Kipchoge: “I am going to Berlin to try and push it a little bit…My preparations are going on well."

Eliud is now too old to duplicate his best performances. He will be 38 in November. However he may have such a cushion over the rest that he can still be the best in the world, but do not expect this to last more than another year or so. Father Time will defeat Eliud and of course he is more than aware of it.

Am I crazy for thinking he could run 2:00? Seems like a massive jump, but it seems like he redefines what's possible in every marathon he does.

I kind of doubt it's in the cards, but I think he's implying he might give it a go. Would love to be wrong, and honestly it wouldn't be shocking.

Yes, you're crazy.

That being said, WR hype is real

Yes, if he were at 2:00:39, it wouldn’t be so crazy, but shaving 1:39 off his WR at his age seems improbable though it would be great for the running world to see it happen.

When Kipchoge says he's going to push it a little bit, that's ominous.

This is probably Kipchoges last Marathon. If the weather is perfect, I think he might has a chance.

He will put everything into this race. If the weather is not perfect it might be a "slow" 2:03.

Yeah I don't see him breaking 2, but 40 seconds seems possible for the guy who ran 1:59:40 and looked like he could have kept going. This is the first time in 4 years that he's gonna be going for a fast time in Berlin. If he's in the shape he was in Tokyo, then I think 2:01 is the worst he runs. If he's in better shape, I think 2:00:xx is in the cards.

I guess that’s a no go on doing all the majors then. I don’t see him running into his 40’s trying to complete them. I also think he’s a little bit disingenuous on “pushing the limits.” Fast and flat is great. But a hilly course will really sort you out as 2020 trials participants found out.

I'd like to see one of the 2020 trials participants sort out a 2:01

True but nobody in the world has ever shown they were close to or the best runner in the world (2003 WC 5000m) and then 19 years later set a world record. Have they? I don’t see it happening.

I suspect Kipchoge breaking two is about as likely (or not) as Bekele breaking the WR. :)

Kipchoge isn't nobody.

Indeed you cannot be no-body and you must have one helluva body to run 12:52 to win World Championship Gold (defeating 2 of the top 5 runners who ever lived…in their primes) and then 19 years later even be in the conversation for breaking a world record (your own).

Incidentally, it was 19 years ago yesterday that Eliud won that WC 5000m Gold against Hicham and Kenenisa.

Kipchoge appears to be the T&F athlete with the most longevity going by the metric of most separated global (WC or Olympic) wins, so all bets are off in his case.

The TRP YouTube channel recently did a video on that longevity:

Carlos Lopes came pretty close to that.

I would disagree. I think he’ll shoot for Paris 2024.

Carlos did not come close to that. Maybe you can show me where I am wrong.