OP is right that the sub 2 hr attempt took a lot out of Kipchoge. Not an easy run.
Star wrote:
The OP may be right that the sub two attempt took a bit out of him that may have cost him the record today.
And you can only be in record shape for so long.
London 2:03:05 may wind up being his lifetime PR.
But a lot was learned from that sub two attempt that future runners and coaches will learn from.
And Kipchoge will long be remembered for that event vs how well actual record holders fame holds up.
Peppers pot wrote:
douglas burke wrote:
Sense and sensibility wrote:
Give me a break.... he's going to destroy the world record in Berlin.
That is EXACTLY what I was thinking.
This is the type of thinking associate with mediocre cognition. Kipchoge has run many high level marathons. Has anybody broken the world record for the first time after so many high level efforts?
Raysism wrote:
Peppers pot wrote:
Star wrote:
Would you rather have Denis Kimetto's career or Eliud Kipchoge's?
This is a separate issue. Somebody else will break Kimetto's record, but it will not be Kipchoge. Kipchoge has had a stellar career. Most of course would say Kipchoge has had a better running resume than Kimetto.
Kipchoge's 2:00:25 will be remembered long, long after the WR is broken. In fact, I really doubt that anyone will ever talk about the marathon WR without caveating that it wasn't as fast as Kipchoge's performance this past weekend. It's like he hung a big asterisk on the actual WR, when we all thought it'd be the other way around.
Are you brainless wrote:
I can't wait to look back on this thread after Kipchoge breaks the wr in Berlin.
Nsjdjdk wrote:
Kipchoge has run a better performance than the WR like 4x. It’s not that great of a feat for him. He just needs one solid weather day.
Peppers pot wrote:
Star wrote:
Would you rather have Denis Kimetto's career or Eliud Kipchoge's?
This is a separate issue. Somebody else will break Kimetto's record, but it will not be Kipchoge. Kipchoge has had a stellar career. Most of course would say Kipchoge has had a better running resume than Kimetto.
It's Egun wrote:
Kipchoge exists on a different plane of existence.
Yxkxgy wrote:
At his level you run to make money, period. He wants to win and make the dough. Does he want the world record, of course. But priority number one is winning as many big pay marathons as possible.
El Keniano wrote:
Breaking2 and that National Geographic doc have earned him, and the sport, much more attention than he could have had for just breaking the record.
Peppers pot wrote:
El Keniano wrote:
Breaking2 and that National Geographic doc have earned him, and the sport, much more attention than he could have had for just breaking the record.
Maybe so but it is attention from idiots, at least in terms of their knowledge of the sport. Kipchoge will never hold the marathon record and the sub 2 attempt was not much different than running a downhill marathon, I.e., it was a joke.
Peppers pot wrote:
El Keniano wrote:
Breaking2 and that National Geographic doc have earned him, and the sport, much more attention than he could have had for just breaking the record.
Maybe so but it is attention from idiots, at least in terms of their knowledge of the sport. Kipchoge will never hold the marathon record and the sub 2 attempt was not much different than running a downhill marathon, I.e., it was a joke.