Eliud Kipchoge / Ineos sub 2 marathon attempt October 13 in London Official Thread

INEOS recently took over title sponsorship of Team Sky (aka TUE abuse central) in cycling. 'Nuf said. Greenwashing at its worst.

would rather see him focus on berlin

[quote]Fronde wrote:

it is not the "last milestone in athletics". /quote]

they said the "last great barrier" but in either case the last one is the 100 second 800.

sub sub elite local hobby jogger wrote:

He should run it in Crocs to silence any potential debate about whatever clown shoes Nike has him wear.

stunt wrote:

those 5% must be the real deal, apparently nike doesn't need to fund such an attempt anymore because every race now is sea of advertising for them

btw that domain name was only registered ten days ago by a delaware registered corporation (fastest sketchiest way to incorporate)

this was very spontaneous, someone threw a lot of money at him

Rumoured at $1 million with another $1 million for cracking 2 hours.

Correct. wrote:

stunt wrote:

those 5% must be the real deal, apparently nike doesn't need to fund such an attempt anymore because every race now is sea of advertising for them

btw that domain name was only registered ten days ago by a delaware registered corporation (fastest sketchiest way to incorporate)

this was very spontaneous, someone threw a lot of money at him

Rumoured at $1 million with another $1 million for cracking 2 hours.

Alright, so this might actually happen.

Hopefully he will have better competitors this time instead of getting a 2:04 and a 2:10 guy to compete with him! I am talking about Tadese and Desisa! Maybe have Geremew and Kitata run with him and see if they can hold onto the pace too!

worldtripper wrote:

would rather see him focus on berlin

I would rather see him in New York than Berlin. I would rather have him compete in all the world marathon majors(basically US!) during his prime than after he retires and does all these US marathons as a farewell tour where he isn’t the top runner anymore.

Unless this whole event is just a tune up to Kipchoge to practice and give him more confidence for a real sub2 eligible marathon like Berlin, this decision by Kipchoge is stupid. A 2:01:39 in Berlin is way more impressive than any sub2 in a laboratory. And definitely a sub 2:01:00.

If this event isn’t in the intention to build him up towards a real sub2 than it’s a waste of time

I’d like to see a female all star team of 26 runners run a relay against him

Gggggg wrote:

Unless this whole event is just a tune up to Kipchoge to practice and give him more confidence for a real sub2 eligible marathon like Berlin, this decision by Kipchoge is stupid. A 2:01:39 in Berlin is way more impressive than any sub2 in a laboratory. And definitely a sub 2:01:00.

If this event isn’t in the intention to build him up towards a real sub2 than it’s a waste of time

I'm betting that $2 million precludes what some random know-it-all on a crappy message board thinks.

Hmmmmmmm wrote:

Article states that the event will take place in late September or early October. But isn't he racing Berlin??

He is so good, he could do both, and throw in the world champs, too.

Correct. wrote:

stunt wrote:

those 5% must be the real deal, apparently nike doesn't need to fund such an attempt anymore because every race now is sea of advertising for them

btw that domain name was only registered ten days ago by a delaware registered corporation (fastest sketchiest way to incorporate)

this was very spontaneous, someone threw a lot of money at him

Rumoured at $1 million with another $1 million for cracking 2 hours.

"Rumored at"..... would be nice if there was some kind of source here.

INEOS just bought cycling team Sky, they have a lot of $$$ to make anything happen in the world of sports.

worldtripper wrote:

would rather see him focus on berlin

Money talks, Kipchoge runs

Gimme a break wrote:

Gggggg wrote:

Unless this whole event is just a tune up to Kipchoge to practice and give him more confidence for a real sub2 eligible marathon like Berlin, this decision by Kipchoge is stupid. A 2:01:39 in Berlin is way more impressive than any sub2 in a laboratory. And definitely a sub 2:01:00.

If this event isn’t in the intention to build him up towards a real sub2 than it’s a waste of time

I'm betting that $2 million precludes what some random know-it-all on a crappy message board thinks.

Definitely

Kipchoge fan wrote:

worldtripper wrote:

would rather see him focus on berlin

I would rather see him in New York than Berlin. I would rather have him compete in all the world marathon majors(basically US!) during his prime than after he retires and does all these US marathons as a farewell tour where he isn’t the top runner anymore.

You have to see this from a different perspective. The sheer brutality of running a 2 hour flat marathon or sub 2 is only comparable with the same brutality of the most mythical cycling feat : the one hour record. I am used to time trials in cycling, I am a huge fan of the one hour cycling record attempts. Granted those are recognized by the cycling authorities and if this experiment is done at a non record eligible event, so be it, it still is a brutal feat worth watching. I am in.

Fun runs, Team Sky, now this. What's the score, Ineos? And why'd you accept their dirty money, Kip?

Not so fast fast wrote:

Walmsley for the surprise win!!!

Will get the 25 mile record and then walks the remaining 2k.