He rather fancies himself as the sage of distance running.
But you have to wonder about his wisdom when he said about his sub two hour marathon:
"Vienna is about running and breaking history, like the first man on the moon."
I admire him as a runner, but I think he got things out of proportion somewhat.
He wants to transcend the sport. It can be annoying, but I think he’s earnest about it, meaning I don’t think he’s being cynical and playing a role just to cash in. I think he believes he’s an inspiration to many, even those who do not run, but are trying to excel in other areas.
That man is pushing 50. He can finish well in a major, make a good payday, and dish out some sage advice. The joke is on anyone that isn’t on board with that.
I don't know if something has changed from a PR perspective (less assistance?), but he seems to exclusively talk in one liners you might find on a beer mat, and his post-race interviews always seem to have a twinge more venom in them now
I can't repel this venomous liar, cheater, fraudster enough you feelin me???????????
He and Faith Kipyegon are simply just NAUSEATING!!!!!!! Never seen such East Africans in my life before. On the contrary, look at Kenenisa Bekele and Jacob Kiplimo, so innocent, so morally pure, unbridled in the truth, so angelic in word and deed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And thank God my beloved Bekele's master's record of 2:04:15 stays intact phew!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you Lord Jesus!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! A cheater didn't break the true distance GOAT's clean master's record!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That man is pushing 50. He can finish well in a major, make a good payday, and dish out some sage advice. The joke is on anyone that isn’t on board with that.
HELL NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I"m not on board with fraudsters, liars and snake's oil sellers like Kipyegon Faith and Kipchoge Eliud you feelin me??????????????
Nobody runs multiple WRs and golds in the marathon in this developed world at such rate as mid to late 30s alright!!!!!!!!!!! Sisay Lemma is mid 30s and do you see him relatively dominating the marathon in the way Kipchoge did????????? NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! It's because Sisay is clean duh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He rather fancies himself as the sage of distance running.
But you have to wonder about his wisdom when he said about his sub two hour marathon:
"Vienna is about running and breaking history, like the first man on the moon."
I admire him as a runner, but I think he got things out of proportion somewhat.
Yes, man on the moon was a huge milestone for life forms on earth and will always be even a million years from now if humans don’t get wiped out by then.
A 2-hour marathon is just a meaningless psychological fixation on round numbers, a 2:01 or 1:59 being little different; plus it’s just running around with little societal value except entertainment and maybe some motivational value for a tiny fraction of the population that even knows about it.