Kenenisa PLEASE do London

Mr.Bekele will break the WR in London if he does it

Ok, see you there!

2:01, here I come!

Is Kipchoge running the Olympics?

Kennyplease wrote:

Cement your legacy with a win. This course with turns favors you over Berlin too....

No.

He doesn’t need a “win.” He needs the WR, which he was 3 seconds from sealing in Berlin...

How do turns favor anyone?

doot doot wrote:

Kennyplease wrote:

Cement your legacy with a win. This course with turns favors you over Berlin too....

No.

He doesn’t need a “win.” He needs the WR, which he was 3 seconds from sealing in Berlin...

How do turns favor anyone?

He needs to do both obviously. Also the turns comment is referring to when he beat Kipsang in Berlin. Bekele accelerated after the turns in the final stages of the race to make the gap seem larger to Kipsang as he rounded the bend. It was a great strategy.

It's really not up to Bekele. If the race organizers want him, they'll invite him. There's a significant risk to inviting him because he's so inconsistent. He's run London three times losing to Kipchoge twice and not really running close to his best. My guess is London would like to see Kipchoge set the record for most wins so I doubt they'll invite Bekele.

My guess is Kipchoge, after Berlin '19, will demand London doesn't invite Bekele.

Eliud is more into time trials with little competition these days.

Wildhorse wrote:

My guess is Kipchoge, after Berlin '19, will demand London doesn't invite Bekele.

Eliud is more into time trials with little competition these days.

Eliud requesting this would totally not be a b!tch move.

It wouldn’t call anything into question about his legacy either.

Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown...

If you're saying Kipchoge is afraid of Bekele, he's 4-0 against him lifetime in marathons so I doubt it. London actually has the best competition since they pay the most appearance money.

Why would anyone want to see Bekele in London? Probably another DNF. Then he’ll say he had only 8 weeks to train instead of consistently training like Kipchoge.

EK is 4-0 in the marathon over Bekele. He has the outright WR, Olympic gold, as well as a mind blowing, sub 2 hour marathon. What more does he need for you people to believe in him? Despite all this, if he gets beat by bekele, so many here will foam at the mouth to hand the crown to bekele. The bold move would be for EK to ASK the London organizers to invite KB, blow his doors off, and finally shut everyone up.

K. Bekele And/Or E. Kipchoge Please Come to Boston for the Springtime.

As soon as I saw this thread, I thought of this old song, since I always wanted to see them run Boston, I used a line from that song, Boston is in April which is Spring so it fits.

douglas burke wrote:

K. Bekele And/Or E. Kipchoge Please Come to Boston for the Springtime.

As soon as I saw this thread, I thought of this old song, since I always wanted to see them run Boston, I used a line from that song, Boston is in April which is Spring so it fits.

I found the song

Has anyone ever held the 2000m, 5000m, 10000m, and marathon WR simultaneously? Even if Kipchoge breaks the WR the very next day, it would be the greatest illustration of dominance in the history of the sport. Bekele needs to grab a WR then retire to his family and business. Save everything for Berlin.

Wildhorse wrote:

My guess is Kipchoge, after Berlin '19, will demand London doesn't invite Bekele.

Eliud is more into time trials with little competition these days.

London doesn’t play that game. They are bigger than Kipchoge, not the other way around. They are all about assembling the best field possible.

The turns comment did refer to his cross country prowess which was on display when he beat Kipsang. He used to destroy Kipchoge on those winding CC courses. I know the marathon is a totally different game but in the end anything to get those guys on the same line.