Video was too long for the content and overly repetitive. It could have been cut to 5 minutes.
Video was too long for the content and overly repetitive. It could have been cut to 5 minutes.
Galen who? Mo who? Let me know when not only they Olympic gold but also have a world record.
there was something... wrote:
no question, he is the greatest marathon runner right now and it is his individual way of training. but one should not forget that this is also marketing (the noble simplicity, the genuine, the pure will...).
"Eliud, start sweeping the floors. We need to get you on tape cleaning up. "
I don't know, it seemed like genuine sweeping. Plus his room is tiny. Wouldn't it be a scandal if after the shoot he headed off to a mansion with marble floors? But we don't hear that. Guy is legit IMO and his wisdom is really good.
He's not faking it.
The North Americans milk their past wins, but Kipchoge's group wants to win tomorrow.
There are many athletes that aspire to be professional and compete at the pinnacle of sport. This requires sacrifice. In sports like world class running, professional cycling, major league baseball, professional soccer etc. you have to spend time away from your family to train and compete. If you do not have the kind of character to make this commitment so be it. It has nothing to do with "parenting styles and relationship expectations" those are just excuses. As Kipchoge said:"Never lie to yourself".
This is all well and good, but all the Spartan living, "sacrifices," tea-with-white-bread breakfasts, and gnomic utterances about how success is a choice wouldn't amount to much if Kipchoge weren't also a once-in-a-generation outlier who hit the genetic lottery at birth. Sure he works hard and makes sacrifices, but so do numerous other athletes worldwide who don't have nearly the foundation Kipchoge has been able to build on.
Kipchoge seems like a genuinely humble and sincere man, and it's inspiring to watch him compete, but his ascetic lifestyle is merely one component of his success, not the reason for it.
3283823 wrote:
there was something... wrote:
no question, he is the greatest marathon runner right now and it is his individual way of training. but one should not forget that this is also marketing (the noble simplicity, the genuine, the pure will...).
i know two talented runners who, like many others, persuaded their sponsors to pay a trip to kenya because that is fashionable among western runners. big announcement in the local newspapers with great hopes, departure to kenya, a few weeks there, thousands of photos on facebook, online training diary with monster workouts and poser photos, bread and tea, ugali, diarrhea, mediocre season. a lot of noise about nothing.
Maybe I'm dense and this is really clear, but are you talking about the Robertsons?
Jake is building a house and I’m pretty sure lives there full time so I would hope not
sure you want to be humble, sure you want to live clean and simple.
you don't want to live like a refugee, but it's good training for like 2 years to be a man, then get the hell out and
poverty is not normal ever.
but 2 years or so is good for you brain and adaptation to be a person that appreciates simple pleasures.
at the end of the day, poverty is bullshit and you don't do that as a world class runner.
if you go to kenya or africa, talk to the robertsons first, and take their advice, exactly.
running should be a medium to toughen you up, and it can be, but today, most people here have no clue about the beauty of it, the benefits, the cross over.
they focus on stupidity.
you want to get strong, get healthy, and live to the max,
but here, you get ninty percent cry babies.
smarten up.
training and discipline is the most valuable thing you can take away from running.
mastering fear and pain.
instead, we cry about our injuries and are a bunch of pussies.
we miss the point
Thing is, these aren’t just self-help banalities by Eliud, it’s how he really lives.
I disagree about his comment that marathons will be like F1 racing in ten years. Marathons are already team efforts, sprint at the end. With rare exceptions when you get a Degafa or Kipchoge in the field. Also F1 racing is boring. Sorry.
perfect video, one flawed statement wrote:
I disagree about his comment that marathons will be like F1 racing in ten years. Marathons are already team efforts, sprint at the end. With rare exceptions when you get a Degafa or Kipchoge in the field. Also F1 racing is boring. Sorry.
F1 May be exceedingly boring but it is very popular across the world. But what about the anonymous drones that feature in cycling? No discernible styles and techniques separate them like you see with marathoners. All unrecognisable behind their gear, and all, like tennis and golf stars, give the exact same tepid PR crafted interview delivered in monotone.
Inspiring Nairobi school kids.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BwUetFznSBE/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=1rv9oqtapcusw
El Keniano wrote:
Thing is, these aren’t just self-help banalities by Eliud, it’s how he really lives.
How often do you pray to his pic over your bed?
Boys will be fanboyz
longjack wrote:
training and discipline is the most valuable thing you can take away from running.
mastering fear and pain.
instead, we cry about our injuries and are a bunch of pussies.
we miss the point
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyiZUl0re3k
There is tremendous power in self-restraint. When I run each day, I typically haven't eaten in 18 hours. It gives each run a certain power that it otherwise would not have had. The people who are poor in terms of health and fitness have already eaten two or three times at that point in the day. They will never be able to do at even 30 what I can do in my 60s.
Each day I invest in myself through what I eat, drink, do, think and say, and then reap an abundance which I can share freely with those few who have the insight to value it. Like the man says, you can't be truly rich unless you give first. But you can't just give things away willy-nilly. It has to be an investment which completes a cycle, whether the cycle lasts for minutes or for a lifetime, or both.
Train like you fight. Fight like you train. wrote:
The short movie "Eluid" proves why Americans don't win. It's not about physicality. It's about philosophy. It's your mental approach. Look at how the Kenyans live and train as opposed to Galen, Shalane or Gwen Jorgenson.
They are all too busy on their insta. Idiots.
fanboyz wrote:
El Keniano wrote:
Thing is, these aren’t just self-help banalities by Eliud, it’s how he really lives.
How often do you pray to his pic over your bed?
Boys will be fanboyz
At least he doesn’t rim his dad like you and your sister do.