Kennenisa Bekele - Interview after the race - No excuses given

Ethiopianszz wrote:

He was asked who chose to go 61 for the first half of the race. He said he did not know but may be it was EK.

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Good to see him not giving excuses this time. Also, we're tired of non-existent matchups against Kipchoge. He should avoid trying to challenge Eliud and just pick another marathon where things will be set to his requirements. We all know Eliud will probably run Berlin in September, but if others join him there then complain about the pace, it's on them. I honestly feel a crowded elite field interferes with the record attempt.

"Ken" - LOL

It was the same at Berlin last year. Kipchoge gets to pick the pace that suits him and everyone else be damned.

Either provide pacers for the other elites or race without pacers. As it is, Kipchoge has the advantage even before the race starts.

Kipchoge is just better!

FULLSTOP! PERIOD! END OF SENTENCE!

Never mind Kipchoge. I think Bekele can live with being beat by Kipchoge. Its the fact that he lost to Mo that sticks like a crow.

I agree 100%. Let's see Bekele race somewhere else!

I am always astounded out of the terrible of sound quality everyone manages to produce for these interviews. With relatively little money, you can go a long way. These HS, College, Pro, etc. interviews are all so hard to hear—it's like they use microphones that jack up the volume of everything that's not within 1 foot of the mic. The year is 2018, if you can't do a good job, it's nothing more then pure laziness.

He's just got older and too many injuries. You can't stay at to indefinitely Kipchoge did nothing on track compared to Bekele to me track is always>Marathon

If he'd switched to marsthon at his peak he'd have run 2:02 flat easy

Eliud PED Kipchoge wrote:

As it is, Kipchoge has the advantage even before the race starts.

Yeah, he has the advantage of being better than everyone else. Not his problem.

Like Really Bro wrote:

I am always astounded out of the terrible of sound quality everyone manages to produce for these interviews. With relatively little money, you can go a long way. These HS, College, Pro, etc. interviews are all so hard to hear—it's like they use microphones that jack up the volume of everything that's not within 1 foot of the mic. The year is 2018, if you can't do a good job, it's nothing more then pure laziness.

It's very simple. They are using what's called an omnidirectional microphone. They need to use a unidirectional microphone that is sensitive to voice only directly in front of it.

Buy this microphone:

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Of course it's Kipchoge's fault that he himself is too fast! Should he cut his training by 10% just so it gets more exciting for us spectators?

If you found yourself with a firearm and needed to defend against a guy brandishing a baseball bat how would you react? Would you use the firearm as a boomerang?

Not my point. Kipchoge may run as fast as he wants, but provide pacers for those who want to run the first half slower than Eliud or take away the pacers. As it is, Kipchoge's strategy is favoured. He's given an advantage over his competitors. The pacing is taylor-made for him.

Eliud PED Kipchoge wrote:

It was the same at Berlin last year. Kipchoge gets to pick the pace that suits him and everyone else be damned.

Either provide pacers for the other elites or race without pacers. As it is, Kipchoge has the advantage even before the race starts.

They do provide pacers for the others- 3 different groups, in fact. You one of those guys that pushes for "everyone gets a finisher's medal"?

I'm not sure what you mean about "No excuses given." Lack of a second pace-group is an excuse. If he could feel that the pace was too fast, then he could have run slower to conserve energy -- an athlete of his pedigree has a smart-enough racing-brain to do that. If he couldn't feel how fast the pace was until it was too late & got beaten by other guys, then it means that those other guys had more in the tank today -- and probably would have beaten Kenenisa in an evenly paced race anyway.

So it says to me that he has to train differently. Maybe he needs harder training. Maybe easier training. Maybe different kinds of workouts. Maybe the mileage should be broken up differently. Something needs to change.

I also have a very hard time believing that a 2:03:03 guy turned into a 2:08.xx guy because of just a 4:22 mile...WHEN HE IS THE WORLD RECORD HOLDER IN THE 5000 & 10000! Seriously, what were those paces, like 4:03-high & 4:13-high per mile? And he can't put in ONE 4:22? WTF. I'm much more inclined to believe that his training for this race was different than the training he did for Berlin.

Kenenisa is my favorite athlete, but I'm being harsh because I believe he is WAAAY more talented than Kipchoge, yet we just don't see it manifested at the marathon distance.

If we're gonna keep these races interesting, something needs to be done about pacers. I suggest that they set a time that the pacers are running at (WR, 2:04, whatever) and they stick to it no matter what, no slowing down for runners. This could add and interesting dynamic and make a tactical race possible while still keeping WR attempts possible as well.

Banana Bread goes home devasted.

i just love that bekele pulled off that 2:03 when he did. even if he never wins another race, that 2:03 cemented his legend status (finally surpassing Geb in all events) and you can legitimately argue that he could have run 2:02 flat or faster if he switched to the marathon at his peak.

Ken is done wrote:

Banana Bread goes home devasted.

Don't you dare give me that crap. You won't evan be gone home if you talk like that. You're not being witty using that Devastated meme. Bekele is the best runner ever. He will get the world record. I can't wait to have the last laugh. I will enjoy pointing at all the haters.