Ward is kicking hard to beat Assefa, he opened a 10m gap
2:11:44 for Ward for 27th.
He missed the 2:11:30 he needed to qualify for an automatic slot if he makes top 3 at the Trials. But maybe we won't have any automatic slots on the men's side.
Doesn't matter his actual time. The only thing that matters is the "shape he is in."
Most wasted way lead a career, imo. Chasing a time that you somehow feel you have the right to run (while never being close). There is a Norwegian running podcast host who have wasted 3-4 years(?) of 2x marathons a year doing that, adamant chasing sub 2:20 instead of just racing to get the best time he is capable of that day (which could eventually be 2:19:xx).
He has Walter Mitty syndrome with delusions of grandeur.
Inevitably, we have to ask just how good are the new shoes??? No amount of juice could have brought that time. Something beyond our present comprehension is going on with the kit. Shoes.
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Maybe your girl Tuohy will beat that time when she moves up to the Marathon in 5-8 years, but then the Women's record might be much faster by that time
For a quasi elite training in Kenya and making a living from running you’d think he’d know to negative split. He refuses to negative split and fades every time