Keitany Awesome In Delhi [split]

[nevetsllim]

Another sub-67min half-marathon for Keitany in New Delhi.

http://www.iaaf.org/LRR09/news/newsid=54802.html

[mump boy]

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[Jon]

I'd only glanced at that IAAF report last weekend, but I've just read it properly. Keitany went through 10km in 30:39 (the sixth fastest clocking for a road 10km EVER), and went through 15km in 46:40, which is a WORLD BEST! It's one second quicker than what Paula clocked at the GNR in 2003, and is 11 seconds faster than her own en-route 15km split in Birmingham earlier this month.

She might be a world champ and a world record-holder, but Keitany is definitely one of the best unsung athletes of the year.

This thread should be split, as this performance (and Keitany) deserves way more attention.

[LopenUupunut]

I'd only glanced at that IAAF report last weekend, but I've just read it properly. Keitany went through 10km in 30:39 (the sixth fastest clocking for a road 10km EVER)

Makes you wonder just what she'd do if she didn't have to be afraid of another 11 and a bit kilometers coming, no?

[Jon]

Thanks to mods for splitting this.

Lopen - yes, I wouldn't be surprised if Keitany soon broke the WRs for 10km and the HM.

[CookyMonzta]

Another sub-67min half-marathon for Keitany in New Delhi.

http://www.iaaf.org/LRR09/news/newsid=54802.html

Is she related to 1,500m runner Haron Keitany?

[CookyMonzta]

Thanks to mods for splitting this.

Lopen - yes, I wouldn't be surprised if Keitany soon broke the WRs for 10km and the HM.

I wouldn't be surprised if she goes to London this coming spring and runs 2:18:xx.

[LopenUupunut]

Thanks to mods for splitting this.

Lopen - yes, I wouldn't be surprised if Keitany soon broke the WRs for 10km and the HM.

I wouldn't be surprised if she goes to London this coming spring and runs 2:18:xx.

I would. Her apparent strategy of trying to run as many WR splits on the way as possible just won't cut it in a marathon

[CookyMonzta]

Thanks to mods for splitting this.

Lopen - yes, I wouldn't be surprised if Keitany soon broke the WRs for 10km and the HM.

I wouldn't be surprised if she goes to London this coming spring and runs 2:18:xx.

I would. Her apparent strategy of trying to run as many WR splits on the way as possible just won't cut it in a marathon

Which is why 2:18 might just be on par with her strategy. If she tries to go 2:15-2:16 pace early, she'll pay for it and slow to 2:18 or 2:19.

[mump boy]

i think we have a new favourite for marathon on 2012

[gh]

which Japanese would that be?

[LopenUupunut]

which Japanese would that be?

Any word on Noguchi since her DNS at Beijing?

[nevetsllim]

which Japanese would that be?

Any word on Noguchi since her DNS at Beijing?

http://japanrunningnews.blogspot.com/20 ... -long.html

[LopenUupunut]

Thanks. If she does manage to build a good comeback she's as good a candidate for '12 as any. As I recall it the list of women who have beaten Mizuki Noguchi in a marathon is pretty short...?

[nevetsllim]

If I'm honest I think Noguchi's career is pretty much finished. Her career path has alarmingly followed the pattern of Takahashi and a lot of other Japanese marathoners who have really struggled to produce great longevity.

As for Keitany, I don't really want to make predictions about how she does at the marathon. Running fast at 10km and the half-marathon doesn't always translate to the full marathon distance - just as Kiplagat, Chepkemei, Kibet, Masai etc.

[LopenUupunut]

Come on, a bit more optimistic outlook please. If these boards still exist in '12 I don't want the main topic during the women's marathon to be how totally a top-form Joan Benoit would dominate everyone today.