That's frickin fast. Pretty sure the course is record-eligible given the old 45-49 record of 48:00 is also from this race now exactly 22 years ago.
15 km 48:00 Bill Rodgers
(47) Utica, NY 1995-Jul-09
This guy is a monster.
http://leonetiming.com/2017/Roads/Boilermaker/15kGunTime.htm
Granted, his recent Half was more impressive and he most likely ran a faster first 15k than his race today (4:52 pace to 4:58), the Boilermaker is a much more difficult course, which makes this must as impressive in my mind as well.
The only impressive thing is his speedy recovery from nearly putting himself in the hospital at Peachtree just 5 days ago. Sorry, but you don't go from completely imploding at 10K (after a 5K PR split) to running a fast 15K 5 days later...not naturally anyway. If people can't see it by now, they're idiots. If you look at the big picture and not any single race, it's so obvious it's pathetic.
OldMastersMan wrote:
The only impressive thing is his speedy recovery from nearly putting himself in the hospital at Peachtree just 5 days ago. Sorry, but you don't go from completely imploding at 10K (after a 5K PR split) to running a fast 15K 5 days later...not naturally anyway. If people can't see it by now, they're idiots. If you look at the big picture and not any single race, it's so obvious it's pathetic.
Hmmm... Fair point, I just like to give people the benefit of the doubt I suppose. I certainly agree it is unusual but I try to see it as impressive and not suspicious, though, maybe I am naive when it comes to doping in our sport.
guy should be locked up for life selling drugs to middle school kids.
He runs a 46 minute 15k after heat Exhaustion five days before?
Please.
Please Clarify Thank You wrote:
guy should be locked up for life selling drugs to middle school kids.
He runs a 46 minute 15k after heat Exhaustion five days before?
Please.
No, you should be locked up for your uncontrolled anger towards a black man who has done nothing wrong except run faster than you white boy!
He beat Lagat.
Jenny Gump Forrest wrote:
Please Clarify Thank You wrote:guy should be locked up for life selling drugs to middle school kids.
He runs a 46 minute 15k after heat Exhaustion five days before?
Please.
No, you should be locked up for your uncontrolled anger towards a black man who has done nothing wrong except run faster than you white boy!
Hello Kevin....oh, and I am a brown man who has run faster than you, think I even kicked your azz when we were younger, maybe I'll come out of retirement and kick it again just on principle, the clean way....
Jenny Gump Forrest wrote:
Please Clarify Thank You wrote:guy should be locked up for life selling drugs to middle school kids.
He runs a 46 minute 15k after heat Exhaustion five days before?
Please.
No, you should be locked up for your uncontrolled anger towards a black man who has done nothing wrong except run faster than you white boy!
Thataway! When you can't come up with appropriate discourse or argument, resort to name calling and race baiting...
Done nothing wrong? Then why was he a resident of my prison for many years?
I guess the trolls of letsrun don't believe in second chances.
HAS ANYONE TRIED THE FRUITARIAN DIET?
eck45 wrote:
He beat Lagat.
No he didn't. Unless Lagat is now in the 20-24 age group and renounced his US citizenship to return to Kenya.
I don't know of any other Bernard Lagat's who are elite, or semi-elite, at running. You sure this isn't the U.S. Lagat with the age and citizenship mislabeled?
1. Castille is a POS. Once a dealer to kids, always a POS. I DON'T CARE ABOUT WHAT A GREAT GUY HE IS, ETC., THIS IS A ONE-STRIKE SITUATION.
2. Where was Rupp? A 15K is in his wheelhouse. Oh, I forget, pansy-ass races maybe three times a year, maybe twice without a stupid mask and a big excuse.
Don't think I ever realized he was a brother.
No, I have this response for who ever would choose willingly to sell drugs to 12 and13 year olds.
White black rich or poor.
The fact that he is now a drug cheat, and allowed to run is another conversation.
It would be fun to see Rupp show up to a race like that, instead of seeing a not quite top level Kenyan win every year. He probably just sees it as too much of a pain to get from Oregon to Utica for that kind of race.
dsfdsf wrote:
I don't know of any other Bernard Lagat's who are elite, or semi-elite, at running. You sure this isn't the U.S. Lagat with the age and citizenship mislabeled?
There really is another Bernard Lagat. I saw his name in some local (MI) race results.
https://runsignup.com/race/results/?raceId=27855#resultSetId-85245Hurl wrote:
1. Castille is a POS. Once a dealer to kids, always a POS. I DON'T CARE ABOUT WHAT A GREAT GUY HE IS, ETC., THIS IS A ONE-STRIKE SITUATION.
Except the law says it's not. So get over it anonymous mad online guy. lol.