Who?!? and How!? Dreams Become Reality: Trevor Hofbauer goes from 2:16 to 2:09:25 to win Canadian Champs

By LetsRun.com

March 23, 2017

KAMPALA, Uganda — Team USA is going for the gold.

LetsRun.com arrived in Uganda this afternoon for the 2017 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, which will be held at Kololo Independence Grounds on Sunday. On our flight from Nairobi to Uganda was none other than U.S. cross country champion Leonard Korir, who was traveling to the meet after spending 10 days training at altitude in Iten, Kenya.

Jajsjjs wrote:

brshn wrote:

Fauble and Ward both ran faster this year. Where do you come up with this crap?

I come up with this crap from the Official IAAF list.

Well your statement is patently false.

kmaclam wrote:

stop losing time wrote:

Did he lose time again for slowing down and high fiving everyone? Hopefully he didn't lose the Canadian record because of that. What is the bonus for the Canadian record anyway?

No idea what, if any, bonus was available for breaking Cam Levin's mark from a year ago but he didn't do any type of celebration this time before crossing the finish line. Had to do most of it solo. V impressive. Looks like he's going to Tokyo as Toronto has Gold status. Course is pretty dismal though for an elite marathon.

He was 10 seconds off the Canadian record time set by Cam Levins here last year. Midway through the race he was holding two waterbottles trying to offer one to the pacer.

Lol. Gotta keep that pacer hydrated.

Obviously he's doped to the gills

A few years ago Hofbauer moved to Guelph to train with their legendary Canadian team of guys (Reid Coolsaet, Eric Gillis etc), and I saw him race locally a few times. He was incredibly impressive. I watched him roll a 8 miler at -20c and snow and win by about 5 minutes. He always seemed like the real deal to me, but I heard his training just did not fit in Guelph, so he moved back West...

Someone told me he was training incredibly well (and did 10 runs of 40k+ in prep for this race). Can't confirm, but the guy always held promise. He is a huge guy, and looked really bouncy as he ran past me at 41km. He is legit....congrats to him on booking a ticket to the Olympics.

ps....I was on the course....these were PERFECT conditions. 7 Celsius, and completely calm (literally Lake Ontario looked like glass). I have been at the race for 20 years and this was by far the best race day conditions ever. Hence the records on both the men's and women's sides.

dfa wrote:

Obviously he's doped to the gills

Scumbag comment.

El Keniano will be on here soon to put you right.

oldlegs wrote:

He is legit....

You know this thread was started to raise doubts about that?, so you're going to have to come with something a lot better than that.

Rodgers had a very nice tailwind that year as well, so it was like a 2:11:00 performance. Of course, he stopped to tie his shoes (twice?).

Maybe dreams do become reality- but not like this. No one can suddenly start running elite times overnight. Hofbauer’s progression is highly suspicious. And, as a 2:16 guy, it’s not like anyone was testing him before.

LoneStarXC wrote:

Maybe dreams do become reality- but not like this. No one can suddenly start running elite times overnight. Hofbauer’s progression is highly suspicious. And, as a 2:16 guy, it’s not like anyone was testing him before.

Here we go.

As soon as someone runs fast there are more naysayers than supporters. Sad.

Highly unlikely he is doped. Most Canadians are honorable and averse to cheating.

This guy could have played DII college hoops in the US.

Ghost in China

"most Canadians are averse to cheating, etc" -this comment made for effect...which will raise the eyebrows of a few....yep, I know....that was a really smart comment....not....

Ghost1 wrote:

"most Canadians are averse to cheating, etc"

Yeah most, just like the Irish.

ShilohDoesntCare wrote:

He raced in a NB pro kit yet he ran in vaporflys. I guess his club is NB sponsored but he's not under any obligation to use their stuff.

i didnt see any logo on his clothes

The jealously of sub-elites and washed up runners is strong on this thread. How about cheer on the blue collar runners who have breakthroughs and success? Tired of seeing hard working athletes wrongly torn down on the forum. This does not represent the Letsrun motto and the roots of the website.

This clip isn't from yesterday is it? He has a shaved head and different singlet...

Most Canadians are law abiding. Therefore there is no need for law enforcement in Canada.

Has Transforming Trevor been visiting Great Britain recently? Doping red flag if he has.

Ghost1 wrote:

LoneStarXC wrote:

Maybe dreams do become reality- but not like this. No one can suddenly start running elite times overnight. Hofbauer’s progression is highly suspicious. And, as a 2:16 guy, it’s not like anyone was testing him before.

Here we go.

As soon as someone runs fast there are more naysayers than supporters. Sad.

Highly unlikely he is doped. Most Canadians are honorable and averse to cheating.

This guy could have played DII college hoops in the US.

Ghost in China

Yes, here we go. You're back to insist that someone isn't cheating. 29:30 10k/2:16 to 2:09 marathon? That isn't suspicious? I'm only shocked that you're here defending a Canadian, and not some Bahraini-Kenyan or Spanish-Moroccan.