Who Is Leonard Korir's Coach?

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4 years ago 10/23/2019 5:45am EDT

I hate the behavior of this board that if a white runner does something amazing, right away the coach is responsible and mentioned and brought up. Hunter and Tinman. Rupp/Hasay and Salazar. Jager/Houlihan and Schumacher. The Hansons. You guys get it.

But Leonard Korir just ran the fastest American debut ever and sub-2:08 and there is no mention of his coach and training group? I'm going to assume Scott Simmons and the ADP, but I can't confirm that info anywhere.

Congrats, Korir, but let's get some insight on his marathon training cycle. I konw Simmons is Canova-trained, but would love to hear more.

4 years ago 10/23/2019 10:18am EDT

re: REAL.

REAL. wrote:
I hate the behavior of this board that if a white runner does something amazing, right away the coach is responsible and mentioned and brought up. Hunter and Tinman. Rupp/Hasay and Salazar. Jager/Houlihan and Schumacher. The Hansons. You guys get it.
But Leonard Korir just ran the fastest American debut ever and sub-2:08 and there is no mention of his coach and training group? I'm going to assume Scott Simmons and the ADP, but I can't confirm that info anywhere.
Congrats, Korir, but let's get some insight on his marathon training cycle. I konw Simmons is Canova-trained, but would love to hear more.

Yes!!! PLEASE make everything about race. That would just be wonderful. By the way, how many Americans here do you think can relate to a guy that grew up in Kenya, still trains a significant amount of time in Kenya, and trains only with Kenyan athletes while in The States(except Jordan, of course)?

4 years ago 10/23/2019 10:42am EDT

re: REAL.

Really the other athletes he has coached have underachieved in the marathon. Haron Lagat ran 61 flat in the half and only ran 2:13 for the full so far. Their previous best marathon out of the group was 2:11:32 by Elkanah Kibet, though his half was only 62:29 so I guess that one matches up better with the full marathon time.

Wait until Kipchirchir moves up to the full. He'll likely be a 2:07 guy right away too, maybe even faster. He hasn't even run a half marathon yet, but his 10 mile on a challenging course is 46:30's, he'll likely be a mid-60 minute half marathon guy on a flatter course.

4 years ago 11/09/2019 12:22am EST

re: REAL.

Scott Simmons, are you again feeling that you don’t receive the recognition, accolades & spotlight enough?! Singing your own drunken praises again?! So sad, so pathetic

4 years ago 11/09/2019 10:03am EST

re: Gene Eugene

You could always post some more self-hyping pics on social media to help you feel better about yourself temporarily, LT.

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