Tangents wrote:
He might have found a few seconds focusing on running the tangents rather than glancing at his watch in the last few kms
It also looked like it seemed to be a chore to stay clear of the bikes and motorcycles that surrounded him
Always the guy who skips his long run or turns a hard workout into a tempo during his training but then turns around and talks about how tangents and watch looking are so important to race success.
robert678 wrote:
Bekele could have gone 2 seconds faster if.... he were racing Eliud Kipchoge.
fixed it.
David S wrote:
For me, one of the biggest appeals of running is that it's supposed to be a simple sport. Times don't lie, fastest man/woman wins, etc. Equipment that provides a significant advantage seems to go against that spirit. I don't want running to turn into cycling or swimming.
Using this logic the men's marathon record is 2:15:16.2 set at the 1960 Olympic Games by a barefoot Abebe Biliki and most likely the women's 5,000 record is Zola Budd's 14:48.07 barefoot race in London of 1985. Perhaps you default to clothing optional as more simplistic running in which case the world's best at various distances fall back to competitors of the ancient Panhellenic Games in Greece or some fun-seeker at the annual Bay to Breakers in San Francisco.
Good grief.
rojo wrote:
Yeah but he would have run about 2 minutes slower if he wasn't wearing the cheaterfly shoes so I think he came out pretty good.
Is it cheating if you wear rigid plastic orthotics? They provide quite of bit of energy return too.
Taro wrote:
rojo wrote:
Yeah but he would have run about 2 minutes slower if he wasn't wearing the cheaterfly shoes so I think he came out pretty good.
Is it cheating if you wear rigid plastic orthotics? They provide quite of bit of energy return too.
I'm insulted that a letsrun owner would disrespect letsrun like that. How about I boycott letsrun and never return?
didnt drink enough of that clown juice at halfway . the stuff from nasa that is .
already had the clown shoes .
Bekele would have gone two secondeds faster if he were Kenyan
Chason Mesinar wrote:
Bekele would have gone two secondeds faster if he were Kenyan
Which is why Kenyans hold the 5000 and 10000 record. Oh wait . . . .
Why do they make the elites wear that chip on their shoes? Even if it’s 2 grams, 2 grams on a SHOE probably is more than a handful of seconds in a marathon.
There is a calculation of shoe weight affect onpace but I haven’t done it here.