You described every man not named after their father or grandfather.
Haha. Yeah, I can’t understand the problem these posters have with the name, and the nested quote is ridiculous. Eliud is a cool name and not weird (foreign) enough to give the kid a rough time. Much better than naming your kid Aiden/Jaden/Kaden/Trayton because everyone else was doing it, like seemed to happen 15-20 years ago.
I was named after Andy Griffith/Sheriff Andy Taylor, because my mom loved Andy Griffith. Did that make my dad a fairy or a cucck? Barely!
This has nuthin' to do with running. Except that those NBA athletes make us average runners look like wimps due to the intense running and jumping required to be on an NBA squad. Many moons ago, Swen Nater was a pro basketball center, mainly on the Clippers. (He's the only one to lead both the defunct ABA and the NBA in rebounding.) I recall that some reporter asked him what his newborn's name would be. "If it's a boy, he'll be EXTERMIN. If a girl, she'll be CARMEN DENARMEN." I enjoyed Swen's sense of humor. I know he's the father of two daughters, but I don't know if a son ever joined the family or if any of the offspring actually were bestowed with "different" names.
Only on a running forum can a former elite runner name his kid after one of the greatest runners of all time, and yet everyone here complains about it and calls it “cringe.” Runners are so lame lol
The cringey part is the Biblical connection and Webb alluding to his child having a lineage that leads to Jesus. The runner connection is an afterthought in his post.
Very honorable of him. I am naming all of my kids after emotions, not people. As of now I have 3 yr old son Bravery, and I plan to have 2 more biological children (whatever gender god gives me is fine with me, we have no say in it) and I plan of naming them Pain and Pride.
Religion is all consuming for some people. But hey if it helps them get through life and gives meaning to their life I’m not going to disparage them as long as they don’t try and push it onto others relentlessly.
What happens when Eliud is busted as one of the biggest dopers in history? Should have just gone with Alan Webb ll.
I doubt if Kipchoge will ever get busted now, but Webb choosing the name of Kipchoge for his son raises red flags for me. I always had my suspicions that Webb wasn't running clean against guys like El G and Lagat, but this confirms it for me. There's not a chance in hell that somebody who was ostensibly the most talented 'natural' US miler since Ryun, who ended up getting spanked and spanked again by obvious dopers, including Kenyans, would christen their own son after probably the greatest Kenyan doper of them all. I mean, would Nick Willis christen his son Kipchoge?
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