LetsRun, meet US Army solider and Olympic marathon contender Elkanah Kibet

joalturn wrote:

Very impressive. Anyone in the military knows how hard it is to train around the army schedule. The fact is that you don't have control over your life like in the civilian world. The army plans your pt and work schedule, and you have to train around their plans. And the fact that he was able to do that and be that successful is truly amazing. Best of luck to kibet, and I'll keep my eyes peeled for him running around fort bragg/fayetteville.

If he works for the finance office or G1 he works for garrison or division and probably has a very lenient pt schedule and rarely goes to field. His MOS would be one of the best to have if you want a normal schedule.

Alan

Runningart2004 wrote:

joalturn wrote:

Very impressive. Anyone in the military knows how hard it is to train around the army schedule. The fact is that you don't have control over your life like in the civilian world. The army plans your pt and work schedule, and you have to train around their plans. And the fact that he was able to do that and be that successful is truly amazing. Best of luck to kibet, and I'll keep my eyes peeled for him running around fort bragg/fayetteville.

If he works for the finance office or G1 he works for garrison or division and probably has a very lenient pt schedule and rarely goes to field. His MOS would be one of the best to have if you want a normal schedule.

Alan

Join the navy and be a special operations publicist. All the SEAL teams have them.

Why would I root for a 2:11 Kenyan marathoner? They're a dime a dozen. Don't think he's Kenyan? He admits that he's Kenyan right here-

https://twitter.com/elkip2005/status/321575891266330624

("‏@elkip2005

Today God has come to our God fearing country Kenya!!!"). That was just 2.5 years ago. He also at least implies that he's Kenyan in this 1.5 year old tweet, where he - and this will make some SJW heads explode - claims that homosexuality is against "our traditions and values"-

https://twitter.com/elkip2005/status/428869177706041344

("‏@KTNKenya

What are your thoughts on Homosexuality? #MorningExpressKTN cc @SophiaWanuna Elkanah Kibet ‏@elkip2005 @KTNKenya @SophiaWanuna our values and traditions should not be changed!")

If Kibet takes a spot on the US Olympic marathon team it's a huge injustice to American runners.

Also, just an quick impression from scrolling Kibet's timeline, but if this guy runs the Olympic marathon for the United States then we'll have come a long way from guys like Yale graduate Frank Shorter or West Point engineering and linguistics grad Dan Browne.

First off, every American has a right to become part of the Olympic team. We are all immigrants in this country from the moment North America was colonized. Kibet came from Kenya to start a better life for himself here. I trained with the team he runs on over the summer every morning at 6:15 am and I can tell you that he is a very motivated person who really enjoys running. It was the army fort bragg ten miler team and usually he would split on his own but when it was all over he was always so cheerful and motivative. Overall, I do hope he earns his spot!

Yeah huge nuts. Do you get a medal of honor & a ticker tape parade for every timecard you process?

Do you hate gays? Why do you support a homophobe?

He says he's Kenyan, and he has Kenya's traditional, conservative cultural values, which are fine but which are foreign & alien to us. He can't represent the United States bc he has jackshit to do with us. If he takes the money, opportunity, and glory of an Olympic marathon team spot from an American bc of a legal loophole, it's theft.

_pats_blanc wrote:

He can't represent the United States bc he has jackshit to do with us.

He's an American serviceman who has served the US armed forces overseas. Go ahead and see how your protest against him is received.

Whatever happened to Kibet?

kid from PA wrote:

Whatever happened to Kibet?

Was a good runner. Didn't dope.

Was selected to Team USA in the marathon for the 2017 (London) and 2019 (Doha).

Training for the 2020 trials I assume