How much weight had Bekele gained?

It was mentioned in the Berlin Marathon broadcast that Bekele had gained 8 kg before he started his 5 month training period.

You haven't noticed he usaully races with a beer belly since moving up to the marathon?

Weightwatcher official wrote:

It was mentioned in the Berlin Marathon broadcast that Bekele had gained 8 kg before he started his 5 month training period.

17 pounds?

Also, he's closer to 5'3 than 5'5.

££££££ wrote:

You haven't noticed he usaully races with a beer belly since moving up to the marathon?

Indeed.

Fat Bekele ran 2:05. Pretty fat Bekele ran 2:03. Fit Bekele ran 2:01:41.

££££££ wrote:

You haven't noticed he usaully races with a beer belly since moving up to the marathon?

+1

There sometimes were jokes here that he got fat, anyone who follows Bekele noticed he looked much slimmer than before. Just compare some videos up on youtube (like Kolkata 25k 2017) with Berlin 2019, the difference is obvious.

He lost a few pounds for the race. Enough to enable him to regain his long stride and hold it to the finish.

££££££ wrote:

You haven't noticed he usaully races with a beer belly since moving up to the marathon?

Yes, where has the OP been? The has been discussed for years.

“Does anyone else find this odd?”

“Isn’t this weird?”

“This is an odd thing, no???”

What? How is that even remotely weird or odd. Any of that? This is completely standard, sound, logical responses to his issues.

Gained weight (which he clearly did). He must lose weight.

Got injured (which he did). He must now strengthen his stability and ancillary muscles / ligaments / tendons.

Out of shape (which he was). He must run a lot more.

I’d imagine they had a high altitude room or house for him in the Netherlands.

Soon as I saw the video after he won in Berlin it was obvious he was fit and much leaner than he had been. My question is, how do you gain weight when running over a 100 miles per week. I would think the struggle is getting enough to eat. I suppose he had stretches when he was injured and wasn't running as much?

££££££ wrote:

You haven't noticed he usaully races with a beer belly since moving up to the marathon?

If you were watching Berlin this year, Bekele really did look very lean. As lean as I've ever seen a photo of him (even more so than his 5k and 10k record runs)

Concupiscurd wrote:

Soon as I saw the video after he won in Berlin it was obvious he was fit and much leaner than he had been. My question is, how do you gain weight when running over a 100 miles per week. I would think the struggle is getting enough to eat. I suppose he had stretches when he was injured and wasn't running as much?

££££££ wrote:

You haven't noticed he usaully races with a beer belly since moving up to the marathon?

His body is probably acclimated to running 80 per week like a hobby jogger is to 20. You can't eat and drink everything you want.

Bekele is 5'3".

100 mpw is just about 10,000 calories or even less, since he is slim and efficient. You can eat that back with minimal effort. Actually, it's hard not to eat it back, that takes a lot of discipline.

Concupiscurd wrote:

Soon as I saw the video after he won in Berlin it was obvious he was fit and much leaner than he had been. My question is, how do you gain weight when running over a 100 miles per week. I would think the struggle is getting enough to eat. I suppose he had stretches when he was injured and wasn't running as much?

££££££ wrote:

You haven't noticed he usaully races with a beer belly since moving up to the marathon?