Kipchoge reveals his next goal after leaving marathons (Ultras)

mattbolingcoach wrote:

I would like to see him pull a Ryan hall and get JACKED

500 lb deadlift and sub 5 mile?

Or go the Nick Symmonds route. What random YouTube challenges and weird product could Kipchoge sell?

fhdhfghdfhg wrote:

h+ wrote:

I’m trying to picture Kipchoge in a trucker hat with a beard saying “dude” a lot.

It’s not computing.

exactly. Could you imagine him saying he's "stoked" about the vertical?

Letsrun hates ultrarunners because they talk about running in their interviews instead of Gods plan and “executing”

The last frontier for white, slow runners will be invaded by the Africans. Oh no!

macded wrote:

The last frontier for white, slow runners will be invaded by the Africans. Oh no!

This

dog days wrote:

Has he ever even raced a hillier marathon? His 5k track speed translated well to flat roads. I think he should run a race like Boston before he goes in on ultras.

What, he's Kenyan. They run long runs up dirt roads on mountains at elevation that would laugh in the face of most hilly road marathons.

Kipchoge would need 6 months to destroy any runnable ultra record.

do you even follow kenya wrote:

dog days wrote:

Has he ever even raced a hillier marathon? His 5k track speed translated well to flat roads. I think he should run a race like Boston before he goes in on ultras.

What, he's Kenyan. They run long runs up dirt roads on mountains at elevation that would laugh in the face of most hilly road marathons.

Kipchoge would need 6 months to destroy any runnable ultra record.

Yeah probably but if he waits 5 years he cannot do it. These ultra runners are no joke but I get that he is a vastly superior runner.

dog days wrote:

mattbolingcoach wrote:

I would like to see him pull a Ryan hall and get JACKED

500 lb deadlift and sub 5 mile?

Or go the Nick Symmonds route. What random YouTube challenges and weird product could Kipchoge sell?

Orrrrr….Kipchoge could go the Seth Demoor route and become a narcissistic and neglectful family man.

Expect Great Things!!!

Kipchoge should do the follwing:

1: Set the 50K road record

2: Set the 100K road record

3: Comrades record

4: Go after Matt Carpenter's Pikes Pieak records

5: Go after Jim Walmsey's Western States record

6: UTMB record

7: Hardrock record

8: Javelina Jundred record

9: 24 hr record

10: Train a week with David Goggins

11: FKT Pacific Trail

12: FKT Appachian Trail

13: Spartathlon record

TMADDDHASFNE wrote:

Expect Great Things!!!

Kipchoge should do the follwing:

1: Set the 50K road record

2: Set the 100K road record

3: Comrades record

4: Go after Matt Carpenter's Pikes Pieak records

5: Go after Jim Walmsey's Western States record

6: UTMB record

7: Hardrock record

8: Javelina Jundred record

9: 24 hr record

10: Train a week with David Goggins

11: FKT Pacific Trail

12: FKT Appachian Trail

13: Spartathlon record

He could NEVER do all of that and it would mostly be pointless anyway.

Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure... than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.

Theodore Roosevelt

Bully!!!!

Expect Great Things!!!

Kipchoge should do the following:

1: Set the 50K road record No problem

2: Set the 100K road record Maybe

3: Comrades record Maybe

4: Go after Matt Carpenter's Pikes Peak records That is never going to happen ever!

5: Go after Jim Walmsey's Western States record That is not going to happen

6: UTMB record That is not going to happen

7: Hardrock record That is never going to happen ever!

8: Javelina Jundred record That is not going to happen

9: 24 hr record Probably not

10: Train a week with David Goggins Only with ear muffs

11: FKT Pacific Trail That is never going to happen ever!

12: FKT Appachian Trail That is never going to happen ever!

13: Spartathlon record That is never going to happen ever!

TMADDDHASFNE wrote:

Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure... than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.

Theodore Roosevelt

Bully!!!!

OK so what are you doing to heed this message? Are you daring greatly?

I haven’t raced in over a year and six months.

Hopefully, October will see a return to competition and an assessment of how far I need to improve to get back to pre-pandemic

fitness.

Long term goals are to make Ed Whitlock proud and continue to reach new levels of running on “Pure Hate.”

Mickeyooo wrote:

He could NEVER do all of that and it would mostly be pointless anyway.

Open-minded and classy comment. That's what we're here for.

I mean me knowing nothing of how much vert goes into his regular runs a lot would depend on how he trains.

We are all like yeah roads dude... but the dude is literally training on trails all his life and probably had some serious vert.

Kipgoat will destroy any field always.

The sad hobby ultra folks have one last hold out before real competition comes a knocking but as money enters the sport over the last few years they're days are numbered.

This guy would absolutely demolish the Comrades.

Would love to see Kipchoge dominate some ultras. Imagine him at the Barkley Marathons.

I could see him just sit back, chill, and run with the leaders learning the terrain on day 1 and through the night. He then busts out 3 loops in 12 hours while the sun is out on day 2, gets 10 full hours of sleep, and finishes the course in a new record on Day 3.

76yukgfr wrote:

Hurry up, ultra-dudes. It's about to be over.

This.

I really hope he inspires the East Africans to have a go at ultras. The longer races have been drastically under competitive for years now. It would be great for the sport to have a talented runner race a 50 miler .

His body, heart and lungs can handle it. He is mentally stronger than anyone currently doing ultras. If he was working 50-100% harder (in some objective sense--calories or METs) than some MUT veteran on some technical ascent in a 100k, he'd STILL win. His long distance running proficiency absolutely extends to ultras.

For his marathon ability to be nullified, the race would have to be so long or so technical that it would be more about sleep deprivation or orienteering for others to gain advantages over him.