Kimetto is out; stress fracture in his left leg. This is shocking to learn, given this article I read just yesterday ...
http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2016/09/22/kimetto-returns_c1424471Kimetto is out; stress fracture in his left leg. This is shocking to learn, given this article I read just yesterday ...
http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2016/09/22/kimetto-returns_c1424471Who else has to drop out for Luke Puskedra to win?
Kimetto has lost so much value with his Dfns, Dns and below par performance in the last two years that I think he will now have to re-earn an invitation to top marathons like Chicago, New York, London and Berlin. Tokyo and Boston might still give him a chance to reinvent himself. Just sad that this guy who rose so fast and so quick to the very top suddenly can't find his footing! Same thing happened to Geff Mutai. Patrick Makau's situation is hard to tell because apart from that world record in 2011 of 2:03:38, his other two best performances were 2:04:48 win in Rotterdam 2010 and 2:05:08 win in Berlin again in 2010. He never won London, Chicago, New York nor Boston.
How is it that you guys are all closet physiologists/statisticians, but nobody saw " Kimetto has been covering almost 60km a day "!!!!
60km is ~37 miles. 37 miles a day. 18 AM, 18PM? Kenyan triples of 7 + 20+ 10?
37 miles a day is 259 miles per week.
Kimetto is allegedly running 259 miles a week.
Let's say they're off. Way off, let's say he's only running 200 miles a week.
200 miles a week! And the closet physiologists here will chime in about diminishing returns on 70+ mpw.
Is there a thread on this? Kimetto 259 miles per week?!
Actual physiologist here, pretty sure a broken leg counts as a diminishing return.
Article says Arciniaga is also out. When was his last marathon?
I also appreciate that the tribune article headline is that the chicago course record holder is out. Typical Chicago... Putting themselves ahead of the world.
waaaaiiit a minute... Arciniaga is on the start list for Berlin. Guess Chicago just found out? Weird.