How can you beat Kipchoge?

You can't.

I think Geoffrey Mutai could. If he regains his best form.

Kenny B, surely can do it

Masterc34 wrote:

Kenny B, surely can do it

Like he did in London?

How can I beat Kipchoge? Play Scrabble with him.

Kenny will run under 2:04 next year !

Masterc34 wrote:

Kenny will run under 2:04 next year !

I hope so! But that's not beating Kipchoge... The guy has to go downhill at some point, but I'd say it's more likely than not that he breaks the WR.

Eric35 wrote:

Can anyone really beat Kipchoge? Only if in a marathon all the elite would race against him, with nobody setting the pace, attacking Kipchoge one after one letting him chase.. But i still think he would be able to best them even if he stays in the front all the race..

Ahhh, I think you are thinking of cycling when you say race against, attack, and chase. In running, there are no such things because the benefit of aerodynamic drafting is not there are such low speeds. You can't "attack" a runner like you can in cycling, the pack advantage does not exist in running. Kipchoge can just run at the front the whole entire marathon without any disadvantage.

With a stick, while he slept.

But on the road? In a race? That man is unbeatable.

The Nancy Kerrigan attack?

Simple break the wr like Kipsang did, oh and make sure he's not in front when you break it

What is curious about this man is that he didn't have any particular bad day until now. In every single race he delivered. While the drafting effect might not be as big as in cycling, at 20 kph there is still some. And if you take it for the duration of the marathon it can result in up to a few minutes. As it happened in Rio, Kipchoge was aware of this and didn't allow Lilesa to stay in his draft.. Of course a 2:10 guy wouldn't count in this topic but i'm talking about the sub 2:06 guys that could to this against Kipchoge.

Eric35 wrote:

Can anyone really beat Kipchoge? Only if in a marathon all the elite would race against him, with nobody setting the pace, attacking Kipchoge one after one letting him chase.. But i still think he would be able to best them even if he stays in the front all the race..

Do you think Kipchoge is going to chase every move? He just needs to track each move sensibly and go with the last one like he already does.

He knows he's the best right now.

Simple.

Take his dope away for a long enough period of time...

Or wait for him to disappear like all the other Africans.

I meant they would go one after one, for example runner A goes then all the rest would let Kipchoge chase . If he is caught by EK then runner B should get away and let EK give chase. So on, until they all crack or EK would crack and one would get away for good.

Masterc34 wrote:

What is curious about this man is that he didn't have any particular bad day until now. In every single race he delivered. While the drafting effect might not be as big as in cycling, at 20 kph there is still some. And if you take it for the duration of the marathon it can result in up to a few minutes. As it happened in Rio, Kipchoge was aware of this and didn't allow Lilesa to stay in his draft.. Of course a 2:10 guy wouldn't count in this topic but i'm talking about the sub 2:06 guys that could to this against Kipchoge.

You are way overestimating the time savings from drafting in running a marathon. It's not minutes of time savings, it's only on the order of a seconds.

Masterc34 wrote:

I meant they would go one after one, for example runner A goes then all the rest would let Kipchoge chase . If he is caught by EK then runner B should get away and let EK give chase. So on, until they all crack or EK would crack and one would get away for good.

Why would Kipchoge chase? Makes no sense. He would just run at his own pace and wait for everyone to tire out because they can't sustain a higher pace and there is no aerodynamic advantage at all.

Take away his EPO

You can't beat a person who is capable of a 2:01-2:02 marathon.