Bekele has a special watch for London, isn't that unfair?

He may break 2:03, but it won't be by much and I agree, world record? That's not happening for a long time as they are truly on edge right now.

wtf are you guys talking about, son?

No, not unfair at all. I though you were gonna say he's got some rocket propelled shoes, that will be unfair ; )

Doneitforfun wrote:

Seriously, what would the running world do if Bekele Showed up and ran Sub 2 in London Tomorrow..?

They'd say he was super dope.

Translation.....Bekele is genetically and naturally superior, isn't that unfair?

Bikila would have worn one though. He would also have worn shoes if he had the choice. Bill Rodgers told me that he always wears a watch now and he recommends everyone does even though he didn't way back when. Your comment is so stupid it's like saying runners should not be allowed to wear shorts but rather should have to wear Dockers or something.

ohnoit'sbad wrote:

They should have to judge the pace themselves, Adebe Bikila never got a watch. If he knows the exact pace to run whilst Ghirmay Ghebreslassie etc doesn't I think that's a big advantage. He will never run too slow or waste energy.

time trial versus race wrote:

It's not a time trial. If it was, Des would have won Boston leading off the front. Flanagan did the same thing every race too and always got caught.

The runners who sit back, draft, and pull ahead later have a huge advantage.

Bekele's pretty dominant. He might be able to pull off time trialing front running the entire race. But I doubt it.

Are there rabbits with the same watches?

Drops the mic.

I was going to give you a 0/10 but given the nearly two pages of serious replies you have my compliments! Nice work

mussabini wrote:

I was going to give you a 0/10 but given the nearly two pages of serious replies you have my compliments! Nice work

Yeah, gotta agree. What's up with LR posters??? And besides, if you know anything about London, you know that most all the runners there forego their watches (and thus shed a little bit of weight and increase their running economy) and just look up occasionally at Big Ben to get splits. Precisely what Wanjiru was doing those last 2 miles, not checking on KB, but glancing over at Big Ben to calculate pace.

Trash Talk wrote:

No it's fine. All runners except some elites have watches. We want to see who has the best endurance and if they need a watch to reach their potential. Furthermore they have pacers so it defeats the point

WTF happened with the stupid pacer watch and the stupid pacers at the London Marathon???

Why did they run the first 5k in 14:11…which was 1:59 pace???

Did the stupid watch people screw it all up again and program the pace for a sub 2:00 marathon…which caused Kenenisa and the stupid pacers to go out way too fast…causing a men's marathon debacle at the London marathon again???

Answer:

Yes.

The debacle had a primary cause which was Nike's stupid $250.00 shoes.

This is not a surprise.

Nike's stupid $250 shoes gave Kenenisa a blister, hamstring problems and form problems, which was also a major factor in this London marathon debacle.

Kenenisa also let himself get slightly pudgy, which was also a factor in this London marathon debacle.