Underestimating Kelvin Kiptum was the worst mistake the Community Could make

2x marathons and 2x 2:01's? No Coach? Negative splitting a 2:01 by almost 2mins?

He's doping, sorry.

I was mesmerised by that performance. He was on a whole other planet. If he's not on drugs he gonna be running like 1:58 in his early 30s.

News to Patrick Sang.

I have no reason to think hes doping.He has a legit track record of improvement.

Which makes him far more talented than Kipchoge.

He could run sub 2 without all the high tech help and pacers Kipchoge had.

Worst mistake!!! So horrible! Someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed in his moms basement.

Yeah cause legit everyone was doubting this guy and he absolutely murdered an entire field with much more credentials and experience. Like Jakob during the 5000m at World's.

While I think he can break Two Hours. Probably not by much. Remember Yes he split Sub-1:00 but he did Open in 1:01:40. So I think in an even attempt at Berlin or Valencia this year. He'd be like 1:59:55-2:00:30.

1:58 would indicate Two 59:xx...Which in No way he's in that shape. He'd basically be PRing in his Half Marathon and Nearly Replicating the effort. I'd say he cracks Two Hours but not under 1:59.

Definitely. Never seen worse here.

They're just making the money while they can going full gas, to the eyeballs until the inevitable Kenya ban.

this. 100% doped. countdown to getting busted. whatta joke.

He was the odds favorite on Bovada bro.

What community made this underestimating?

Underestimating Kiptum is not even in the top 100 mistakes of LetsRun.

The guy seems like a generational talent. We could be looking at the goat of the marathon by the time he’s done

Ok, but there are tons of talented runners doping out there that aren’t producing those results.

Your flippant response makes it sound like anyone can produce 2:01s if they dope.

there's obviously more then two groups of people

Talented non dopers

Non Talented dopers

Talented dopers

meant multiple groups of talent :0

All this talk about marathon, I want to see this dude run a half marathon. He's going to have his way with the 57:00 barrier

Good call. Kipchoge has always reminded me of Katie Ledecky. Not overwhelmingly talented but unmatched in terms of dedicated metronome.

That's great until someone with more raw ability shows up. A freak. It has happened in women's swimming with Summer McIntosh. At age 16 she is already doing things that metronomes like Ledecky and Titmus can't match. And while watching the men's marathon last night it stood out to me that Kiptum simply looks more talented than Kipchoge. He can separate in 30 seconds while Kipchoge has to grind and grind.

Sometimes it's not complicated. Ability dictates.