Strange thigh muscle of Eliud Kipchoge

Can anyone explain me why rjm33 is so stupid?

I still think Jesse Ventura's lizard people hypothesis is the closest explanation.

Just imagine what's going on in Al Sal's head, "if only I could get some of Kipchoge's lizard DNA into Galen we'd be set. If only......"

Looks like cellulite. Needs to lose some weight

The longest name on letsrun.co wrote:

Looks like cellulite. Needs to lose some weight

lol

Ithaca commons wrote:

At what point do you think this man is normal??

His post race interview with Lewis Johnson he looked frighteningly like ET....

Especially around the eyes.

Extremely freaky.

ET priceless!

Man does this guy look old, maybe someone can negotiate a sponsorship deal with Nivea or L'oreal for him now he's ghetto Olympic champion.

Mope Dealer wrote:

Ithaca commons wrote:

At what point do you think this man is normal??

His post race interview with Lewis Johnson he looked frighteningly like ET....

Especially around the eyes.

Extremely freaky.

ET priceless!

Man does this guy look old, maybe someone can negotiate a sponsorship deal with Nivea or L'oreal for him now he's ghetto Olympic champion.

I honestly typed "the" somehow "ghetto" is now there, sorry android tablet again.

Really?

"Ghetto" just adds to how cool Eliud Kipchoge is:

1) Uses WiginsShavedHead™ performance enhancement…and wears a hat at the same time!

2) Tells other Olympic marathoners during the race…"Don't worry guys. I am not going…yet." Classic.

3) Striations

4) Greatest of All Time Marathoner in this solar system.

5) "Ghetto"

6) Strange thigh muscle that nobody can figure out.

7) Eliud may be an ET. (That is just a coincidence.)

8) Eliud Kipchoge does NOT wear the new NikeAeroAlbertoSpeedSuitâ„¢:

http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/67/ce/df/67cedfab137bdbbc04abddac026685ae.jpg

As you can see...the suit has an extra baton for US Relay Teams.

Go Dennis Mitchell!!!

disgraceful_admin wrote:

Bad Wigins wrote:

It is not striations, it is wave harmonics. The R. femoris doesn't work like monoarticulate muscles, lengthening and shortening overall, rather it stays roughly the same length and alternately lengthens and shortens on the top and bottom. This is because the hip and knee joints flex and extend in opposite phase. The hamstrings work the same way.

So it basically is like a stretched out slinky, where if you move the middle toward one end and let go, it oscillates back and forth in a wave action. This low frequency oscillation creates higher frequency harmonics along the muscle that become visible at certain points in the stride.

I could be wrong, but maybe I'm not. My first impressions of shit are usually accurate. Your bodybuilder doesn't have R. femoris striations, only Vastus.

This is a little crazy, but possibly valid.

Any other ideas?

It could be scars.

The level of idiocy on this thread is off the charts.

Those are washboard thighs, which some of the top runners have been working on to impress the ladies. Not American chicks though, they still prefer the washboard abs. The Kenyans have moved past that and want a combination of sexy and functional.

It's actually pretty dumb because the time they spend doing thigh crunches could better be spend on improving leg speed velocity.

I'd guess something relating to a tribal ritual as referenced in this article.

*stipe wrote:

http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2013/11/01/241895965/how-one-kenyan-tribe-produces-the-worlds-best-runners

I'd guess something relating to a tribal ritual as referenced in this article.

You mean they circumcised his rectus femoris?

disgraceful_admin wrote:

*stipe wrote:http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2013/11/01/241895965/how-one-kenyan-tribe-produces-the-worlds-best-runners

I'd guess something relating to a tribal ritual as referenced in this article.

You mean they circumcised his rectus femoris?

Ha!

Kipchoge runs with springs in his legs. That is what the striations are.

TrollPatrolzzR wrote:

Kipchoge runs with springs in his legs. That is what the striations are.

Its Slinky, its Slinky, everyone knows its Slinky

It goes down stairs, alone or in pairs

The perfect toy, for every girl and boy.

I think you're correct that it's scars. You can see in this picture a hint of lines on his flexed right thigh when they are clearly visible on his relaxed left thigh. There are also pictures where they are prominent on the right thigh when the left is flexed. So the flexed muscles on the leg supporting his weight must smooth out the scars. If it were some internal structure, we would see it more prominently when the quad muscle is flexed, not when it is relaxed.

Thanks for starting the thread.

And to the person calling others "moran", there's no need for name calling and in any case, it's spelled "moron".

Trichinosis fasiculations

for the sake of symmetry.

http://news.images.itv.com/image/file/961923/stream_img.jpg

http://c8.alamy.com/comp/EN3060/eliud-kipchoge-of-kenya-wins-the-virgin-money-london-marathon-2015-EN3060.jpg

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/men/2016/05/18/Uliud-large_trans++2oUEflmHZZHjcYuvN_Gr-bVmXC2g6irFbtWDjolSHWg.jpg

I believe they could be stretch marks. Not due to gaining weight but actually losing it quickly. This is something that an elite athlete such as Kipchoge would do when getting down to his ideal race weight.

http://www.livestrong.com/article/156229-supplements-for-stretch-marks/