I think this experience will set him up nicely for Paris 2024. He had difficulty on the hills, and he knows it now. Better to lose now than on the hilly course of Paris. He blew up in London 2020 and used that experience to become absolutely dominant in 2021.
It's good to see he's stepping outside his comfort zone rather than the usual London/Tokyo. Hopefully he runs NYC later this year and Boston again next year. Keen to see the three-peat.
I think this experience will set him up nicely for Paris 2024. He had difficulty on the hills, and he knows it now. Better to lose now than on the hilly course of Paris. He blew up in London 2020 and used that experience to become absolutely dominant in 2021.
It's good to see he's stepping outside his comfort zone rather than the usual London/Tokyo. Hopefully he runs NYC later this year and Boston again next year. Keen to see the three-peat.
What did the Chief's week 6 loss against the Bills mean? Just that they got more hungry. Most people lose at some point, this just means he didn't have a great day.
To me, I think it’s becoming pretty clear that kipchoge is a time trialer at this point in his career. When conditions are good and the course is flat, he wins and does so dominantly. When conditions are bad and the course is challenging, he either barely wins or loses.
i'd like to see him come back and throw down again. To make him the best marathoner he has to win Boston in my opinion. The time trialer comment from earlier in the thread makes sense in some regard. Seeing him hurt today made him look human and beatable. Good look for all of his competitors. He should come back and redeem himself next opportunity he has.
I think this experience will set him up nicely for Paris 2024. He had difficulty on the hills, and he knows it now. Better to lose now than on the hilly course of Paris. He blew up in London 2020 and used that experience to become absolutely dominant in 2021.
It's good to see he's stepping outside his comfort zone rather than the usual London/Tokyo. Hopefully he runs NYC later this year and Boston again next year. Keen to see the three-peat.
If E Kipchoge were 20-something, maybe. He is done.
This lose reminds me of:
George Foreman losing to Mohammed Ali;
Steve Cram losing to S Coe, 1984 Olympics, 1500m final (S Cram never won another Olympic or W.C. medal after that loss, S Cram was favored);
Roberto Duran losing to Ray Leonard;
Tommy "Hitman" Hearns losing to Marvin Hagler;
Mike Spinks losing to Mike Tyson;
Mike Tyson losing to "Buster" Douglas;
Steve Ovett losing to S Coe AND Jurgen Straub.
Forty year old men do not have come backs. When 40 year old men lose their crown, they are done.
Historically this means he’s still the goat marathoner but maybe not the greatest distance runner ever.
He never was and never will be the greatest distance runner ever. Of course he's the best marathoner, but not even close to Bekele as the greatest distance runner.
Forty year old men do not have come backs. When 40 year old men lose their crown, they are done.
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yes, I know Foreman wasn't 40 when Ali beat him... but was well over 40 when he won another belt!
To me, I think it’s becoming pretty clear that kipchoge is a time trialer at this point in his career. When conditions are good and the course is flat, he wins and does so dominantly. When conditions are bad and the course is challenging, he either barely wins or loses.
I agree in part but he’s also won Gold in the last two Olympic marathons which are anything but time trials. The Tokyo Olympics had some of the hottest temperatures on record for the marathon - not ideal conditions and he dominated.