He has the swagger that folks like Jakob and Bekele have when interviewed. Not afraid to express his annoyance and opinions to journalists even if it might be "factually wrong". We need more personalities like this. All three have something in common.
Definitely more annoyed than usual after losing - I think he'll come back strong unless he's physically done for, which isn't something he can control
I don't see the comparison to Jakob. He speaks to the press immediately, including after defeat. That setting has produced some of his best quotes.
I'm not impressed with waiting 24 hours. Too much room for crafting.
either that or once again he's trying to hide Nike the embarrassment of saying the new shoes are crap in some way
This is a weird take. As others have stated, he just set the WR in his previous race. What about those WR shoes would be crap? Do you think he secretly borrowed someone's Adios Pros one day in Kenya and now he yearns for that sweet sweet Lightstrike Pro? No that's not a thing. He's pretty happy with the custom Nikes he gets and the millions of $ he's made.
..... he didnt run Boston in the same model of shoe ffs....
I agree 100%. I ran Monday and have run Boston before. The course trashes your quads like NONE other. It is the downfall of nearly every first time Boston runner. When I listened to the interview and he mentioned the upper leg issue, I immediately thought, "Wow the goat is a human just like every other Boston first timer" and equally interesting that he couldn't conceive of it just being a hard course that trashed his legs.
It seems that the steady confidence that has made him great, might also be his downfall when Boston requires humility and specific preparation.
Look, one has to realize he is older and he just got beat. Leg problem or not,, he got punked by much better, stronger runners. Hang it up Kipchoge!!! You have nothing to prove to anybody. Screw the fans!!
There should have been warning bells as soon as he said he didn't change his training at all for the hills of Boston. There are specific muscular demands to running downhill that you have to specifically prepare for, and it showed that he didn't, I think it's as simple as that.
Everyone saying ELIUD IS DONE HE'S 38 is a certified LRC moran. He ran the world record literally 7 months ago.
Eliud lost because frankly he ran like a dumba$.
I agree that he ran like a dumba$. He got outsmarted by athletes that respected the unique demands of the Boston weather, wind, and gradients far more than he did - both tactically on the day, and by the sound of it, possibly in his prep. And then still couldn't acknowledge any of that, particularly the on the day stuff, even after having 24 hours to think on it. I've kind of gone off him a bit, not because he lost, he's human, just the lack of smarts. Well done Chebet. Smart race. Well deserved win.
17/19 runners in my club have PRs from Boston from 2:13-3:03. We are from a hilly area, so don't experience the trashing of the quads. Most of us go to Chicago and bomb typically from going out too hard, time of year to train, etc.
It's not the end of the world or his world. You win some and you lose some. I'm very grateful that we have athletes like his caliber who can achieve great things in the sport I love. I love watching Kipchoge, Obiri, Bekele, Kiplimo, and others along with our American elite runners like O'Connor, Emma Bates, and many others who step it up to compete with the best whether they hit their goal or not. Its great seeing all the non-elite runners each one with a personal story of hard work and achievement crossing the line. Running is the best sport in my opinion as it combines the elite and non-elite runners and I love its purity. We all have good and bad races. No doubt Kipchoge will be back and be a better runner because of it. Until then happy running to all.
I agree 100%. I ran Monday and have run Boston before. The course trashes your quads like NONE other. It is the downfall of nearly every first time Boston runner. When I listened to the interview and he mentioned the upper leg issue, I immediately thought, "Wow the goat is a human just like every other Boston first timer" and equally interesting that he couldn't conceive of it just being a hard course that trashed his legs.
It seems that the steady confidence that has made him great, might also be his downfall when Boston requires humility and specific preparation.
Indeed, it would surprise anyone to find the hircine to be human.
There should have been warning bells as soon as he said he didn't change his training at all for the hills of Boston. There are specific muscular demands to running downhill that you have to specifically prepare for, and it showed that he didn't, I think it's as simple as that.
Come off it! Running in the Rift Valley, he is fine with hills. As he explained, he just got an injury running in slippery conditions at the 30K point in the race.
I agree 100%. I ran Monday and have run Boston before. The course trashes your quads like NONE other. It is the downfall of nearly every first time Boston runner. When I listened to the interview and he mentioned the upper leg issue, I immediately thought, "Wow the goat is a human just like every other Boston first timer" and equally interesting that he couldn't conceive of it just being a hard course that trashed his legs.
It seems that the steady confidence that has made him great, might also be his downfall when Boston requires humility and specific preparation.
Kipchoge should try to run a revel race! That will trash your quads! Then he will learn that downhill run needs better training!
Toward the end, he got testy when a reporter asked him why he didn't want to talk to the media on Monday after the race. Kipchoge disputed that and said he didn't refuse to talk and then made sure everyone had a chance to answer any questions before his availability was over today. (Now it's possible that one of Kipchoge's handlers didn't relay the media's request to talk to him yesterday but the fact is, the BAA tried to make him available and he did not talk on Monday).
LR, what does that even mean: "The fact is, the BAA tried to make him available"?
Media asked for him, BAA officials said 'Sure buddy, we'll ask his people' and no press conference was forthcoming.
As you know, they don't do finish-line interviews for the 6th-place finisher, nor was he at the winners' presser. No doubt he was spirited off to the hotel, and why not?
And then he had an availability, for a lot of very bad questions. Hard to understand all the whining here.
his quads locked up/ cramped/ were shot whatever you want to call it due to the nature of the course and the fast early pace. To be honest he probably doesn't have a lot of experience with the sensation
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