How does Eliud Kipchoge not get injured?

calf blood

KarlMarxist wrote:

calf blood

+1

Read up about it.

He has segmented worms implanted in his quads that do most of the heavy lifting. Nothing else really gets stressed at all.

He's just smarter than all the other runners. It helps that he did not even start running until he was 35.

KarlMarxist wrote:

calf blood

What's so special about the blood in his calves

I'm not entirely convinced that "smart training" is the key to injury prevention. Whenever you are training at that level, being the best in the world, you are going to need to take some risks and sometimes injuries just happen. I do think there might be some merit to him not running until later years though. Still it is a mystery, I'd like to see him get asked about injury prevention in his little Ineos series.

ThatAverageRunner wrote:

There's videos of him eating big bowls of that oatmeal looking stuff. But otherwise I have wondered much of the same as you.

Same way it seems nearly impossible to win the Tour de France 2~4 years in a row simply due to logistical problems, mechanical problems, health issues, crashes, etc. Yet, Lance won 7 in a row. Not three, or even four in a row. Seven.

Coevett wrote:

WAKEUP wrote:

Blood doping, epo, testosterone are all great at preventing injury.

HGH is supposed to help a lot.

The synthetic HGH came out in 1985. Before then injuries were common among the top runners, after that you suddenly had Africans who could go on until their mid thirties without getting injured.

HGH is huge in not only preventing musculoskeletal injuries but accelerating the healing time of injuries with the proper rehab. It's also one of the big anti-aging drugs for master athletes. But it's expensive and athletes would need to have the dough to be in the HGH show.

Surprised no one’s mentioned form. Incredibly efficient from head to toe. No compensating, no straining.

Allform wrote:

Surprised no one’s mentioned form. Incredibly efficient from head to toe. No compensating, no straining.

What does that have to do with not being injured? Elites with incredible efficiency from head to toe and exceptional biomechanics come a dime a dozen or they wouldn't be elites in the first place.

HGH-powered athletes wrote:

Coevett wrote:

HGH is supposed to help a lot.

The synthetic HGH came out in 1985. Before then injuries were common among the top runners, after that you suddenly had Africans who could go on until their mid thirties without getting injured.

HGH is huge in not only preventing musculoskeletal injuries but accelerating the healing time of injuries with the proper rehab. It's also one of the big anti-aging drugs for master athletes. But it's expensive and athletes would need to have the dough to be in the HGH show.

It's not as expensive as you think: 2iu, which is plenty for an international athletes looking for its regenerative properties, need spend only $350 / month for pharmaceutical grade HGH. Chinese generics are even less expensive.

The obsession with doping on here is so unbelievably boring.

Not really. Being elite doesn’t mean great biomechanics. For a lot of guys talent trumps form at least early on, but that doesn’t mean they wouldn’t benefit from a small adjustment here or there, or strength training, etc. Bekele had to change his stride after realizing it was putting too much pressure on his calves and Achilles. He got away with it when he was young but it caught up to him.

Markmiles wrote:

The obsession with doping on here is so unbelievably boring.

As is the ostrich-like naivety...

but what do i know? wrote:

Probably one of the most under looked things as far as injury prevention is listening to your body. Too often runners aren't feeling right or they just feel off, but because their schedule says to do x, they are going do x. When they should just take it easy. Another thing for me is to not be so dogmatic about mileage, if I feel good, I'll run a lot, if not I won't run a lot. Thinking back to periods of my running where I was injured a lot, I planned out my mileage weeks in advanced. Now I take it week by week, day by day, run by run. And lastly, eat. Thinking back to periods of my running when I was injured a lot, I was real dogmatic about only eating "healthy" foods. Now I'm not, I just eat.

I am beginning to do this myself, I just kept pushing myself while my body and mind screamed to stop and take a break.

Markmiles wrote:

The obsession with doping on here is so unbelievably boring.

Along with genetics, it's the perfect excuse for failure amongst the also rans.

I’ve seen a video of him doing strength work and getting regular massages.

Running on dirt roads and tracks is much easier on the body.

None of his training seems to be too wild for his ability. He’s not running “super workouts” and burning it too hot.

He seems to take recovery very seriously. Living at a training camp and focusing 100% on running I’m sure helps with this.

He is the most mechanically sound elite runner I’ve ever seen. Really a joy to watch.

Sorry for all the positive stuff. I know this is letsrun.

letstalkbollocks.com wrote:

Markmiles wrote:

The obsession with doping on here is so unbelievably boring.

Along with genetics, it's the perfect excuse for failure amongst the also rans.

Hi Jon!

You guys need to get your trash talking straight. I don’t know if Kipchoge is clean or not. Plenty of Kenyans have been busted... their ADA is a joke.

But...

When anyone has news about Rupp being injured, the boards light up with “he’s doping, it’s the shoes that are causing it”. When someone asks why is Kipchoge not injured, the boards light up “he’s doping, his shoes are protecting him”.

Steroid hormones (testosterone, cortisone and growth hormone) increase risk of injury and decrease wound healing. He probably doesn’t get injure because he trains smarter.

Again, I can’t comment on whether his 2:01 is legit or not.