Lance was a global brand. Livestrong was a clothing line, fitness equipment, etc. The yellow bracelet was probably the most popular bracelet since WWJD. He a few books too. The only people at that TITAN level would be Tiger, the Williams sisters, Phelps, Apolo Ohno, maybe Bolt.
I just called my bookie (without telling him the title of this thread) and this is what he said:
2/1 - Any One, Ethiopian Male WC Team 2/1 - Any Nigerian 3/1 - Any One, Jamaican Sprint Trio 5/1 - Any One, American Throwers (both genders) 5/1 - Any One, Dominican Republic WC Mixed Relay (full squad) 8/1 - Adam Gemili 8/1 - Trevor Stewart (former NC A&T) 12/1 - Sifan Hassan 12/1 - Lamont Marcell Jacobs 12/1 - Specific athlete, Ethiopian male WC team 12/1 - Specific athlete, Jamaican sprint trio 15/1 - Mo Katir 15/1 - Mo Farah, Sir 15/1 - Trayvon Bromell 25/1 - Galen Rupp 25/1 - Mo Katir 100/1 - David Rudisha 100/1 - Sydney 100/1 - M.J. Ta Lou 250/1 - Jacob I. 250/1 - Fred Kerley 250/1 - King Ches 250/1 - WVN 1000/1 - M. Norman 1000/1 - Kirani James 2500/1 - Grant Fisher 10000/1 - Nick Willis
Someone doesn’t understand how books and odds percentages work. I get it, math is hard.
Please enlighten me so when I call my bookie to place my bets I can instruct him as to "how books and odds percentages work."
I just thought to myself, "If Kipchoge was popped, do we shut the site down?"
Often catch myself being a little elitist, but this takes the cake. As sad as it would be, I don't see a melt down lasting too long. The elite running world represents a tiny fraction of what makes the sport great and running will live on.
My guess is Peres Jepchirchir or Brigid Kosgei. Jepchirchir was the headliner for the 2022 NYC Marathon and ran a 1:07 half at the Great North Run in September, and then mysteriously pulls out of NYC right as all the Kenyans started getting popped (sus). She's also missing from the 2023 Boston announcement, where it says all the defending champions returning... Kosgei also pulled out of London this fall, so wouldn't be surprised if it was her as well.
Some people have posted the right name and mods removed the posts.
Like father, like son, eh?
He hasn't raced in over a year. Possibly because he failed a test and has been fighting it and it hasn't become public yet. Kind of like how Shelby failed in what, December? And no one knew until like July several months later. So at this point it wouldn't be shocking if it was Centro since he has been nowhere to be seen in over a year.
These threads should be banned and boycotted. Baseless information just causing needless slander to athletes. No actual journalism here
Speculation is fun and if you come to the message boards for actual journalism, you're looking in the wrong place. That's what the main page articles are for.
My guess is Peres Jepchirchir or Brigid Kosgei. Jepchirchir was the headliner for the 2022 NYC Marathon and ran a 1:07 half at the Great North Run in September, and then mysteriously pulls out of NYC right as all the Kenyans started getting popped (sus). She's also missing from the 2023 Boston announcement, where it says all the defending champions returning... Kosgei also pulled out of London this fall, so wouldn't be surprised if it was her as well.
Where does it say all the defending champs are returning? It feels exceedingly likely that Boston wouldn't have the budget (that London has) for Kosgei or Jepchirchir after springing for Kipchoge.
These threads should be banned and boycotted. Baseless information just causing needless slander to athletes. No actual journalism here
Speculation is fun and if you come to the message boards for actual journalism, you're looking in the wrong place. That's what the main page articles are for.
The speculation might be fun but what I see is many posters playing pin the tail on the donkey. I suppose it is a compliment if your name is mentioned as a potentially huge bust but many posters seem to get frustrated when people say it could be (a vague reference without a name) and they should recognize they are possibly being manipulated here.