Kimetto ran the Shanghai Marathon this weekend finishing in 10th place with 2:14:55. His last four years of marathoning since 2014 (when he broke the WR) look like this according to http://tilastopaja.org:
November 2018 - 2:14:55 in Shanghai (10th place)
April 2018 - DNF in Vienna
December 2017 - DNF in Honolulu
October 2017 - DNF in Chicago
April 2016 - 2:11:44 in London (9th place)
December 2015 - DNF in Fukuoka
August 2015 - DNF in Beijing World Champs
April 2015 - 2:05:50 in London (3rd place)
September 2014 - 2:02:57 in Berlin (1st place, World Record)
April 2014 - DNF in Boston
We'll see if races keep recruiting him to run now that he is no longer the current WR holder (he was still the WR holder when it was announced he was racing Shanghai).
https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2018/11/19/kimetto-struggles-as-ethiopians-dominate-shanghai-race_c1852488
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- After 3 consecutive DNFs, former WR holder Dennis Kimetto has finished his first marathon since April 2016. Guess his time.
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- RE: After 3 consecutive DNFs, former WR holder Dennis Kimetto has finished his first marathon since April 2016. Guess his time. - in reply to LetsRun.com
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Ultramarathoner>hobbyjogger>DNF
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- RE: After 3 consecutive DNFs, former WR holder Dennis Kimetto has finished his first marathon since April 2016. Guess his time. - in reply to LetsRun.com
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he looks over 50 years old.
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- RE: After 3 consecutive DNFs, former WR holder Dennis Kimetto has finished his first marathon since April 2016. Guess his time. - in reply to LetsRun.com
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Good for Dennis Kimetto. I wish i could run a 2:14 marathon. Five DNFs really sucks. Glad he stuck with it, even if it's ten min slower than his PR. He must've still had 2+ miles to go as the clock ticked away at 2:02:57, but still finished.
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- RE: After 3 consecutive DNFs, former WR holder Dennis Kimetto has finished his first marathon since April 2016. Guess his time. - in reply to ivandersports
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At the rate he is getting more worse I should be able to beat him in the thon when I move up in 5 or so years
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- RE: After 3 consecutive DNFs, former WR holder Dennis Kimetto has finished his first marathon since April 2016. Guess his time. - in reply to LetsRun.com
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Is this what a Kenyan looks like off the sauce?
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- RE: After 3 consecutive DNFs, former WR holder Dennis Kimetto has finished his first marathon since April 2016. Guess his time. - in reply to ivandersports
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ivandersports wrote:
Good for Dennis Kimetto. I wish i could run a 2:14 marathon. Five DNFs really sucks. Glad he stuck with it, even if it's ten min slower than his PR. He must've still had 2+ miles to go as the clock ticked away at 2:02:57, but still finished.
Yeah, he was just like our best American marathoners.
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- RE: After 3 consecutive DNFs, former WR holder Dennis Kimetto has finished his first marathon since April 2016. Guess his time. - in reply to Off the sauce
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Off the sauce wrote:
Is this what a Kenyan looks like off the sauce?
Yes this is a pure organic Kenyon. 100% natural ingredients, fully certified.
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- RE: After 3 consecutive DNFs, former WR holder Dennis Kimetto has finished his first marathon since April 2016. Guess his time. - in reply to Off the sauce
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Off the sauce wrote:
Is this what a Kenyan looks like off the sauce?
I don't think EPO would give you 12 minutes in a marathon!
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- RE: After 3 consecutive DNFs, former WR holder Dennis Kimetto has finished his first marathon since April 2016. Guess his time. - in reply to erfew
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Kimetto's 2:14 in Beijing would surely be something like a 2:10 on a fast course. I assume he also tried to stay with the leaders and blew up, which exaggerates his performance drop.
erfew wrote:
Off the sauce wrote:
Is this what a Kenyan looks like off the sauce?
I don't think EPO would give you 12 minutes in a marathon!
Diack was arrested in the fall of 2015, wasn't he?
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- RE: After 3 consecutive DNFs, former WR holder Dennis Kimetto has finished his first marathon since April 2016. Guess his time. - in reply to LetsRun.com
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Wow it must suck to be on the radar of testers.
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- RE: After 3 consecutive DNFs, former WR holder Dennis Kimetto has finished his first marathon since April 2016. Guess his time. - in reply to Banana Bread
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Banana Bread wrote:
At the rate he is getting more worse I should be able to beat him in the thon when I move up in 5 or so years
I bet you could of literally of beaten fatty Kenny if you’d of literally raced him today
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- RE: After 3 consecutive DNFs, former WR holder Dennis Kimetto has finished his first marathon since April 2016. Guess his time. - in reply to Banana Bread
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Banana Bread wrote:
At the rate he is getting more worse I should be able to beat him in the thon when I move up in 5 or so years
I bet you could of literally of beaten fatty Kenny if you’d of literally raced him today
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- RE: After 3 consecutive DNFs, former WR holder Dennis Kimetto has finished his first marathon since April 2016. Guess his time. - in reply to LetsRun.com
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How many Americans have run faster in the last 5 years? 20-25?
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- RE: After 3 consecutive DNFs, former WR holder Dennis Kimetto has finished his first marathon since April 2016. Guess his time. - in reply to joecrunner
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I bet barely half that.
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- RE: After 3 consecutive DNFs, former WR holder Dennis Kimetto has finished his first marathon since April 2016. Guess his time. - in reply to FFF
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Guy beats the world record while juiced out of his fucking mind, gets off the juice and lives off appearance fees while maintaining his legacy intact. This is the smart move.
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- RE: After 3 consecutive DNFs, former WR holder Dennis Kimetto has finished his first marathon since April 2016. Guess his time. - in reply to LetsRun.com
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You guys should give Kimetto some credit for finishing the race. He got injured immediately after setting his then world record and has been injured since. Last year in Chicago you can clearly see him limp before dropping off the race(see at 1:12). He third to the right next to Zersenay Tadese.
https://youtu.be/sRwNLIOlIKg?t=4535
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