2 sub 8 minute 2 mile runs plus his ridiculous 3000m wr. What does he run for a marathon if he trained for it after these records were set?
2 sub 8 minute 2 mile runs plus his ridiculous 3000m wr. What does he run for a marathon if he trained for it after these records were set?
Two possibilities:
1. 2:06, they didn't figure out the marathon till later on.
2. Stride was too bouncy for the marathon and would run 2:09-2:12.
Depends if he had sufficient supplies of EPO for the marathon.
Amazing to think he's still younger than Kipchoge.
2:06 wrote:
Two possibilities:
1. 2:06, they didn't figure out the marathon till later on.
2. Stride was too bouncy for the marathon and would run 2:09-2:12.
2:08 was not possible, makes sense.
doped? maybe. i like to live in my fantasy world and think he wasn't. even if he was doped, he may have been the most talented runner to ever grace the track (as doped athletes still have not matched his achievements). I feel like if you have a 12:39 5k your marathon is at least 2:04. However, Daniel Komen's career left so many questions, so much potential to wonder about. One of the more mysterious athletic careers.
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talent wrote:
doped? maybe. i like to live in my fantasy world and think he wasn't. even if he was doped, he may have been the most talented runner to ever grace the track (as doped athletes still have not matched his achievements). I feel like if you have a 12:39 5k your marathon is at least 2:04. However, Daniel Komen's career left so many questions, so much potential to wonder about. One of the more mysterious athletic careers.
Dude...so doped.
If he’d trained (and doped) for the marathon from ‘95-‘98 he would have shattered the world record from the time. The talent was on the track, then. I’ll say 2:03 in Berlin for Komen. If Bekele had focused on the marathon from ‘05-‘09 he could have run 2:00-2:01, and likely something pretty close for ‘96-‘00 Haile.
talent wrote:
doped? maybe. i like to live in my fantasy world and think he wasn't. even if he was doped, he may have been the most talented runner to ever grace the track (as doped athletes still have not matched his achievements). I feel like if you have a 12:39 5k your marathon is at least 2:04. However, Daniel Komen's career left so many questions, so much potential to wonder about. One of the more mysterious athletic careers.
Just seems a co-incidence to me that exactly at the moment when an endurance drug that improves times by over 3% becomes widely and cheaply available with no testing, Africa produces a stack of 'once in a generation' GOAT talents. Remember that even a 12:39 5K with full throttle EPO is likely no better than 13:00 cleanish, something David Moorcroft - who was hardly the greatest talent of his generation - ran solo on an 80's track. Of course you're free to argue that he was likely blood doping, but still, 13:00 is not other worldly and nor even is Komen's 3k time adjusted for EPO.
Doping Detector wrote:
Depends if he had sufficient supplies of EPO for the marathon.
Amazing to think he's still younger than Kipchoge.
Wrong Daniel Komen haha
No, Daniel Komen the 3000m WR holder is 42, and Kipchoge is - by all accounts - older.
The marathon is a different beast than the shorter track races or even the half marathon. While there is a correlation in performances, having a great track career does not guarantee a similar level of success in the marathon or vice versa. Ask Mo Farah.