I’m suspicious of kipchoge’s downfall

I was at the top of the second hill when we exchanged glares for one second.

He was spent. There is no other word, and it was plain to see.

He is probably two years younger than Lagat as per the classes they both attended when young, so probably born in 1976 or 1977.

He has all the signs of aging. On his face, on his pace and...and on his uphill strength. Uphill strength often goes away quickly as you age. If you are not aware of this, you are lucky, it means you are still young enough not to know that.

Hmm. Tons of dopers run 2:01-2:04, but our hero runs sub 2 clean. Just like Lance clean all those years ahead of a doped peloton. Are you a complete idiot?

You'll understand when it happens to you when you're 35-40 years old , assuming you're a runner

rolls eyes at people who say he was doping and now he cannot

I'm not really a fan but respect this man has put down some very very hard miles over the past decade (and track the decade before that)

super-shoes arrived just in time to extend his career but there's only so much they can do

maybe the sub2 project actually gave him overtraining syndrome

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(sadly stopped updating before Berlin)

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He was getting death threats! Anyone who has tried to train through a toxic relationship knows how stress/cortisol KILLS performance. Running is 99% mental, if your head is full of stress you can't use your body that's why older people struggle with their body because their minds start to go.

When you sell out to Satan it ends in tears....

Amen

you are dumb. guy is 39 years old. He is just tired of amazing perfomances and 2 olympic Gold . GOAT

I have read stories on this site detailing how his level of dominance and longevity at the top were unprecedented, so I kind of figured he should have already started to decline. It's odd that we wonder why an almost 40 year old guy who had been on top of his event for almost 10 years is declining. It's the natural order.

Bill Rodgers never won Boston and failed to make the team the next year.

What about rupp? Still suspish of him too?

Maybe he'll finally admit he's 46 now.

Is anyone shocked that Kipchoge had a bad marathon at his age and years of hard training on the nastiest marathon course in history?

Oh, it must be drugs, right?

While anything is possible, he is 39 years old. You expect rapid downfalls at that age.

I'm with you on all the doping conspiracy theories... but this is the stupidest one I've read to-date. LOL 7/10

I'm suspicious of an anonymous poster who calls himself "offthefront" casting doping suspicion on history's greatest marathoner. While probably sitting in his parents basement.

No doubt it’s his age - he’s older than claimed - and he likely received a stern warning after being caught (like his training partners).

Na, just because he could do something you couldn't comprehend , or ever even achieve , doesn't mean he couldn't

Lol 🤡