We asked Jonathan Gault to find out more about the new half marathon WR holder and he's written one of my favorite pieces.
Check this nugget of info out, Kiptum, who has a 2:05 marathon pb, wanted to run Chicago but they didn't have an appearance fee for him as according to his agent “his credentials were not good enough.” So instead he just broke the WR at 13.1. Unreal.
https://www.letsrun.com/news/20...-valencia/
PS. Every American who got a penny of an appearance fee in Chicago should be very grateful.
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- Meet new Half Marathon WR Holder Abraham Kiptum - Turned down by Chicago, he ran a half marathon instead and broke the WR!!
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- RE: Meet new Half Marathon WR Holder Abraham Kiptum - Turned down by Chicago, he ran a half marathon instead and broke the WR!! - in reply to rojo
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Jon Gault is a brilliant writer. Letsrun really brings the sport alive.
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- RE: Meet new Half Marathon WR Holder Abraham Kiptum - Turned down by Chicago, he ran a half marathon instead and broke the WR!! - in reply to automorphic
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good article. would blow to be an unknown african who's fit enough to run with anybody but isn't well-known. 2:05 guy couldn't get $$$ to show up to Chicago? a 2:05 american would be on a poster in every running shop in the country and would be carried to Chicago by servants
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- RE: Meet new Half Marathon WR Holder Abraham Kiptum - Turned down by Chicago, he ran a half marathon instead and broke the WR!! - in reply to rojo
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Good dig for info. I would like to know more about this guy's training and training group. Also, the 4% shoes didn't hurt.
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- RE: Meet new Half Marathon WR Holder Abraham Kiptum - Turned down by Chicago, he ran a half marathon instead and broke the WR!! - in reply to rojo
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Your writing is horrible, please cease and desist.
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- RE: Meet new Half Marathon WR Holder Abraham Kiptum - Turned down by Chicago, he ran a half marathon instead and broke the WR!! - in reply to rojo
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I wonder if he'll run Fukuoka?
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- RE: Meet new Half Marathon WR Holder Abraham Kiptum - Turned down by Chicago, he ran a half marathon instead and broke the WR!! - in reply to Fukuoka is the GOAT OF marathons
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Fukuoka is the GOAT OF marathons wrote:
I wonder if he'll run Fukuoka?
No he's running Abu Dhabi on 12/07
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- RE: Meet new Half Marathon WR Holder Abraham Kiptum - Turned down by Chicago, he ran a half marathon instead and broke the WR!! - in reply to GointToAGogo
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- RE: Meet new Half Marathon WR Holder Abraham Kiptum - Turned down by Chicago, he ran a half marathon instead and broke the WR!! - in reply to automorphic
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automorphic wrote:
Jon Gault is a brilliant writer. Letsrun really brings the sport alive.
Seriously. I love running and writing about it, but that piece was outstanding.. no way I could ever write something that good. So much background and knowledge of the sport. Impressive.
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- RE: Meet new Half Marathon WR Holder Abraham Kiptum - Turned down by Chicago, he ran a half marathon instead and broke the WR!! - in reply to Scary Pictures...
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Seriously. How many records are gonna fall by a stupidly large margin this year before someone figures out that there's a new drug on the market. Splitting a top 10 road 10k split enroute to the half marathon world record. Sure, why not? Nothing to see here, just another no name East African showing up with a full minute PR. Say hi to the tooth fairy for me.
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- RE: Meet new Half Marathon WR Holder Abraham Kiptum - Turned down by Chicago, he ran a half marathon instead and broke the WR!! - in reply to skyboy
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Well, to be fair, it was only some 5 seconds after 8 years.
But, the fact that a 2:05 guy did it, is quite interesting, to say the least, with so many 2:01 - 2:04 runners.
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- RE: Meet new Half Marathon WR Holder Abraham Kiptum - Turned down by Chicago, he ran a half marathon instead and broke the WR!! - in reply to rojo
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Bad judgement by Chicago. We could've had a race.
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- RE: Meet new Half Marathon WR Holder Abraham Kiptum - Turned down by Chicago, he ran a half marathon instead and broke the WR!! - in reply to rojo
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Thanks for a fantastic article. What an incredible race by Abraham Kiptum. Quick question: does anyone know how tall he is and how much he weighs? I can't find the info anywhere online. I thought I saw somewhere that he was relatively tall, but it looks like he might be tiny like a bird. Regardless, he definitely flew in Valencia.
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- RE: Meet new Half Marathon WR Holder Abraham Kiptum - Turned down by Chicago, he ran a half marathon instead and broke the WR!! - in reply to skyboy
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skyboy wrote:
DOPING
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Seriously. How many records are gonna fall by a stupidly large margin this year before someone figures out that there's a new drug on the market. Splitting a top 10 road 10k split enroute to the half marathon world record. Sure, why not? Nothing to see here, just another no name East African showing up with a full minute PR. Say hi to the tooth fairy for me.
Hmmm his agent looks interesting;
Dibaba and Souileman so ties to Aden not to mention representing dopers, Mikhou and Matt Kipsiro.
Nothing to see here.
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- RE: Meet new Half Marathon WR Holder Abraham Kiptum - Turned down by Chicago, he ran a half marathon instead and broke the WR!! - in reply to Scary Pictures...
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Shredded, I'm about that level of body fat when I'm in peak conditioning
...in that article !
https://media.gettyimages.com/photos/kenyas-marathon-runner-abraham-kiptum-eats-orange-and-rests-after-picture-id634692350
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- RE: Meet new Half Marathon WR Holder Abraham Kiptum - Turned down by Chicago, he ran a half marathon instead and broke the WR!! - in reply to rojo
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I guess the lead car knew which direction the finish line was. I wonder what Darren Wilson is doing these days (Tokyo, 1997).
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- RE: Meet new Half Marathon WR Holder Abraham Kiptum - Turned down by Chicago, he ran a half marathon instead and broke the WR!! - in reply to [email protected]
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Another miscalculation by Pinkowski.
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- RE: Meet new Half Marathon WR Holder Abraham Kiptum - Turned down by Chicago, he ran a half marathon instead and broke the WR!! - in reply to vivalarepublica
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No training secrets.
I am sure he logs app. 55km/week.
I am sure he does repeats from 400m to 2000m two or three days a week.
I'll send you a bill for the training secrets.
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- RE: Meet new Half Marathon WR Holder Abraham Kiptum - Turned down by Chicago, he ran a half marathon instead and broke the WR!! - in reply to rojo
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He was turned down partially because there are so many Kenyans and he was just one of the many without real name recognition... But even more importantly, if he was on Chicago organizers radar, they had their matchup of Farah and Rupp in their minds and didn’t want anybody to interfere with it, so the rest of the field was there just as a supporting act... It didn’t turn out that way though...
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- RE: Meet new Half Marathon WR Holder Abraham Kiptum - Turned down by Chicago, he ran a half marathon instead and broke the WR!! - in reply to UA Runner
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UA Runner wrote:
automorphic wrote:
Jon Gault is a brilliant writer. Letsrun really brings the sport alive.
Seriously. I love running and writing about it, but that piece was outstanding.. no way I could ever write something that good. So much background and knowledge of the sport. Impressive.
Agreed--an awesome article!
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