Kipchoge Goes Home Devastated!!!

He’s 38. You can’t be the fastest alive forever. It would be truly weird if he kept this up until 40.

True, but the abject, disgusting , stomach turning Nature of that accent can’t be overstated.

He was just leading and gassed, missed a water/fuel stop at a crucial point and ran out of fuel. He is fine.

42? Older than me? Can you prove it?

It was not cold, at least not until you stopped running. 50 degrees and with the wind and rain it felt like about 45, which is absolutely perfect. If you can't handle those temps you should hang up the shoes.

Spot on. I'd also add that leading into a headwind for 19 miles while running down hills(taking a pounding on the legs) will absolutely do that to you. He simply ran out of fuel. Also, remember, he was running agains 4 studs that that point, with Geay and Cherono being ranked in the top ten all time, plus another Boston Champ. He is fine, he is human but when he is on, he is on. This is not the beginning of the end. Dude just set a world record 9 months ago, he wouldn't just be done now. He will win NYC, come back in the 2024 for Boston and run smarter and hopefully win.

Too busy race week. instead of relaxing and focusing, full of interviews, activities, all the time among hundreds of fans and other important people.

No respect for competitors, no respect forcthe course and weather.

He shouldn't take the role of a pacemaker for the group and began pushing .... too fast to 10 km,

not catching an iso bottle for 30 km,

And rain ... DejaVu from 2020 London

BREAKING, Kipchoge post race statement:

"I live for the moments where I get to challenge the limits. It’s never guaranteed, it’s never easy. Today was a tough day for me. I pushed myself as hard as I could but sometimes, we must accept that today wasn’t the day to push the barrier to a greater height."

Cont'd:

"I want to congratulate my competitors and thank everyone in Boston and from home for the incredible support I am so humbled to receive. In sports you win and you lose and there is always tomorrow to set a new challenge. Excited for what’s ahead." -Kipchoge

Class act.

Kipchoge had a bad day. It happens. The signs were there-removing the headband and the gloves before the 30K mark (while the conditions were getting worse), then asking others to lead, then missing the bottle...

It happens. I'm OK with that. I'm not OK when someone is clearly not 100% prepared for a race and throws excuses (like the "blocked ear" in London). Today, Kipchoge lost to runners who were better prepared for the event. Let's hope this time it doesn't turn into a debate about the missed water bottle.

Some truly galaxy brain stuff here. Vaccine causing more damage than getting covid, check. Air pollution only affecting one person, check. No rain in Kenya because it's in Africa, check.

I was on the course watching today. Light rain for about 30 min, somewhat heavier for about 30 min, but then stopped. Never poured.

I would guess there are few Boston winners their first time on the course who also didn't train over parts of the course ahead of the race.

Lol do you really think Kipchoge himself wrote this?

it was probably some Nike PR guy who manages his Twitter account.

You do realise that the forum is lots of different people expressing opinions, right? It's not just one poster making loads of conflicting statements.

Kipchoge was vaccinated before the 2020/2021Olympics. He won the Olympic marathon going way, set the course record at Tokyo 2022 and then set a new WR at Berlin. Today he ran 2:09:xx in marginal conditions to finish 6th in the most prestigious marathon in the world.

If the "vaxx" is hurting him, I'd like to see more damning evidence than gold medals and world records.

Looks like Travis was sniffing around last week...

This is as bad as the usual take that hot weather is better for the Kenyans because they are from Africa. Spring time in Iten is very wet, so much so that the roads can get so muddy that training becomes very difficult. Today's conditions were about like any morning run in Iten in the spring.

Kipchoge is human. He has made a career out of flat, fast marathons. He found out today that hills are really hard, especially when you are in one of the most competitive Boston fields in quite some time. This is the beginning of the end for Kipchoge. There are only so many times an athlete can crank out a fast marathon before father time has his way with you. But credit to Kipchoge for taking on the challenge. When Geb took on NY (his only hilly course), he was a DNF.

Geb was already well past his prime in NY and he came into it injured. The entire field still paid him the respect by refusing to lead/drop him until they hit first avenue and realized he was already toast.

Chebet wins Boston Marathon back to back and yet Kipchoge is the story. I wonder what goes on in Chebet's head during the race. Does he feel pressure to "let" Kipchoge win or to help him? Or does he say F it this is my race.