As I have already said. He's done and can retire after Cheptegei broke his 5000m WR, because he will never hold 5000m, 10000m and marathon WR simultaneously. I'm a huge Bekele fan. but things change.
As I have already said. He's done and can retire after Cheptegei broke his 5000m WR, because he will never hold 5000m, 10000m and marathon WR simultaneously. I'm a huge Bekele fan. but things change.
Rosebud wrote:
I'm surprised people still have high expectations for Bekele at this point. Long distinguished careers do come to an end.
This. He never stringed together 2 good marathons, and father time is undefeated. Perhaps it's time for him to move on and there's no shame in that. He's still the GOAT.
Man that really sucks.
1. Football is 1000000x more popular here in England and no one cares about kipchoge
2. The entire field is injecting
3. It's chucking it down here at the weekend so why would he want to run around in circles (for 26 miles this isnt a track meet)
4. bekele has family and he runs risk of contracting corovavirus and passing it onto them
FACTS
EZ
The usual letsrun crowd coming together again. People saying this race is pointless why are you even following the sport? That shows you are NOT in love with it. Running is simple and thats why I love it and all athletes or spectators who think this marathon is pointless just because of Covid regulations and the laps go and switch your focus to something else. If you truley love running and Eliud Kipchoge is a prime example here, you do not care about such things. You are happy there is a marathon taking place. And to all members of the "Without Bekele it will be boring because Kipchoge wins" club, it does not matter even with Bekele in it we all knew that the GOAT of marathon would win. So then even with Bekele the race would be pointless wouldnt it?
I would have been thrilled to see Bekele race in this field but it is what it is and it is still going to be a great race nevertheless so aprreciate it and get some positivtiy in your lifes
Ganbatte wrote:
easyrekt wrote:
Not a fake one going around in loops with no crowd.
So all of the track races this year were pointless as well?
+1
What kind of injury can you get since arriving at London???
What injury could he get since arriving?
He had to have known about it prior to going to London.
Peak thon Eliud vs peak thon Kenenisa would have been a cosmic event so powerful it collapsed the universe. As a result the CERN collider was used to plunge the world into the alternate covid-timeline we are now experiencing, to protect us. It is what it is.
DC Wonk wrote:
KB was not ready, and I think the fact that his records are all being wiped out be Cheptegei probably bothers him more than racing Kipchoge, who is always prepared.
1 record was broken lol. Was Kipchoge was always prepared the first 10 years they raced?
easyrekt wrote:
1. Football is 1000000x more popular here in England and no one cares about kipchoge
2. The entire field is injecting
3. It's chucking it down here at the weekend so why would he want to run around in circles (for 26 miles this isnt a track meet)
4. bekele has family and he runs risk of contracting corovavirus and passing it onto them
FACTS
EZ
1) true
2) entire football clubs are abusing peds
3) rumoured 300k appearance fee with 500k bonus from marathon for WR
4)he’s already traveled from Ethiopia to London
extremely disappointed ☹️
I feel like people are being overly harsh on Bekele, but I don’t think he would withdraw under pressure or because he was that upset with Cheptegei taking his WR, especially after he came so close to breaking the marathon world record. Maybe I’m just holding onto lost hope from seeing him running Berlin last year but I want to see Bekele end his career on a more positive note than retirement after injury, you know?
I've been so pumped for this race for a long time, I always thought Kipchoge would come out on top but not without a fight from Bekele. Super disappointed. Now we just have to watch Eliud Kipchoge kill everyone which is boring.
@It matters, Agreed with all that you've said. I think isolation, the toxicity on this forum (please don't ban me mods I'm just being honest), and perhaps growing old and unhappy has made a lot of people unhappy.
This would have been a beautiful, beautiful race with both Kipchoge and Bekele. With Bekele gone (and spectators gone, and the whole beautiful course), it does detract from it. But this is world class sport, and running is a beautiful thing. I hope that the race is beautiful and that Kipchoge gets some real competition up through the last stages of the race. Maybe he'll even surprise us, and fall short a little bit, and someone else gets it. We never know.
But I love this sport too and I want to relish the race. And I also want good old Kenenisa Bekele to get back on the horse and race Eliud next year!
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• Britain is facing a washout weekend with Storm Alex bringing gales and heavy downpours today
• This will be followed by up to five inches of rain tomorrow and Sunday during a washout weekend
• Today's weather warning covers southern counties of England from Cornwall to Kent until 8pm
• Further warning covering most of Britain begins at 3am tomorrow and runs until 6pm on Sunday
Would he run Tokyo Olympic? All Hope is not lost
Ganbatte wrote:
easyrekt wrote:
It's a pointless race anyway.
If this is a pointless race then what race would you consider meaningful or useful?
That's easy. Any race in which a grizzly bear is chasing you.
What are the odds he runs the marathon in December instead??
Unless Bekele puts together a passable race in the next few months there's no way he'd even be sent to Tokyo. Geremew is basically a lock though.