IF You Could Be Eliud Kipchoge WOULD You?

I like my life as it is, but Hell ya!

well the first thing i would do is run a sub 4 mile to know how it feels like. after that, destroying him is easy. just eat a ton of ice cream, don't do any running, and turn to social media to make racist/sexist/homophobic posts. once the real kipchoge is back in his body, he'll probably be 180 pounds and the most hated celebrity in the world as the world laughs at him while he claims "somebody took over my body for 3 months!!!".

Not any pro athlete? I’ll take a decade as a backup NFL clipboard holding QB making millions

definite no. 1) Would not want to be a Kenyan 2) would not want to be 5'7" 120 (child size)

3) so no, i wouldnt want to be the fastest marathoner in history because i would refuse to be in emaciated shape... but would want to be a 150-160 pound mile record holder

Kipchoge has made enough money for a living.

He has no rent. He has a house in Eldoret or where he lives, a few rental property , perhaps a house in one of the leafy suburbs of Nairobi, several endorsements and lots of goodwill from the government.

Oh, and he owns several parcels of land.

Kipchoge doesn't run for money any more. He has it. It's a calling.

Of course he will take the money. Today was just another day in the office.

Kipchoge made his money before London 2012 when he was snubbed by the Kenyan team for the Olympics team selection. Who does that?

Inadvertently and serendipitously, he became who he is due to the snub. That is the best thing that happened in his adult life........perhaps other than his family.

I believe Kipchoge is the undisputed marathon GOAT, but I've always been somewhat more impressed with Kenenisa's 2:01:41. He had so many lousy build ups and less marathon attempts. He was only 2 seconds off Kipchoge's best at the time, 2nd fastest all time. He kind of ran it on natural ability more than perfect training and is still only a half minute behind...

KB's track career was more impressive than Kipchoge's too, which is saying a lot because Kipchoge was no slouch.

To answer the question of the thread: No. Life of a marathoner is very spartan. Too much running. Not interesting enough for me. Plus, I was mostly a 400-800-mile guy.

With that weight, you would not come within 12 seconds of mile WR, even if you had all the talent in the World. El Guerrouj was well below 130 pounds at 5'9". None of the fast guys in the last 30 years was over 130lbs. Most of them were around 120lbs and below. Face it - middle and long distance running is a small guy's world. Actually, 5'7" is somewhat tall for an East African, and most of their bios are padded by a few inches. I stood next to Bekele, Gebrselassie, Sihine, etc., and at 5'7" I was at least 3" taller than them. Kipchoge is 5'5" to 5'6" at most and 115lbs. Sihine was really short and weighted no more than 105lbs.

They are just made for running, and you are not. At least not for distances over 1500m.

You know Jakob, Cheruiyot, Wightman, Hoare, and Kerr are all 6ft or taller, right? I think they are within 12 seconds of the mile WR. I wouldn't describe them as small guys.

Well of course it will be great , always wanted to be Black african or even native indian , I dont to much like white people in general .First of all I will do a serious attempt to Half marathon world record. Then since all my wins are the results of years of hard training, discipline and of course talent and healthy food . I will shout to the whole world that doping is harmful and useless , I will go tell in public school all over the world to educate the youngs . Because if the GOAT marathoner has achieved these incredible results only eating Ugali , spinach and some meat , ok lets add Maurteen , libra sense for sponsorship .It means that doping is useless . and to prove that I will train for the next marathon away from Kaptagat in a place where they can test my blood anytime in anyway in the 4 months before the marathon then I will run the marathon to prove that I m still that fast.And that will be the real WR End of the story

I wouldn't want to be him, but I do wish I had his discipline and calm personality. It would make my life so much better. I try to go there but it's not easy or always comfortable.

It's just a pair of shoes bro, chill.

IP check requested.

I am not Flagpole. I do not wish to be Eliud Kipchoge nor Flagpole, although if I had to choose to be one or the other, well I think I would need more data. One is the fastest marathoner in history and the other is the author of what a real man is…

I would like to be coach js , the Swedish magic man. To help all levels of runners over the world to reach their running goals.

Weird that they deleted that post of mine.

Anyway, check away. I am not that other poster.

I like running more races per year than he does, so no thank you.