Kipchoge's dilemma

There is no dilemma. He has the world record, which is out of reach for anyone else. His goal now is to win London. How fast is secondary. Than he will set his sights on Berlin. Than the Olympics to defend his title.

Champion mindset wrote:

There is no dilemma. He has the world record, which is out of reach for anyone else. His goal now is to win London.

This. Way too many simpletons worries about what shows up on a clock. Just keep going out and beating good runners. End of story.

His next step is to trans con Africa. He and Al could write a book together! ha ha

At this point, Kipchoge's confidence is at an all time high. His race strategy going forward will be different. I foresee him employ a strategy similar to the one Geoffrey Kamworor employed last year during the world half marathon championships where Kamworor let others lead only for him to take off in the last 7K or so. For Kipchoge, he will probably take off with 20K or 15K and tear the field down. If he could run 60:33 in the last half of his World Record race, I don't see him having any problem running faster than that with a slower fast half. He might even produce the first ever sub 60 mins second half in the marathon.

Ben Jipcho wrote:

At this point, Kipchoge's confidence is at an all time high. His race strategy going forward will be different. I foresee him employ a strategy similar to the one Geoffrey Kamworor employed last year during the world half marathon championships where Kamworor let others lead only for him to take off in the last 7K or so. For Kipchoge, he will probably take off with 20K or 15K and tear the field down. If he could run 60:33 in the last half of his World Record race, I don't see him having any problem running faster than that with a slower fast half. He might even produce the first ever sub 60 mins second half in the marathon.

I don't think I agree with this - I think Kipchoge will continue racing as he has, because he's already perfected the art. I think that London will still hype up a fast time, and I don't think it worries Eliud at all to go out at a reasonable pace, so I would be pretty surprised to see them much above 61:40 through halfway (assuming conditions are normal). It's already scary to think of the kind of second half Kipchoge could put up after opening in 61:40. It's unbelievable that you can say "He might even produce the first ever sub 60 second half" without hyperbole, but that's where we are. If they opened in 62:15-62:45 we very well could see an unreal second half.

But like I said I somewhat doubt the race will go like that - even though no one can compete with Kipchoge right now it's not like people don't try for at least the first 20k. Of course at this point fellow racers probably only slow him down. I'm hoping Eliud gets his 2:02 in London.

What I would like to see:

1. Half marathon world record

2. Another sub 2:03:00

3. Two more major marathon wins (London, Berlin)

4. Gold in Tokyo

Assuming we see 3 and 4 (highly likely), he should retire. There's no sense breaking his win streak, and he will have defended his Olympic title.

The one thing I want kipchoge to do at this point is try to break 2:05 in New York

Kipchoge's biggest dilemma will be Bekele. Bekele is the world's greatest runner. 12:37 and 26:17 speak for themselves. I can't wait for Bekele's next race in a few weeks. He should destroy the field. He has been really unlucky with his injuries and so busy with family and business commitments. Most runners are lazy and selfish and the most difficult thing they will do is deciding what crap to post on instagram. I'd like to see them control businesses like Bekele does or run a family like he does. He is a better person because he can juggle all these things. If he didn't juggle all these things he would be sub 2 in the marathon.

He should try to lay down the best non Vaporfly time he can so if / when the day comes that carbon fiber spring loaded shoes are declared illegal for record purposes that he protected his legacy (if he could indeed WR).

You and Banana Bread are pretty comical... I'd argue he has run better than anybody else regardless of shoe, especially with his Streak 6 insoles (no carbon plate and terrible upper) malfunctioning at Berlin 2015, where he won in 2:04:01.https://youtu.be/iU46kaavwl8

Vaporfly Asterisk wrote:

He should try to lay down the best non Vaporfly time he can so if / when the day comes that carbon fiber spring loaded shoes are declared illegal for record purposes that he protected his legacy (if he could indeed WR).

Bekele has the marathon WR excluding cheater flys. 2:03:03. 2:02:57 was doped

Run

Make money

I doubt if Kipchoge is aware of the delimma you described. He's won a gold medal and holds an incredible WR. He is the GOAT, by far. In your mind, it sucks to hold a WR.

Win

Not people that understand the sport.

Depends on how the races play out.

No.

No.

No.

No.

Keep beating people.

No.

No. But he could try depending on how the races he is in unfold.

Congratulations for setting a record for asking the same question the most times in a single post.

The shoe factor is interesting.

I believe records set with Nike's implementation of carbon fiber plates WILL be disallowed, meaning what? Kipchoge should run London/Berlin again, win the Olympics again, then dump Nike, and wear Adidas to run however fast he can in London 2021. Cover both bases.

I would think like most of us he want's to set a personal best in his next race.

You're just asking the same question over and over, and it wasn't even a very good one. No, he isn't washed up if he doesn't run faster next time.

There's no dilemma here.

Did Bekele or El Guerrouj have dilemmas after setting their records op? They didn't, they just kept winning anyway because that is the name of the game.

A point will come in your life when you will set your last pr, you gonna quit or keep on runnin?

I’d love to see him break the course records in Boston and New York. I know they won’t pay as much to get him there, but that would be pretty interesting. Then go for gold in Tokyo.