Henry Rono looked pretty out of shape when he beat Salazar in that 10 k in '82. That was a fat man WR for sure.
Henry Rono looked pretty out of shape when he beat Salazar in that 10 k in '82. That was a fat man WR for sure.
To be fair, that picture of Christian looking like crap indoors was a poor race for him. He had run a 4:12 road mile the day before and just bombed in that race and only ran like 4:22.
He has a long torso. Sort of like a lizard body.
I think it's more common to see people who look like they are in great shape, but pretty much suck. Like myself for instance. I look like I could wax you over 5k. But I'm actually pretty slow.
Just like myself. I actually had a spectator shout "Look a shit kenyan"...(half-cast actually but nevermind)
what is a "shit kenyan"?
hm I didnt stop and ask him but think he was referring that as I was not white and I was running I must have been from Kenya and he thought all runners from Kenya was good but he saw me and I was shit at running and then (bored yet?) he thought it must be a good idea to let everyone know.
redmeansdead wrote:
I think it's more common to see people who look like they are in great shape, but pretty much suck. Like myself for instance. I look like I could wax you over 5k. But I'm actually pretty slow.
Yes indeed. There are far more false positives (sleek, ripped runners who look like a million bucks and proceed to bust 18 minute 5K's) than false negatives (hefty dudes who can crank out 5:00 miles). Thus the "eyeball test" administered on the starting line has a high sensitivity but low specificity.