After 3 consecutive DNFs, former WR holder Dennis Kimetto has finished his first marathon since April 2016. Guess his time.

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  • LetsRun.com
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    1 year ago 11/19/2018 2:06pm CST
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    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
  • TMad
    1 year ago 11/19/2018 5:31pm CST
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    Ultramarathoner>hobbyjogger>DNF
  • age group cheat
    1 year ago 11/21/2018 8:26am CST
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    he looks over 50 years old.
  • ivandersports
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    1 year ago 11/21/2018 9:01am CST
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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.
  • Banana Bread
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    1 year ago 11/21/2018 9:56am CST
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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
  • Off the sauce
    1 year ago 11/21/2018 10:05am CST
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    Is this what a Kenyan looks like off the sauce?
  • FFF
    1 year ago 11/21/2018 10:08am CST
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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.
  • Banana Bread
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    1 year ago 11/21/2018 12:59pm CST
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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.
  • erfew
    1 year ago 11/21/2018 1:17pm CST
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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!
  • arte
    1 year ago 11/21/2018 1:43pm CST
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    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!

    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.

    Diack was arrested in the fall of 2015, wasn't he?
  • Rato.
    1 year ago 11/21/2018 2:44pm CST
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    Wow it must suck to be on the radar of testers.
  • Banana Labia
    1 year ago 11/21/2018 3:08pm CST
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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
  • Banana Labia
    1 year ago 11/21/2018 3:09pm CST
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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
  • joecrunner
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    1 year ago 11/21/2018 3:28pm CST
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    How many Americans have run faster in the last 5 years? 20-25?
  • FFF
    1 year ago 11/21/2018 3:32pm CST
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    I bet barely half that.
  • This is the smart move
    1 year ago 11/22/2018 9:53am CST
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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.
  • Keymeddo
    1 year ago 11/23/2018 12:32am CST
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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