The best races ever?
Gebrselassive vs. Tergat vs. Khannouchi
Kipchoge vs. Kipsang vs. Bekele
Kipchoge vs. Farah vs. Bekele
Kipchoge vs. Gebrselassie vs. Mosop
The best races ever?
Gebrselassive vs. Tergat vs. Khannouchi
Kipchoge vs. Kipsang vs. Bekele
Kipchoge vs. Farah vs. Bekele
Kipchoge vs. Gebrselassie vs. Mosop
Fjrffc wrote:
If Farah gets the British record (i.e. runs 2:07 or so) it will be presented as a massive success. Sub 2:06 would be huge. I don't think many people expect a win - Kipchoge is known to be a big deal even among casual fans in the UK.
Or, remind everyone how good Steve Jones was. If he breaks it but is still several mins down on the winner it'll be interesting to see how the UK media spins it.
Fjrffc wrote:
If Farah gets the British record (i.e. runs 2:07 or so) it will be presented as a massive success. Sub 2:06 would be huge. I don't think many people expect a win - Kipchoge is known to be a big deal even among casual fans in the UK.
If the weather is nice and the pace is good I wouldn't be surprised to see Farah run 2:05. Don't underestimate him I'd say.
ex-runner wrote:
Fjrffc wrote:
If Farah gets the British record (i.e. runs 2:07 or so) it will be presented as a massive success. Sub 2:06 would be huge. I don't think many people expect a win - Kipchoge is known to be a big deal even among casual fans in the UK.
If the weather is nice and the pace is good I wouldn't be surprised to see Farah run 2:05. Don't underestimate him I'd say.
No way, he wins only 'tactical' races... I hope that London will be fast from the gun.
Can't wait to see that
donyiyo wrote:
It's going to be interesting. ANY US MARATHON is essentially an afterthought.
Fixed for ya
Donut Dan wrote:
Rupp has no desire to be anything more than a second tier elite athlete. How can anyone who wants to be great and race against the greatest just pass in these opportunities time and time again.
Agreed 100%. All those Rupp fanboys who start those threads about him being a 2:06 guy, or a 2:04 guy, or whatever... here's a golden chance for him to have runners pushing him the whole way, on a fast course, in front of the world.
But he'll keep running his 2:09s in Chicago and Boston against 2nd tier runners. Hey, maybe he'll run 2:08 one day. You never know. But I don't see him being the type of durable marathoner than can keep doing them year after year for an extended period of time. He's 31. When is he going to run these fast times you fanboys keep talking about? And where? Tokyo 2020 will be a tactical race. Everything else he does is against second-tier runners. He needs to do London, and do it yesterday. He has nothing left to prove at races like Chicago. He's fast becoming a one-trick marathon pony.
https://me.me/i/11340506Cuckoo-Land wrote:
donyiyo wrote:
It's going to be interesting. ANY US MARATHON is essentially an afterthought.
Fixed for ya
Adola and Karoki are the future. One of them will blaze, and Kipsang runs 2:03 once a year.
I wasn't impressed with Kipchoge in berlin. Had Adola run the tangent he would have easily won, but he wasted
his run due to inexperience. He has the blazing speed to go all out from beginning to end, and he will be more experienced.
I can' take Bekele seriously anymore, too many DNF, and he just does not seem focused.
I really don't know what Mo has to offer. This is going to be his first marathon where he focused on nothing but
marathon training, so this race will be a test. Does he have what it takes to be a serious marathoner? We shall see.
I think if Mo's not competitive at the front (hang for 20 miles and run a GB record) , he may well retire.
lol...stup.. wrote:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAKG-kbKeIohttps://me.me/i/11340506Cuckoo-Land wrote:
Fixed for ya
Meh.. wrote:
Meh, Boston lineup is more interesting
This is nearly blasphemy. NOBODY in distance-running is more interesting than Kenenisa Bekele. I can't wait for this one! Kenenisa says he's been training hard. He finally wants it so badly that he will succeed. I don't think it'll be a world record because Kipchoge and Bekele will respect each other too much to go that hard from the gun. It'll be a chess match until the last mile when Kenenisa will pull away. I predict Bekele wins in 2:03:25.
end of the line wrote:
I think if Mo's not competitive at the front (hang for 20 miles and run a GB record) , he may well retire.
I agree.
Le Grande Orange wrote:
A lot of pressure on Farah to produce a strong time in London. If he fails to (say, another meh 2:08-ish kind of performance), does that spell disaster for his marathoning career, or is it still premature to arrive at that judgment? And if it does spell disaster, what does he do next? Half Marathon and shorter road events? That seems a bit underwhelming...
It would be cooler than him becoming another 2 race a year marathoner. I wish the international road racing circuit was more than just the marathon, it's getting old watching the same guys run the same distance over and over. Where are the 15ks from the top marathoners?
No way Adola would have won, he lost max 5 s due to not running on the line, but prob more like 2-3.
lunatic_runner wrote:
I wish Bekele wins this race with a WR and Kipchoge have it first marathon loss . Remember how shocking it was when Bolt and Farah lost in WC london
I'm not sure he'll get the WR this race or not but I do think he can win it. Not that i know him personally but it seems he puts his best performances when people are down on him. Given last year wasn't great for Bekele and even Jos Hermens was talking trash to him, I think he has something to prove.
Even though not spectacular, we know at least he's running and in decent shape at the moment given that 25km race last month so that's more positive than the last two london races when he wasn't that prepared (coming back after being off all of 2015 and falling in Dubai and taking time off after that to recover as well)
I feel more like Bekele will definitely win. His best time is better than kipchoge's best you know. Bekele has the best chance at breaking the WR.
Also he's the GOAT and holds several other WRs.
Situational ethicist wrote:
The folowing press release was supposed to be embargoed until tomorrow but since Xinhua violated the embargo we are going to as well.
Yep, about the morals (and spelling) I expect from so-called running media.
PR embargoes like this are lame, but when they are violated, they disappear. LR made the right call.
Embargoes 101 wrote:
Situational ethicist wrote:
Yep, about the morals (and spelling) I expect from so-called running media.
PR embargoes like this are lame, but when they are violated, they disappear. LR made the right call.
LR will not be the recipient of another press release form the London Marathon, if the London Marathon people have a backbone.
What a stupid attitude, Brojos. How juvenile of you.