ELIUD KIPCHOGE ? 2:01:40 !!!

Toogoodtobelieve wrote:

Amazing. Imagine how fast he could run if he doped! He’s faster than the cheaters that have been caught. He’s so good it wouldn’t do anything for him. Right?

Loving it how you guys are butthurt. :)

The course WAS record eligible. It was the pacers coming in and out that made it non record eligible!

referring to Monza

MeowCats wrote:

4:39 per mile? Unfathomable. Amazing.

Most likely synthetic.

If Rupp ran the identical progression of times, LRC would be up in arms re: doping. Yet an African athlete, with little / no out of competition testing does it and...crickets.

i agree completely wrote:

Most likely synthetic.

If Rupp ran the identical progression of times, LRC would be up in arms re: doping. Yet an African athlete, with little / no out of competition testing does it and...crickets.

I'm less suspicious of the most famous distance runner on the planet than I am of the ridiculous number of people I've never heard of (and probably never will again) who cracked 60 in Copenhagen.

Btw, what do you mean regarding "progression of times"? Other than Beijing, every race the guy has ever run has been faster than 2:05. His London 2016 run indicated that he clearly had the ability to smash the WR.

I still think Haile is the GOAT, but Eliud is really really really really close. My first reaction after watching it (thank goodness I recorded it and didn't find out what happened), was, "sorry Haile..." Would love to hear more about his early life - the NY times article was great.

800 dude wrote:

i agree completely wrote:

Most likely synthetic.

If Rupp ran the identical progression of times, LRC would be up in arms re: doping. Yet an African athlete, with little / no out of competition testing does it and...crickets.

I'm less suspicious of the most famous distance runner on the planet than I am of the ridiculous number of people I've never heard of (and probably never will again) who cracked 60 in Copenhagen.

Btw, what do you mean regarding "progression of times"? Other than Beijing, every race the guy has ever run has been faster than 2:05. His London 2016 run indicated that he clearly had the ability to smash the WR.

I'll quote LRC: 'In an age where the marathon record is thought to be improved by seconds, Kipchoge took three seconds per mile off the old record.'

Baltsu wrote:

wejo wrote:

I'm not sure what I just witnessed. As noted biggest drop in world record in 41 years. The margin should be getting smaller and

I have been very disappointed with the development in recent years. Yesterday I was saying FINALLY. I thought that the WR would be sub 2h by January 1. 2021. I made that prediction some ten years ago. There is so much money involved that the best athletes are aiming for the marathon. Therefore together with all kind of scientific research they should be able to smash the times set by "old track runners "like Haile by a huge margin. 2:01:39 is in the ball park but I still think that he can improve. Someone is going to run sub 2h in next 5 years.

I think you are wrong, but I'm a lot less confident about that statement than I was a couple of days ago.

Bekele will take this record away. He always was the greatest and has the potential. He should wear the same shoes Kipchoge weared and a new wr is on the cards. 2:01:30 is my guess.

Does anyone know what foot pod Kipchoge was wearing? Stryd, Garmin or just a timing chip?

U R ?

Can you imagine Eluid, Galen, Alan sitting on

a Jamaican beach drinking rum and coke.

And a yellow eyed Eluid, says over smoking a doobie,

"It's all up to you" in a wide eyed glance over to Alan Webb.

The comes over Nick Willis to chime in with dreadlocks.

Speaking jive to Eluid, "Pass the ganga this way skin."

You’re welcome to think that, but you are wrong.

Um... Rio was not exactly cool... So I would say he has beaten Rupp in hot weather?