Guy decked out in adidas gear, ditches adidas shoes for Vaporflys. Runs WL 2:04:50 - a 4+ minute pb in 22nd marathon

rojo wrote:

Race Results Weekly says in its race report that he is unsponsored.

Additionally this is a misleading VF title like always. This guy is unsponsored. He could wear UA, Nike, Adidas, whatever he wants. He's not sponsored, so he's not obligated to wear Adidas shoes because he chose to wear an Adidas singlet.

Give me a break wrote:

rojo wrote:

Hate them? I think they are amazing. I just think we need to put a huge ass asterisk next to Rupp's marathon bronze.

Ya, there's no way an olympic silver medalist for the 10,000 could bump up to a marathon the next olympics and win a bronze medal.

Why didn't Nike give the shoes to 4th placer Ghirmay Ghebreslassie? Wasn't part of the rupp certified script

Predictor wrote:

I challenge you to find some 2:09 guys who switched to Vaporflys and ran slower. And no, I don't mean one guy who had one bad race.

Another guy, Dickson Chumba. Ran 2:04:32 in 2014 at age 27, hasn't run faster since. His best after vaporfly release was 2:05:30 in 2018, last year he only ran 2:08:44.

You were asking about some 2:09 guys. Literally the first one I look at that ran 2:09 before the vaporfly and now wears vaporfly is Edwin Koech who ran 2:09:04 in 2014, and 2:08:17 in 2015... Since starting to wear vaporfly he hasn't run a PR. He ran 2:09:44 in 2018 and 2:09:20 in 2019.

John Wesley Harding wrote:

Y’all remember Herpasa Negasa?

Yes! How about Terpasik Bergendalflink?

You're annoying, please stop posting on these boards

He didn't run a 2:04. He bounced. This is the crux of the problem -- these aren't running shoes and this athlete did not run a race.

There were A LOT of really big PBs in this race, like many guys running near enough back to back half PBs is it possible the course was short?!

rojo wrote:

Hate them? I think they are amazing. I just think we need to put a huge ass asterisk next to Rupp's marathon bronze.

Well, as long as we are coming clean, lets be honest and say that it really isn't just the shoes, you just don't like the guy, which is fine. That is your right. I would encourage you to man up and just say it, rather than picking at everything associated with him. Your insistence that it has to do with the shoe's performance, and their availability is just too thinly veiled.

C'mon, it'll be liberating. Just say it.

I

DON'T

LIKE

THE

GUY!

There. Now all your cards are on the table and you don't have to pretend or fake your outrage. It's personal, and you've been big enough to admit it. You are welcome for the growth moment.

Give me a break wrote:

rojo wrote:

Hate them? I think they are amazing. I just think we need to put a huge ass asterisk next to Rupp's marathon bronze.

Ya, there's no way an olympic silver medalist for the 10,000 could bump up to a marathon the next olympics and win a bronze medal.

Dang, rojo just went home devastated with his tail between his legs after this.

Anyways, and consider the Olympic marathon is a significantly weaker field than any of the top 6 marathons during the year. So, it shouldn't be surprising Rupp can pull a bronze at the Olympics while not even being invited to the top 6 marathons in the world.

Here is the deal. The shoe factor is probably worth 1:15-2:30 over the full marathon. Unlike in the past when random dudes would run 2:06-07 and we'd think that was wild, its 2:04:45-2:05:59 performances. A bunch of random Americans ran 2:10-2:12 in Chicago, if you put that to 2:12-2:14 it wouldn't be a big deal. As long as we as observers just reassess times none of this is big. A guy running 3 minutes off the World Record hasn't been that huge a deal in most eras. It's more than a 1000m behind.

Give me a break wrote:

Want me to find some examples of people that ran slower than their marathon PR when they started wearing vaporfly shoes?

You must really hate vaporfly's, you all constantly try to find evidence to say how they're unfair.

Vaporfly’s what?

Give me a break wrote:

Want me to find some examples of people that ran slower than their marathon PR when they started wearing vaporfly shoes?

I don't think you appreciate the asymmetrical nature of PR-setting.

Every year at the Dubai marathon 3-4 Ethiopians show up and drop 4-5 min PRs, going from 2:09 to 2:04-5. And this has been happening long before vaporflys came out.

Precious Roy wrote:

Every year at the Dubai marathon 3-4 Ethiopians show up and drop 4-5 min PRs, going from 2:09 to 2:04-5. And this has been happening long before vaporflys came out.

In their twenty-second marathon?

TBH, there isn't much you do get right.

runderun wrote:

VFs are not worth 4 minutes. A 2:09 guy going down to 2:04:46 rings other alarm bells

Exactly my first thought. By chance, does he train with Fsiha in Bekele’s group?

Lirunnerr wrote:

If I recall correctly, the gold medalist also wore them. But no mention of an asterisk for him. Doesnt matter if he is the WR holder, perhaps he wouldn't have won on THAT day w/o the VFs.

Did you guys even watch the Rio Olympics? Looks like Kipchoge was toying with the field. If he really wanted to, looks like he could of dusted the field and ran in the 2:06 range.

Give me a break wrote:

Predictor wrote:

I challenge you to find some 2:09 guys who switched to Vaporflys and ran slower. And no, I don't mean one guy who had one bad race.

Another guy, Dickson Chumba. Ran 2:04:32 in 2014 at age 27, hasn't run faster since. His best after vaporfly release was 2:05:30 in 2018, last year he only ran 2:08:44.

You were asking about some 2:09 guys. Literally the first one I look at that ran 2:09 before the vaporfly and now wears vaporfly is Edwin Koech who ran 2:09:04 in 2014, and 2:08:17 in 2015... Since starting to wear vaporfly he hasn't run a PR. He ran 2:09:44 in 2018 and 2:09:20 in 2019.

I see where you are coming from actually.

Out of curiosity do you wear Vaporflys?? What were your times over marathon before and after??

Drug cheats can now bring the cheaterflys argument to make their sudden improvement less obvious. Let's see if he can run that fast again now that is in the wada radar.