Kipyegon: Sub4 mile attempt coming? The beginning of a legendary season

Would be kino if Jakob, Nuguse, Kerr and Hocker pace her to 3:59

Ah yes pacers from completely different brands (hocker and Jakob would be cool) pacing a Nike women’s athlete.

Pipe dream

Why would they set it up that way? That'd be too crowed, you only need one man if you're using male pacers for a women's mile. It's not like Breaking2 where literally no one in the world could have paced Kipchoge the whole 26.2 miles.

Edit: I forgot that Breaking2 also had multiple pacers in something like a flying V formation to give more coverage than a typical/record-legal race with pacemakers would have. So that's 3+ people. Still don't need top milers for that though.

most likely 4 fringe africans rather than any stars that would make no sense

Only place where this could happen is Wheeling, WV, on the old Elby's Big Boy Mile course. Drops 200' from start to finish. Course record was 3:46 back in 90s. That is the only place Kipyegon could run sub-4. It is a loooooooooooooong way from 4:07 to 3:59, especially since she has only lowered her 1500 PR 2 seconds since 2021.

Sheila Reid will be turning around in her grave

Please tell me you're joking.

I’m not. This is 100% serious.

The way I understand it, quite a lot will depend on her progress these next 8 weeks.

Most of us that have hovered around 3’40-3’44 in our journey know that effort is a world away from 3’49.

I don't really like these attempts at running fast times using setups that aren't legal for records. It will diminish the moment if someone eventually does it in a real race. Someone will likely run a record-eligible sub 2 hour marathon at some point, but it won't receive the same recognition. Casual fans will just be like, "wait didn't Kipchoge do that already?" Then you have to explain the details of eligibility rules and why one counts and the other doesn't, and that just kills the hype.

Mega dopers like Hull and Bell will beat Kipyegon to this.

Kipyegon is the poster child for doping.

Breaking2 used a car. Just go all in and get a golf cart with a huge wind panel to drive at the pace lights in lane 1. To guarantee she will be running in a perfect draft.

You act like that’s the only downhill road mile in existence.

There’s no publicly verified evidence that Faith Kipyegon, the multiple world and Olympic champion, has tested positive for doping — she's often held up as a dominant but clean athlete.

Kerr should do the 1st lap, after that he might get problems..

In which world is Kipyegon possibly clean? You all cry out about Hull and Bell being "mega dopers" yet Kipyegon beats them by large margins, is seconds ahead of EVERYONE else but claim that she is clean whilst those she beats aren't?