Kipsang is done. Bekele has been done long time. Full stop.

I told you posts ago that I don't think that Kipchoge would've made a move earlier and I don't think he would've run away from Mutai the last 10k of NYC 2011 based on what I've seen from both of them. That you think he would've put a minute on Mutai the last 10k is more laughable than thinking Mutai would've come out on top, and that's just as much of a "gut feeling".

Biwott closed in 28:35, NYC 2015.

Bekele getting his last appearance fee.

This time next year he’ll weigh 175 pounds.

His time is over.

Inconsistent wrote:

Logic22 wrote:

Interesting assertion; what’s your evidence to back it up?

I don’t need any? It’s a negative. There isn’t any evidence to suggest he will, so the logical conclusion is he won’t.

Other folks have presented evidence that his recent 10 miler is a good indicator of his fitness level. That at least gives us a data point whereas your assertion that you dont need any evidence doesnt help persuade us.

Also, bekele is awewome. Why bash him?

norbert wrote:

I told you posts ago that I don't think that Kipchoge would've made a move earlier and I don't think he would've run away from Mutai the last 10k of NYC 2011 based on what I've seen from both of them. That you think he would've put a minute on Mutai the last 10k is more laughable than thinking Mutai would've come out on top, and that's just as much of a "gut feeling".

Best marathoner in history, one of best distance runners of all time, running 8-10 seconds per mile slower than PB marathon pace throws down surge at slightly slower than WR half marathon pace and breaks his competitor.

Not crazy at all.

Mutai isn’t/wasn’t ever as good a track runner or marathoner as EK. If Mutai could do it, Kipchoge could do it faster, longer. His career certainly shows that.

goodnight, dude.

This is what you would call support by "gut feeling". You think Kipchoge could've beaten Mutai by A MINUTE over the last 10k because....well he's had a better career and so you say he would.

You seem to have this (strange) thing about mutai.

Who even cares about mutai in the wake of Kipchoge?

Mutai becomes irrelevant.

round and round wrote:His slowest marathon is 2:05:30, his first one.

No, his slowest was 2:08:44 at Rio.

It’s egun wrote:

You seem to have this (strange) thing about mutai.

Who even cares about mutai in the wake of Kipchoge?

Mutai becomes irrelevant.

If you followed the conversation, you’d see that I do not. I didn’t bring him up.

Banana Bread wrote:

Bekele isn't done. Did you not see his most recent 10 miller in Bern where he destroyed the field? When he runs the course record in Amsterdam in a few weeks will you still be saying that. There will be a lot of crickets chirping after he destroys the field in Amsterdam to. I can't wait to come here and laugh.

He is no longer a WR threat for the full 26.2, in that aspect, he is done.

That said, he should focus on the consolation prize: the Half marathon WR. That is his best distance right now.

norbert wrote:

It’s egun wrote:

You seem to have this (strange) thing about mutai.

Who even cares about mutai in the wake of Kipchoge?

Mutai becomes irrelevant.

If you followed the conversation, you’d see that I do not. I didn’t bring him up.

I brought up Mutai's 2:05 at NYC. I said that was comparable to the world record at this point, and better than Dennis' WR that fell on Sunday.

Someone said EK's 2:01 from Sunday was a 2:03.30 at NYC. And I said Kipchoge should run a marathon with hills.

westsouthrunner wrote:

That being said a fit Bekele is a dangerous one.

Eliud knows that all too well (see 9:46):

More like at 3:30, bye, bye EK !

It must really kill KB to see EK rule the marathon world when he kept destroying him in the good old days. Well I suppose he only he has himself to blame, not dedicated enough, not enough training, etc...

this thread ... lol