 or 15 years until someone run under 2 hour. Hopefully we all be there to watch the 2 hour barrier get break.

yep.

It is impossible for your prediction to be true now.

I'm willing to wager that Bekele will never run under 2:03 and that Farah will never run under 12:45.