I heard Bekele, Kipchoge, and Kipsang were all training together and were being coached by Chuck Norris. They were doing 3x10K repeats in 25 flat. Expect Great Things!
I heard Bekele, Kipchoge, and Kipsang were all training together and were being coached by Chuck Norris. They were doing 3x10K repeats in 25 flat. Expect Great Things!
Also a Japanese National Record at Half Marathon was set by Yuta Shiara who ran 1:00.17, he will be running Berlin next week, so it will be interesting to see how he does.
Starting a thread for a race one week away - expect crickets.
sorry wrote:
Starting a thread for a race one week away - expect crickets.
But they will be great crickets!
I'm glad this thread got started.
We're really excited about this race. So much so 6 days out we have up our get excited article.
I think the big question a week out is how fast do they go out? They went nearly 1:01 flat last year and paid the price.
This thread sucks. Please use the original.
http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=8415376
(And "Expect great things" is a trademark of Bekele, not those other two hobby joggers.)
Eliud should be looking for 1:01:00-20 at the half. The others will have to deal.
wejo wrote:
I'm glad this thread got started.
We're really excited about this race. So much so 6 days out we have up our get excited article.
http://www.letsrun.com/news/2017/09/lets-get-excited-eliud-kipchoge-vs-kenenisa-bekele-vs-wilson-kipsang-vs-world-record-sunday-berlin/I think the big question a week out is how fast do they go out? They went nearly 1:01 flat last year and paid the price.
I'm more excited about this than the sub-2:00 attempt. Yes, Expect Great Things, maybe if we're lucky we can Expect Epic Things.
I would like someone from LRC there giving stride for stride coverage for the whole 'thon.
MAGA
Bekele looks not in his top fitness to me, I expect wr nonetheless.
celery wrote:
I heard Bekele, Kipchoge, and Kipsang were all training together and were being coached by Chuck Norris. They were doing 3x10K repeats in 25 flat. Expect Great Things!
I heard they've been training with Coach JS. With Island as a training partner, the WR will for sure go down!
Jos Hermens -- agent for Bekele and Kipchoge -- told me the plan is for pacers to hit halfway in 60:50. For reference, 61:28 is WR pace and 61:11 is the fastest first half split ever in a marathon (not counting Breaking2).
Word on the street is that Bekele, Kipchoge, and Kipsang all have agreed to tell the pacers to run on "Pure Hate" and three will be pulled to the halfway mark by the pacers "Pure Hate" then it's up to the three to channel their own "Pure Hate" for their epic attempt at a WR.
Expect Great "Pure Hate" things!!!
MAGA
Hope to be proved wrong by one of my all time favorite distance runners - but I think Kipchoge will show some wear and tear from the Sub 2 effort while the other two are trying to squeeze out one last herculean effort before Father Time pulls up alongside. If Bekele and Kipsang are at 95% while Eliud can squeeze out a 90%, we've got a very competitive race. Could we see a barnburner as Keith Jackson used to say and have all 3 still in it at 40K? I believe it will be worth getting up at 1:30 am here in Central America to witness.
How can we watch? Will there be a livestream? Are American viewers without NBC Gold or similar options screwed again?
I'll be in the last corral for the race, so I'm hoping I can get 15k in before they cross the finish line.
3AM in EDT is it a get up or a stay up situation?
stayup &go back to sleep SunAM wrote:
3AM in EDT is it a get up or a stay up situation?
For real...Ohio here
stayup &go back to sleep SunAM wrote:
3AM in EDT is it a get up or a stay up situation?
Definitely inverse-nap that sucker
FriendlyLobo wrote:
stayup &go back to sleep SunAM wrote:3AM in EDT is it a get up or a stay up situation?
Definitely inverse-nap that sucker
Out here in the Rockies it'll be 1:15 AM. This is a stay up kinda race.
Kenyans will work together. Bekele will get dropped by mile 20, and then every man for himself for the last 6 miles.
If Kipchoge and kipsang are still running together with 1 mile to go, no way kipsang wins. Kipsang will try to break away or keep turning the screw with 4 miles to go. Kipchoge, knowing he has great closing ability, will focus on maintaining speed endurance to deal with Kipsang's surges.
Both runners know each other too, too well.
THERE WILL BE NO WORLD RECORD ATTEMPTS DURING THIS RACE. IT IS TOO, TOO BIG.
This will be a race of great tactics and strategies.