If male 14:00/29:00 type runners can run 2:08:00-2:10:00, and multitudes have done so, it is perfectly logical for a woman to run 2:11:53, with the same under distance credentials.
One thing is for certain - this raised the bar a crazy amount for women's distance running. Within a decade, I see 220s being considered "good for an amateur" for women.
If male 14:00/29:00 type runners can run 2:08:00-2:10:00, and multitudes have done so, it is perfectly logical for a woman to run 2:11:53, with the same under distance credentials.
lol wut.
There has never been a 14/29 woman. Those are two separate world records, by two separate women, one of which is a whole week old.
If male 14:00/29:00 type runners can run 2:08:00-2:10:00, and multitudes have done so, it is perfectly logical for a woman to run 2:11:53, with the same under distance credentials.
Doping has its own logic and apologist have their own silly delusions.
If you are winning major marathons, you are doping. It is that simple. I have never seen so-called fans of a sport that are so uniformed and delusional. And it is the usual suspects that always come up with "well you see, it is ashually logical...."
If male 14:00/29:00 type runners can run 2:08:00-2:10:00, and multitudes have done so, it is perfectly logical for a woman to run 2:11:53, with the same under distance credentials.
Not really an accurate comparison. There have been about 7 or 8 women who have run the 5k between 14:00 to 14:15.
There has only been one woman who has run the marathon between 2:11 to 2:13.
If your theory was correct, then there should have been a lot more women running in the 2:11 to 2:13 range by now.
If male 14:00/29:00 type runners can run 2:08:00-2:10:00, and multitudes have done so, it is perfectly logical for a woman to run 2:11:53, with the same under distance credentials.
Not really an accurate comparison. There have been about 7 or 8 women who have run the 5k between 14:00 to 14:15.
There has only been one woman who has run the marathon between 2:11 to 2:13.
If your theory was correct, then there should have been a lot more women running in the 2:11 to 2:13 range by now.
No, because those women in the 14:00-14:15 range haven't been focusing on the marathon. If people like Hassan, Gidey, Taye, etc were to really focus on the marathon, we would see times in the 2:09:30-2:11:00 range for women. Remember that a woman is also different to a male, thanks to better fat burning capacity. In the past when we saw Joan Benoît (15:30/32:00) run 2:21:50, we knew that she was running with men in the 14:30-14:45/29:50-30:20 range.
In a few years when an Ethiopian woman runs 2:09:30, almost as fast as Bill Rodgers, people will continue the doping rumors, with zero substance.
If male 14:00/29:00 type runners can run 2:08:00-2:10:00, and multitudes have done so, it is perfectly logical for a woman to run 2:11:53, with the same under distance credentials.
She is a 1:59 runner over the 800. She has no distance running credentials except for this ludicrous marathon result on her third outing. It isn't possible clean.
If male 14:00/29:00 type runners can run 2:08:00-2:10:00, and multitudes have done so, it is perfectly logical for a woman to run 2:11:53, with the same under distance credentials.
It's a good logical thinking, but this lady has never been even close to a 29min 10 k with her best 30:52 . A former 800m specialist with 1:59 best. 2019 she ran a 1:08 half, then no results 2020-2021. 2022 she was back with a marathon debute in April and then suddenly ran a 2:15 in Berlin in September, and even that is highly questionable with that background of results.Then a year after she smashes the world record with 2 min and runs 2:11:53 , equal to a 28:30 10 k and a 62:50 half. It's absolutely impossible this result has been done clean.
If male 14:00/29:00 type runners can run 2:08:00-2:10:00, and multitudes have done so, it is perfectly logical for a woman to run 2:11:53, with the same under distance credentials.
Yes, but that assumes the 14:00/29:00 type woman is clean.
Doesn't this record come more in line with Gidey's half marathon record? I remember people were saying she could run 2:12 in her debut.
Still an unbelievable record, but if she's passing tests, she's passing tests.
One of interesting questions is when she was tested before this 2:11:53?.And another how many times tested during the year after her 2:15 in Berlin last time? And another if she was ever tested before her 2:15?
Except Marathon is an event that takes years of speed and endurance to master. It is not feasible that Athing Mu for example is going to jump into Marathon training and pop even a sub 3hr easily.