Banana Bread wrote:
I wish we could see Bekele win Comrades. I think he could do amazing and destroy the course record. I like to think that even I could be a top finisher someday when I get to the peak of my marathon potential. I suck at downhills and they really hurt me but I would be one of the top finishers in the uphill run. Bekele could easily do either the up or downhill run.
Banana Bread, I love your work.
Curious: how old are you, where do you live, and what do you do for a living?
facts man
shohohe wrote:
Hot take: If he tried, Kenenisa Bekele wouldn't win Comrades this year. The field is just too good for any non-specialized runner (not named Kipchoge probably) come in and win.
Man, I'd so love to see him run Comrades.
When you say you would love to see him run do you mean as in watching him on TV? For me, watching runners cruising at 4:45 pace in a marathon is a thing of beauty; their running my HS 2-mile PR 13 times. I would consider watching someone run 6:00 pace for hours and hours, to be really boring.
SDSU Aztec wrote:
shohohe wrote:
Hot take: If he tried, Kenenisa Bekele wouldn't win Comrades this year. The field is just too good for any non-specialized runner (not named Kipchoge probably) come in and win.
Man, I'd so love to see him run Comrades.
I checked the entry list but didn't recognize any of the names. Who are the favorites and what are their marathon PRs? Thanks.
So you check each one of the 25 000 hey?
SDSU Aztec wrote:
shohohe wrote:
Hot take: If he tried, Kenenisa Bekele wouldn't win Comrades this year. The field is just too good for any non-specialized runner (not named Kipchoge probably) come in and win.
Man, I'd so love to see him run Comrades.
When you say you would love to see him run do you mean as in watching him on TV? For me, watching runners cruising at 4:45 pace in a marathon is a thing of beauty; their running my HS 2-mile PR 13 times. I would consider watching someone run 6:00 pace for hours and hours, to be really boring.
As runners I'm sure we can all appreciate the work it takes to run whether it's an 800 in 1:42 or 55 miles at 5:45 pace on varying roads. The Comrades Marathon is watched by millions of people on TV. But anyways this is a tangent because there is slim chance he ever reads this and takes me up on my suggestions. If someone like Bekele were to run an ultramarathon I think the entire board would tune in.
SlowDad wrote:
Banana Bread wrote:
I wish we could see Bekele win Comrades. I think he could do amazing and destroy the course record. I like to think that even I could be a top finisher someday when I get to the peak of my marathon potential. I suck at downhills and they really hurt me but I would be one of the top finishers in the uphill run. Bekele could easily do either the up or downhill run.
Banana Bread, I love your work.
Curious: how old are you, where do you live, and what do you do for a living?
He lives in Tulsa.
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
Running for Bowerman Track Club used to be cool now its embarrassing
Rest in Peace Adrian Lehmann - 2:11 Swiss marathoner. Dies of heart attack.
Hats off to my dad. He just ran a 1:42 Half Marathon and turns 75 in 2 months!
Great interview with Steve Cram - says Jakob has no chance of WRs this year