Fukuoka results

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Re: Fukuoka results

... but this guy only just turned 21 :!:

Surely all comments on Kenyan ages should be prefaced with "supposedly"...

You may be right, but he ran a 58:33 half marathon and has been getting better, so I expect him to be the next marathon superstar regardless of what his real age may be.

But the argument was that the other "big boys" had moved up too late... story is a bit different if he is currently 24 or 25, rather than the purported 21...

Still pretty different because they had prolonged track careers. Compared to the others, he has not been a dominant track runner that has eventually turned to the roads. If anything, his reputation is from the roads.

[eldrick]

Re: Fukuoka results

... but this guy only just turned 21 :!:

Surely all comments on Kenyan ages should be prefaced with "supposedly"...

You may be right, but he ran a 58:33 half marathon and has been getting better, so I expect him to be the next marathon superstar regardless of what his real age may be.

But the argument was that the other "big boys" had moved up too late... story is a bit different if he is currently 24 or 25, rather than the purported 21...

if you run 58'33 wr, it is irrelevant whether you are 21y or 41y

it is the wr