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Quote from: adarqui on October 14, 2019, 01:05:02 am

ZION IS STRAIGHT BALLIN` IN THE PRE-SEASON.

This Pelicans squad is going to be so fun to watch.. it seems.

Man I can't wait for this season to start. Going to be some straight up exciting games.

yup. this szn going to be nuts.

kinda feel like something is up w/ Mo lately.. hope not tho. hope he's all good.

im sure every1 knows i h8 the vaporfly's, 4%'s etc.. look at these alpha fly's.. eek.

still doesn't take much away from it for me, since everyone is running in shoes like this now & only a few people are pushing the limits in them.. not like they are turning every1 into monsters. still tho, it's a bit absurd.

i have a pair of 4%'s.. probably the worst running experience i've ever had. respect to any1 who can run in them. they feel like clown shoes to me.

Obama tweeted out to Kipchoge / Kosgei.

Yesterday, marathoner Eliud Kipchoge became the first ever to break two hours. Today in Chicago, Brigid Kosgei set a new women’s world record. Staggering achievements on their own, they’re also remarkable examples of humanity’s ability to endure—and keep raising the bar.

https://twitter.com/EliudKipchoge/status/1183661760001253376


Kipchoge responded:

Dear Mr. Obama, Thank you for your special words. In life we hope to inspire others. Thank you for inspiring me. It would be my greatest honour if we could meet, and discuss how we can make this world a running world. As a running world is a peaceful world. #NoHumanIsLimited

https://twitter.com/EliudKipchoge/status/1183661760001253376

The WR checking was about the 100m race example only.
Once again, don't get me wrong, i am not even sure i am convinced by my argument. But something is bothering me. I think what bothers me is that although this has nothing to do with the marathon, it masks the marathon. No marathon win will ever be the same , because no marathon win will be below 2 hours. Whatever happens, even if we see an epic marathon where the winner wins the runner up passing him at the last 100m and at an inhuman time of 2:00:01... "meh, Kipchoge would have owned that bitch", "bro, can you even run sub-2h?".
Maybe not for you and me and some other people, but for the vast majority i see that as a threat.
Anyway, good food from thought from your POVs too. Hope you are right and my skepticism is wrong.

that stuff w/ the fans already happens at every level. can't win there so might as well just not worry about them.

we'll see someone get under 2 hours official, that's for sure. everyone has been running alot faster since breaking2 - potentially shoe related, but also just guts related.

i don't think any of this masks the marathon. it's already masked.. drink stations w/ "performance fluids", shoe technology, etc.

the only way to unmask the marathon, is to have it run barefoot on grass w/ no calorie intake. it's been taken over by shoe/electrolyte companies.

Idk, if you had two kipchoge's in the same race going at it what would happen?

that's a great point.

if kipchoge was battling kipchoge in berlin, he'd have gotten much lower than 2:01:39 in 2018 - which he ran alone after mile 16-18 or so?

Bekele dropped 2:01:41 recently. everyone wants to see Kipchoge vs Bekele now.. Kipchoge's wrecked him in every marathon though, so I don't suspect it would be any different.

Also, Bekele's 2:01:41 was not run alone, in fact, he had to chase Legese all the way to the end, who had almost a ~minute lead on him at some point, then he just smoked Legese in the last few miles. Legese ended up running under 2:03, which is incredible. But that's an example of Bekele having a rabbit to chase, and it ending up helping him. He's tried to chase Kipchoge before and gotten destroyed by it.

They may face each other in Tokyo 2020 (olympics). Conditions won't be ideal. Apparently it'll be very hot. That makes for a less fast race, but a more interesting one. Kipchoge should still dominate, like he did in Rio etc, or that hot London marathon a few years back, where he just crushed everyone.

And concerning 'lab conditions' how many people are capable of going sub 2hr in ideal conditions? Do they even exist or is Kipchoge in a class of his own? Do people have treadmill times better than him?

I feel like Kipchoge is certainly in a class of his own. Bekele dropped a nuclear marathon result - but he's not consistent in the marathon. You never know what you're going to get with him. That's the biggest difference between Kipchoge and EVERYONE else. Kipchoge always shows up and performs at the highest level. Everyone else has bad days, which is normal. Mo just ran 2:09:XX in Chicago, a very bad day for him.

The athletes pacing Kipchoge are world class, and many of them looked like they were working. lmao.

13.1x mph for 1h:40s is insanity.

just ordered 3 more jacknobber's! so i'll have 4 total.

want to try out some weird stuff.. like doing both calves simultaneously, with adductors or glutes etc.

sounds crazy & very painful. 8|

Quote from: adarqui on October 13, 2019, 06:35:03 pm

Quote from: Coges on October 13, 2019, 06:17:36 pm

14/10/19

5.30am

Snatch-
Bunch of very basic drills. Working through this without much progression at the moment. Need to get something here.
3 x 30
Power Snatch-
2 x 40
2 x 50

Clean and Jerk (I love the idea of the squat jerk but realistically I need to be hitting the split from here)-
50 x 2
60 x 2

Squats- (last set cue of looking up and opening my mouth out of the hole. Straight up imitation of Chinese lifters. Bar felt like a feather on my back with that. weird)
70 x 3
110 x 3, 3, 2, 3 - all belted sets

Clean pull-
110 x 3
140 x 3, 2, 2, 1 - straps for all sets.forgot my belt on the second set here. Legs were toast after these.

BTN Push Press
50 x 4, 4, 2

10 mins stretching and done.

I'm balls deep in olympic lifting at the moment and it's very cool. Looking to line up a novice comp soon but not sure if I need to be part of a club first or something. Research to do.

*Edit- interesting observation this morning. Have been sneaking in a bulk the last few weeks. Ideally want to get to 100 and be a fairly 95. Currently sitting at 92 and still have top 4 abs. Two things happened this morning that confirm I'm on the right track. On way to gym I just felt a bit bigger. Firstly after my second set of squats at 110 random guy comes over, compliments me on form then starts asking for squatting advice. Never happened before in my life. Squats were looking good though. Secondly I was getting some decent eye attention from the females in the general area. This has happened before (obviously haha) but happens less to me in the gym given how many huge dudes workout there. Both good signs and a little extra juice to get me off to a good week.

lmao.

all good signs for swole life.

one day i will achieve 130 lb and receive absolutely no looks, just incredible speed. the dream.

Lol. I've never been anywhere near swole so that would be nice.

ya it'd be cool.

kenyan swole or nfl swole, both fun.

I'll start calling you The Sleeper haha.

don't get the reference lool.