Looks chunky and unfit. He was off the back of the pack of maybe 15 guys, led by Tola.
What a pity.
LRC Note: Here is what the person is referring to:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CFFnoMrHhDE/?igshid=7o6vcb402uiq
Looks chunky and unfit. He was off the back of the pack of maybe 15 guys, led by Tola.
What a pity.
LRC Note: Here is what the person is referring to:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CFFnoMrHhDE/?igshid=7o6vcb402uiq
I thought you were about to say that he's in hospital lr somethin worse
Sham 69 wrote:
I thought you were about to say that he's in hospital lr somethin worse
Nope, just a bad case of biscuit poisoning.
Disappointing, but not that unexpected. If he bombs out at London, it's probably time for him to retire.
Also, do you have a link to the video?
Pics or it didn't happen?
facts and reason wrote:
http://faculty.randolphcollege.edu/tmichalik/images/Bekele3.jpghttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Kenenisabekele1.jpg/1920px-Kenenisabekele1.jpgDid he look more like the 2nd picture?
Definitely the second. Looked really chunky. That’s the best way I can describe it. He was literally 10m off the back of the main group with some other athletes up ahead of the same group. Did not look good at all. If I had the video, I’d certainly post it. Perhaps @Sweatelite?
Seriously, when was the last time Bekele has put together two consecutive good races, especially two good marathons? I’d love to see him run well, but I think history says dnf.
face to palm wrote:
Looks chunky and unfit. He was off the back of the pack of maybe 15 guys, led by Tola.
What a pity.
You were there?
Found this clip if this is what basing post off
https://www.instagram.com/p/CFFnoMrHhDE/?igshid=7o6vcb402uiq
That clip was such bad quality and it doesn't tell us anything. Even if that is him in the back I don't think he is chunky. If he is aiming for a WR then it is safer not to burn himself out only a few weeks before London and get injured. Why risk it all so he can be a workout warrior just to satisfy the OP? His training for Berlin last year wasn't super hard when he ran 2:01:41. All he has to do is keep doing what he has been doing for the past year and he will be chuckling to himself as he paces Big Ben and Buckingham Palace. Boris Johnson and the Royal Family will never forget the moment
Looked like he was just going easy, and I think he has become almost like an MMA fighter and cuts weight right before a race.
face to palm wrote:
facts and reason wrote:
http://faculty.randolphcollege.edu/tmichalik/images/Bekele3.jpghttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Kenenisabekele1.jpg/1920px-Kenenisabekele1.jpgDid he look more like the 2nd picture?
Definitely the second. Looked really chunky. That’s the best way I can describe it. He was literally 10m off the back of the main group with some other athletes up ahead of the same group. Did not look good at all. If I had the video, I’d certainly post it. Perhaps @Sweatelite?
The runner behing Bekele in the second picture is Andy Wiles, who outpsrinted Bekele in that race. He was realistic to know that Bekele wasn't in top shape, but he really wasnt't very overweight was he?
He may be run good shape or he may be not. A single training session does not tell much about his fitness, in particular a relatively easy, 10 mile marathon pace workout, Only insecure novice runners would think it is a good idea to hammer it.
The positive is that he’s actually training in a group again and not injured..Of course from that clip this could have been weeks ago as well
I hope this is an old video. I'm rooting for Bekele to win this, but I have to admit I'm not optimistic. Hopefully on Oct 4 I will be proven wrong.
He's practicing his signature strategy of "falling off and then coming back to the front."
We shouldn’t be talking about people’s bodies.
face to palm wrote:
Looks chunky and unfit. He was off the back of the pack of maybe 15 guys, led by Tola.
What a pity.
LRC Note: Here is what the person is referring to:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CFFnoMrHhDE/?igshid=7o6vcb402uiq
Too much time on your hand pal....