The Wal-Mart Yodeler is a sociopath.
The Wal-Mart Yodeler is a sociopath.
rojo wrote:
I'm less confident in the 2038 than I used to be mainly because of the cheating shoes but still stand by most of what I wrote.
Wow, co-founder on 'cheating shoes' bandwagon. This explains a lot...
These places do get very hot, but are not always very hot. Death Valley has very consistent weather, which makes planning easier. For example, the next week in Death Valley calls for every high in the 60's, every low in the 30's and no clouds at any time. The wind does not exceed 8mph.
Death Valley proper is a valley, meaning the sun breaks over the mountains later in the morning. You could probably start at 7am 40f and finish a 8:59.59 at 50f.
Sndjdjxjjjhshs wrote:
Death Valley offers a literally flat course around 200 feet below sea level. The Dead Sea is 1200 feet below sea level. Kipchoge would have benefited more than the 1 second per mile needed to break 2, if he would have been on a flatter, straighter and more oxygen rich course than Monza.
Both are rather warm...
3hr-marathoner wrote:
Oh Please wrote:
There are a couple of points that need to be considered:
1) Marathon is now the premiere event in distance running.
2) The 10000m is on life support as a global event.
Did anyone think Rupp would have the fastest 10,000 time of the past 6 years? But yet, he does.
which is also to say that no one has run within 22 seconds of the 10000m record in over 6 years. It's true that the 10000m is no longer attracting top talent on the men's side but whether the 10000m record will be broken any time soon isn't central to my point. For a long time the marathon record was ripe to be shattered. All that had to happen was for someone to wave money at a Geb or a Bekele when they were running low 26:20's for 10000m and they could have brought the marathon record to about where it is now, no revolution in training or equipment necessary. With Kipchoge's record I believe that's no longer the case. To shatter the marathon record again would require something new: new talent, new training, something.
I remember distinctly posters saying absolute rubbish about sub 13 now being impossible given current drug testing and no talent blah blah. Then we had a dozen men sub 13 in one race including a 12:43, 12:45, 12:46.
Sub 26:30 is possible for the current guys running 10,000m. Wait for Barega to move up, Kjelcha, Joshua Cheptegei even Farah to step down and give it a good attempt. The external factors simply have to be in place, like I said before. You just need the right weather, pacing and desire.
RIP: D3 All-American Frank Csorba - who ran 13:56 in March - dead
RENATO can you talk about the preparation of Emile Cairess 2:06
Great interview with Steve Cram - says Jakob has no chance of WRs this year
Running for Bowerman Track Club used to be cool now its embarrassing
Hats off to my dad. He just ran a 1:42 Half Marathon and turns 75 in 2 months!
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