Agree? Kipchoge compares breaking 2 hrs in the marathon to the moon landing: "“It’s like the first man to go to the moon."

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  • LetsRun.com
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    10 months ago 08/14/2019 11:40am CDT
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    Speaking on a crackly phone line from his training camp in Kenya on Wednesday, Kipchoge said breaking the two-hour barrier in the Austrian capital in October is “more important” than world or Olympic titles or big city marathon victories. “It’s like the first man to go to the moon,” he said.

    https://www.athleticsweekly.com/athletics-news/eliud-kipchoge-shoots-for-the-stars-1039924285/

    [i] Note: the comments came from a Q&A he did with the media today. Here is the full audio of the teleconference thanks to a link from Alberto Stretti.

    https://event.sharefile.com/share/view/s68b0901142a42bba

    Here are some of the highlights:

    https://runningmagazine.ca/sections/runs-races/kipchoge-fields-questions-about-ineos-159/
  • In Recovery
    10 months ago 08/14/2019 11:43am CDT
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    ...like it’ll probably be faked and fraudulent..?!
  • missilesilo
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    10 months ago 08/14/2019 11:47am CDT
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    Not even close.
    The only athletic accomplishment that compares to the moon landing is Alex Honnold's free solo of El Cap.
  • moon landing more bigly
    10 months ago 08/14/2019 11:51am CDT
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    The first will always be the first (see Bannister), but the moon landing was a team effort. It's all him out there trying to go under 2:00.
  • BSB
    10 months ago 08/14/2019 11:58am CDT
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    moon landing more bigly wrote:

    The first will always be the first (see Bannister), but the moon landing was a team effort. It's all him out there trying to go under 2:00.
    So you think all the about 30 pacers jumping in and out in the 2 hour attempt will not be like a team?
  • Charlesvdw
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    10 months ago 08/14/2019 12:09pm CDT
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    I am a Kipchoge fan.
    But if he breaks 2 in Vienna, it will NOT be a genuine world record.
    A major accomplishment, but not really breaking 2.
  • Nancy Boy
    10 months ago 08/14/2019 2:28pm CDT
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    Program apollo cost, $288.1 billion
    Breakin2 cost, $ 1 million?, $2 million?
    not even close.
  • Semenyagoat
    10 months ago 08/14/2019 2:30pm CDT
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    Another runner gone crazy from doping
  • Who still believe we landed on the moon
    10 months ago 08/14/2019 2:32pm CDT
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    Know what those two things have in common? Neither of them happened.
  • Banana Bread
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    10 months ago 08/14/2019 2:34pm CDT
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    Neil Armstrong is probably literally chuckling in his grave
  • Bad Wigins
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    10 months ago 08/14/2019 2:35pm CDT
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    That's a stupid notion, but it does raise the better question of how fast Kipchoge could run on the moon. I think I could probably outrun him there.
  • stats pls
    10 months ago 08/14/2019 2:36pm CDT
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    I'm pretty sure the spaceship does a marathon in closer to 2 minutes than 2 hours.
  • New cc runner
    10 months ago 08/14/2019 2:39pm CDT
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    Besides a human actually standing on the freaking moon, all the stuff developed to get them there is what made the moon landing awesome.

    Nike is coming up with some cool stuff for Kipchoge. Product related and training related.
  • Nancy Boy
    10 months ago 08/14/2019 2:40pm CDT
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    On July 20, 1969 every tv in the world was showing the moon landing

    On October 12, 2019 nobody would care ineos breaking 2

    No, not even close
  • SteelTownRunner
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    10 months ago 08/14/2019 2:42pm CDT
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    LetsRun.com wrote: Speaking ... on Wednesday, Kipchoge said breaking the two-hour barrier in the Austrian capital in October is “more important” than world or Olympic titles or big city marathon victories. “It’s like the first man to go to the moon,” he said.


    I view it a mere formality and hardly on that level, nor anywhere near the level of Bannister's breaking 4. He proved in Breaking 2 it could be done.

    For him to do it without the carbon shoes and in a record quality performance (and without rabbits . . . hey, a guy can dream) would be far more noteworthy.

    Personally, I'd be more excited to see him run fast / well in a hilly marathon (sans rabbits).
  • Flounder
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    10 months ago 08/14/2019 9:43pm CDT
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    Not even close to the same thing. The moon landing required the efforts of thousands of people working together to send humans there and bring them back home alive.

    Only a true moran of the lowest IQ could suggest that they are equal.
  • igxiyd
    10 months ago 08/14/2019 10:05pm CDT
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    A tiny group even knew or cared about the first Sub-2 try. And most of them disparaged the attempt.

    Yeah...just like 1969.
  • lwood
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    10 months ago 08/14/2019 10:16pm CDT
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    That's a darn good comparison. Agreed.
  • Greg
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    10 months ago 08/14/2019 10:22pm CDT
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    That's what he believes.

    Sub 2 hours is unheard of.

    I would never have expected it to be a possibility.

    All of the pacers and all that, if that's what it takes, great.

    Too bad he can't do it in a regular marathon.
  • doctorj
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    10 months ago 08/14/2019 10:27pm CDT
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    Other than the running community nobody really gives a damn about breaking 2.

    Back in '69 the ENTIRE world was anxiously waiting...especially the Soviets.