Renato Canova thinks Bekele is making the right call by running Dubai and London - Doesn't think he'll get WR

Short breaks between marathons is almost never a good idea. Bekele has gotten injured before trying this. Two marathons a year is the best sustainable total if you are interested in maximizing your ability, unlike, say, the unbreakable Yuki Kawauchi, who has run an incredible number of high quality marathons without giving himself a chance to break through to 2:07 or 2:06.

This is unacceptable. A depressing Bekele prognosication is totally unacceptable on this site.

UPDATED TITLE: Bekele prepared to own Canova while owning the record books!

I don't buy he doesn't want to do worlds...I think he likes the world titles. Just think last summer after failing to make Rio in the marathon he raced the 10,000m trials with no preparation which showed how bad he wanted to go to Rio...he could of just focused on marathons at that point

- After failing to make it to Rio, he (Jos Hermans) said Bekele wants to race in London against Farah in the 10,000m

- after his success in Berlin, he again stated he wanted to race WC in London..probably now referring to marathon.

- now in this most recent news release, he states he wants to race WC if selected.

I think he wants to get another world title

With respect to Renato,it makes no sense to me that Bekele would go to Dubai and run the race as a long training run to prepare for London. You do not run a 2:04 as preparation to run 2:03 three months latter. The only reason he would run Dubai is for WR attempt. I assume Bekele is happy with his training and I wish him luck.

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I don't buy he doesn't want to do worlds...I think he likes the world titles. Just think last summer after failing to make Rio in the marathon he raced the 10,000m trials with no preparation which showed how bad he wanted to go to Rio...he could of just focused on marathons at that point

- After failing to make it to Rio, he (Jos Hermans) said Bekele wants to race in London against Farah in the 10,000m

- after his success in Berlin, he again stated he wanted to race WC in London..probably now referring to marathon.

- now in this most recent news release, he states he wants to race WC if selected.

I think he wants to get another world title[/quote]

I agree with you.

Based on everything I know or think I know, if KB says he wants to do the WC 10K, he really wants to do it. Taking a shot at Mo on the track in the 10K is too serious a thing to be trivial about. KB knows if Mo wins another 5k/10k double, putting aside his XC and marathon victories, Mo will be with out a doubt, the greatest track distance runner ever. In fact, Mo will be only behind Bolt and perhaps Carl Lewis for the greatest track and field athlete ever.

How f****** cool would it be to see them both healthy, square up against one another...again.

I hope Canova goes home devastated on this one

TrackCoach wrote:

KB knows if Mo wins another 5k/10k double, putting aside his XC and marathon victories, Mo will be with out a doubt, the greatest track distance runner ever. In fact, Mo will be only behind Bolt and perhaps Carl Lewis for the greatest track and field athlete ever.

Without world records, dominating the summer circuit, and winning against legendary competition, Farah will never be the GOAT. Farah dodges competition and races incompetent runners. Farah has no great times.

jjjjjjj wrote:

Short breaks between marathons is almost never a good idea. Bekele has gotten injured before trying this. Two marathons a year is the best sustainable total if you are interested in maximizing your ability, unlike, say, the unbreakable Yuki Kawauchi, who has run an incredible number of high quality marathons without giving himself a chance to break through to 2:07 or 2:06.

I agree.

What???

Did Renato just call Kenenisa Bekele LAZY????????

Kenenisa Bekele is not a lazy, pudgy, out-of-shape Brit like Mo Farah who was just destroyed by Scot Callum Hawkins. He can easily run other 10K and half-marathon races. He shouldn't do 4 marathon races in under 12 months.

Renato says running the Dubai marathon in 2:04 is just a marathon-distance tempo run for Kenenisa???

OK. I agree.

Kenenisa might make a lot of money on this 2:04 tempo run…and if the temperature is in the 60s, it might be too warm for the world record in Dubai.

It is also very possible that Kenenisa could still break the world record for the marathon in Dubai with the temperature in the 60s…as a tempo run.

OK.

That makes sense.

Then Kenenisa wins the 10K Gold and Marathon Gold at the London World Championships.

OK.

That makes sense.

Hank M wrote:

How f****** cool would it be to see them both healthy, square up against one another...again.

Of course it has never happened on the track. Farah was never a threat to Kenny.

rjm33 wrote:

What???

Did Renato just call Kenenisa Bekele LAZY????????

NOPE.

It lost in translation i guess... in the italian (original) version he says that KB needs to race a lot more than the usual top guy or OTHERWISE he has a tendency (if he doesnt have a race coming up soon) to get "lazy" and get weight....

He used the word "lazy" with the name Kenenisa Bekele in the same sentence.

Ridiculo

If Farah were to lose to Bekele in his final 10000 race, in London, that would be just too poetic.

Tron wrote:

I don't buy he doesn't want to do worlds...I think he likes the world titles. Just think last summer after failing to make Rio in the marathon he raced the 10,000m trials with no preparation which showed how bad he wanted to go to Rio...he could of just focused on marathons at that point

- After failing to make it to Rio, he (Jos Hermans) said Bekele wants to race in London against Farah in the 10,000m

- after his success in Berlin, he again stated he wanted to race WC in London..probably now referring to marathon.

- now in this most recent news release, he states he wants to race WC if selected.

I think he wants to get another world title

Canova statement makes lots of sense. Bekele just ran the second fastest time ever barely three months ago. No doubt he took a break after that and got to be about a month or so. To expect him to get to the same top shape in less than three months is ridiculo. A time of 2:04 is however possible and maybe a course record, and thereafter he can sharpen his shape to be in world record form in London.

On not running 2017 world championship, it is about the prestige derived from running it. Bekele has lots of gold medals from world championship and therefore has no motivation to do it again. Instead he would rather chase fast times in Berlin or elsewhere. Why he wanted to race Rio and especially in the marathon is because Ethiopia has a long tradition with Olympic marathon victories which began with legendary Abebe Bikila. An Olympic gold medal in the marathon signifies the pinnacle of success in one's athletic career.

Pro Mag wrote:

If Farah were to lose to Bekele in his final 10000 race, in London, that would be just too poetic.

There is a high probability that Galen Rupp, Paul Chelimo, Sir Eric Jenkins, peely-wally Andy Butchart, and "wee sparra" Callum Hawkins will also beat the recently knighted, pudgy, lazy, and out-of-shape Sir Mo Farah in the London 10K WC………….with all of Britain watching………...

………….and Tania "TIGER kitten" Farah!!!

Oh boy.

Correction:

Lady Tania "TIGER kitten" Farah

It's a lot of effort for not a lot of money compared to going to Berlin as defending champion.

Bekele signed on to run the Virgin London Marathon. No World Champs.