This week I missed the wake and funeral of the mother of a lifelong friend - my fiend and I were in kindergarten together and I remember his mother from a field trip then and saw her several times over the years. I sent a Mass card and joined with other friends in sending a floral wreath. The wake was on Tuesday evening and the funeral Mass on Wednesday morning. Both were work days for me and I additionally had a medical appointment Wednesday morning before work. Last weekend I also had called my friend and spoke with him for 34 minutes according to my iPhone.
I have no car (I live in NYC) and it is not especially easy to get to the suburban location of the wake and funeral on a work day. My employer allows bereavement days only for one's close family members.
There are ways of comforting bereaved family members other than attending the funeral. Maybe Kipchoge did something similar to what I did.
I am old enough to remember when Pre died. I was a junior high school student then and I remember one of my teammates saying a few year later that the Russians had bumped him off.
Tergat, Coe, Amos Kipruto and Kipyegon all attended, but Kipchoge gave it a miss, why?
did Bekele attend? Did Kipsang? Did Lawrence Cherono? Did Mutai? Korir? Kosgei? Kamworor?
Kipchoge laboured to congratulate him after the record, do you really think he'd be at the funeral? Do you know if they even knew each other? Did all other marathoners attend? Stop making this into something it isn't.
Kipchoge would have attended if Nike had filmed a commercial in the parking lot afterwards.
Otherwise I've never cared about him partially because it always stood out that he is self absorbed with very little class. Call it instincts but I've learned to trust them and in situations like this they pan out.
And my hunch is you're an egotistical moron. Call it instincts.
He was doing a Diana... no seatbelts. Ejected and smashed to pieces. Totally irresponsible!! Speeding too. 23 with 2 kids!!! Sad but irresponsible on all levels. Could have been GOAT this year, olympic gold
Perhaps he didn’t attend because he’s training, parenting, farming, and the roads are difficult to travel. But then again, no man is limited, so the roads are a nonissue