Letesenbet Gidey runs 44:20 15k, SMASHES WR. Equivalent to a 13:42 5000!

[quote]bartholomew_maxwell wrote:

It's a pleasure seeing these beautiful Ethiopian women dominating arrogant European men.

[quote]Hshshsj wrote:

huh? You people see the world through very, very odd glasses.

Mzungu in Iten wrote:

Perfect conditions, hilly course. No downhill course, net separation 0%. Course climbs from 70 feet to 300 feet on undulating roads, then it goes down to finish where it started. NYC type of course, way slower than others.

So she ran her first 10k in 29:44 going uphill.

This must be the most blatantly juiced run in 2019, and that says something considering what we’ve seen both on and off the track for males and females.

Actually, if you've been following the sport, she's been one of the most exciting young runners to watch. Beautiful form, devastating speed, and great strength. Love it.

JohnnyS wrote:

This must be the most blatantly juiced run in 2019, and that says something considering what we’ve seen both on and off the track for males and females.

Impressive run by Gidey. Before, 15km was set by Joyciline Jepkosgei en route while running Prague HM. She did 45:37

You are correct. 100 feet net elevation gain by 10k and 5 hills crested.

Gidey's performance equates to a 63:09 half on a hilly course, it's simply unreal.

Course profile

http://runinfinity.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Zevenheuvelenloop-elevation-map.jpg

REAL. wrote:

Actually, if you've been following the sport, she's been one of the most exciting young runners to watch. Beautiful form, devastating speed, and great strength. Love it.

JohnnyS wrote:

This must be the most blatantly juiced run in 2019, and that says something considering what we’ve seen both on and off the track for males and females.

You are correct in that, but how do you explain that she goes from running 30.21 PR at 10000m in September and then just in November almost smashes the 10000m track record on her way to the 15 k WR ??? There must be an end to this almost non existing doping tests in Ethiopia!

lol

Just lol

My man sprintgeezer is 100% right. The sport went full retard this year.

Boing-boing 1:59 and 2:14 marathons, Hassan, a woman running 44:41 for 15k, Coleman, the half-marathon "world records", Naser, various East African "teenagers", Bekele's 2:01, plus a host of other things.

None of this is legitimate, and none of it is even entertaining. Just sterile products doled out to the small group of weirdos who still care about this dying sport. Bolt and my man Ramzi would have fit in perfectly in this era, they were just a decade too early.

Anyone know any good marinara sauce recipes?

A preposterous performance. The poster that said that womens running was behind men is a moron. When women began to widely compete in distance races they had the benefit of modern training for that time. They weren't meandering about with ridiculous training philosophies like the men were. At one point in time the best men in the world ran 15 miles a week. Men and women today largely train similarly. There are physiological differences between men and women that affect performance. Either you have to believe the men are weaker than they ought to be(how stupid does that sound) or the women are running some suspect performances whether due to shoes or drugs. Personally I've got nothing against the shoes in principle, non Nike athletes are at a clear disadvantage right now though. You guys really believe 29:XX is possible for a woman going uphill? That's with another 14:3X 5k going downhill. Come on. She should have destroyed Hassan in Doha and Hassan put in a performance that was also extremely suspicious. I honestly don't get it. It started with Ayana. People were still suspicious but less so than before when the Chinese women were doping. Then we keep getting hit with performances that should not be possible and on paper seem like obvious doping yet with each new one that we get there is LESS suspicion.

This performance is equal to a 1:04:20 for 1/2 marathon and a 2:14:00 for the full marathon. You people be the judges.

Truly bizarre finishing antics by Gidey. She covered her head with a towel and wouldn't let anyone see her. Forward to 59:30 in this video.

https://youtu.be/yujJzM-vbP8

Bizarre analysis by Letsrun posters as always. She clearly felt unwell after pushing herself so hard

Actually according to the official IAAF scoring tables, it is equal to a 1:03:09 half / 2:11:56 marathon

Yeah on a flat course maybe it's worth that but this was a tough course.

exrunner wrote:

Bizarre analysis by Letsrun posters as always. She clearly felt unwell after pushing herself so hard

Looked fine when she finished and the run into the tape. Didn't look all that tired, honestly. Maybe she was just emotional at her time? I feel bad for that Japanese guy that got crushed by her. Time to hang em up as a pro there, bud.

Won't be long until Gidey will become the first woman to run a half at over 20kph(under 3:00/km). As soon as she will be done with the track i reckon. On a course like Berlin or Valencia, it could have happened today to be fair. Unreal

He got chicked wrote:

...I feel bad for that Japanese guy that got crushed by her. Time to hang em up as a pro there, bud.

That guy is Daichi Endo, who has a 28:34 PB over 10,000m

She was also 4 seconds behind Vedic Kipkoech, who has a 27:26 PB over 10K from earlier this year and a 28:08 PB over 10,000m (run in Nairobi this year)