Bernard Lagat runs 2:12:10 to break Meb's US Masters marathon mark. Amazingly now holds EVERY US masters mark 1500 and up!!!

Ksksjsks wrote:

Thinking more clearly wrote:

[quote]rojo wrote:

What a stud. Can he possibly make the Olympic team in the marathon at age 45?

splitwatcher wrote:

Atlanta doesn't appear to be the type course for Lagat to improve his time to 2:11:30 to hit the Olympic standard./quote]

He can get the standard in Berlin, and will already have it by the time of Atlanta.

Agreed. He needs to race in Berlin.

...or Chicago, which would give him an extra 2 weeks of rest

Which of his masters records are the stoutest?

Discuss.

...or even Amsterdam, which is one week later than Chicago.

rojo wrote:

What a stud. Can he possibly make the Olympic team in the marathon at age 45?

https://www.letsrun.com/news/2019/07/bernard-lagat-runs-21210-marathon-at-age-44-to-break-us-masters-record/https://twitter.com/jgault13/status/1147667275866091520

Frank Meza gets hounded and this confirmed doper gets nothing but praise.

The IAAF let him off on a technicality. When Lagat and his crooked coach asked for the IAAF to make an apologetic statement the IAAF told them that if they didn't shut up they would make "some things" public and Lagat et al shut up. Even Mr. PC himself, Gary Hill at TafNews remarked on this.

Lagat is a disingenuous piece of dung.

Y’all gotta add that he’s the top American this year on non aided course.

Age grader wrote:

Remember when everyone claimed he was older than he was in college? So he’s really 50 now right?

Lagat was age 30 in college. More than 20 years later he is now age 35.

Hardloper wrote:

Ksksjsks wrote:

Agreed. He needs to race in Berlin.

That's never gonna happen, Berlin is in only 2.5 months. He should just focus on getting top 3 at the trials, there's no way USATF will be dumb enough to send him without the automatic standard. If he really wants the auto standard, NYC in November is a better option.

^ Dumb post. I would ask your if you were new here, but, sadly, you can't claim that excuse.

Berlin is a much better course for a fast time than NYC. Much better.

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In case you missed it. Berlin is a much faster course.

Nice to ... wrote:

Bad Wigins wrote:

US marks nothing. Lagat can run a sub 4 mile when he is 45.

Not that I care about the mile, but Eamon Coghlan said it couldn't be done, and want to see him go back to Ireland devastated.

It would be nice to see Bernard Lagat race sub-4 one mile; smart money says he cannot.

I am certain that a 45 year old man training for a 2:12:xx Marathon is easier on the body than a 45 year old man training for a sub-4 one mile.

If that money's smart, back it up with some evidence. Here's some contrary: Look over the AGWR's and you may be surprised to find endurance drops faster than speed. Sprint and MD training remains easy as long as you're not a stupid overtrainer, which Lagat never was.

If these people saying he'd have gone 2:11 at Berlin are correct, he's already as close to the open marathon WR set there as 4 flat is to the mile WR, and distance was always his weak suit. I'm calling it now, and the only way he fails is if he doesn't try: he'll go sub 4 easily, just like he breezed past 3:55 when he turned 40, and won't need to try more than once or twice. You can all line up to eat your naysays then.

Age grader wrote:

Remember when everyone claimed he was older than he was in college? So he’s really 50 now right?

No they didn't.

Burr Lyn wrote:

Hardloper wrote:

That's never gonna happen, Berlin is in only 2.5 months. He should just focus on getting top 3 at the trials, there's no way USATF will be dumb enough to send him without the automatic standard. If he really wants the auto standard, NYC in November is a better option.

^ Dumb post. I would ask your if you were new here, but, sadly, you can't claim that excuse.

Berlin is a much better course for a fast time than NYC. Much better.

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In case you missed it. Berlin is a much faster course.

Low IQ response. You only need to place top 10 at NYC to get an automatic standard, which can be as slow as 2:16. You shouldn't need the automatic standard anyway, it's only an insurance policy in case the USATF goes full stupid.

Ksksjsks wrote:

Agreed. He needs to race in Berlin.

Hardloper wrote:

That's never gonna happen, Berlin is in only 2.5 months. He should just focus on getting top 3 at the trials, there's no way USATF will be dumb enough to send him without the automatic standard. If he really wants the auto standard, NYC in November is a better option.

Are you a moron? Apparently, yes.

2.5 months is PLENTY of time to run another marathon and improve.

New York would be a terrible choice.

sososo wrote:

Good time. But Kipchoge ran like 2:02 at that age.

This may be the funniest line ever posted on LRC. sososo, I commend you.

Ksksjsks wrote:

Agreed. He needs to race in Berlin.

Fashshhs wrote:

or Chicago, which would give him an extra 2 weeks of rest

Agreed. Berlin or Chicago.

Moctezuma wrote:

When Lagat and his coach asked the crooked IAAF to make an apologetic statement the IAAF threatened that if they didn't shut up they would "make some things up" to the public and forced Lagat to keep quiet. Even Mr. PC himself, Gary Hill at TafNews remarked on this.

The IAAF is a disingenuous piece of dung.

That's terrible. The IAAF is corrupt, and should be held accountable for it's actions.

his 7:37

bernerd leget is a an age chet. he is really in his 30s, so he must have been 11 when he was in college. taking away scholarships from middle schoolers, cant not bee leave he is knot coght yet.

Thought I would post this here, Jack Foster the OG of fast master runners:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4fwdXKXp2co&feature=youtu.be

He would've been 41 here.

At 46 he went on to run 2:17 at NYC Marathon.

Very impressive for someone who didn't start running till he was 32.

Thinking more clearly wrote:

[quote]rojo wrote:

What a stud. Can he possibly make the Olympic team in the marathon at age 45?

splitwatcher wrote:

Atlanta doesn't appear to be the type course for Lagat to improve his time to 2:11:30 to hit the Olympic standard./quote]

He can get the standard in Berlin, and will already have it by the time of Atlanta.

It’s funny that people think Walmsley can run faster than Lagat in the marathon.

Subway pointed out the other day that Bekele is actually younger than his stated age, because he claimed to be older than he was by a few months in order to get a visa.

I can imagine with some of the Kenyan transplants to American colleges that the age cheating can go the other way, and perhaps Lagat claimed to be older than he was so he could get into an American university.

If Bekele, Kipchoge, and Mo all carry on into their (official) forties, perhaps all the Masters records will be put out of sight for the next century for everyone who didn't train in Kenya/Ethiopia in the 90s/00s.