Kipchoge says he goes for a PB. Why doesn’t he say WR?

actually, serena Williams is the #1 all time fraud, arrogant lying diva, she's literally asking the karma gods to come down with the hammer hard.

the script will be cliché, the denial, the crying, the BS.

nobody will be buying this time.

watch the total implosion, so silly when you rob the bank and get away with it, you leave town, you don't hang around and lay turds everywhere.

so goes the criminal narcissist mind.

I bet you think Serena is a fraud and Trump tells it like it is.

Les wrote:

If the pack doesn't want to run WR pace there is nothing Kipchoge can do about it. He cannot by himself in a competitive race go out and run WR pace from the gun. Doing so would be foolish.

You mean like Kimetto did in Chicago (2:03), or in Berlin (WR), or Kipsang in Tokyo (2:03). Or Mutai in NYC, Meb in Boston etc etc. Going out with the pack and being the last one to hang on, then solo'ing it in from mile 24.. yawn.

UA Runner wrote:

You mean like Kimetto did in Chicago (2:03), or in Berlin (WR), or Kipsang in Tokyo (2:03). Or Mutai in NYC, Meb in Boston etc etc. Going out with the pack and being the last one to hang on, then solo'ing it in from mile 24.. yawn.

You can say that about Kipsang and Geoffrey Mutai but for Money to in both Chicago and Berlin, he had Emmanuel Mutai breathing down his neck all the way to the finish line! Kimetto was running scared so to speak.

* Kimetto

i'm so sick of kipchoge.he gonna lose this time.he talks like he is the good guy in long distance running but he cheat about his age.i think he is around 38-40 years old.guess what kipchoge? you gonna lose this time because your body cannot handle racing fast pace anymore.

It's a sport psych thing. Focusing on improving oneself is a more stable way to maintain a high level of motivation. Focusing on external objectives over which one has little control can lead to even small lapses in motivation. The goal is to focus energy on the controllable, keep the locus of control internal, not worry about the external, arbitrary, and uncontrollable things, and only engage with external challenges as they happen.

whiu wrote:

i'm so sick of kipchoge.he gonna lose this time.he talks like he is the good guy in long distance running but he cheat about his age.i think he is around 38-40 years old.guess what kipchoge? you gonna lose this time because your body cannot handle racing fast pace anymore.

He is BORING!

+1 to each of you

You're all wrong. 8 seconds near the WR level is an eternity. He could easily be in between with top effort.

george oscar bluth wrote:

Hfdfg wrote:

If you say PB instead of WR, you make yourself sound like a fool.

You're welcome to argue semantics preferences if you'd like, but Kipchoge most certainly does not sound like a fool.

Yes.

It is quite obvious that the PR is the relevant focus, not the WR. The WR just happens to be barely faster than the PR in this case.

What if your goal for the rest of the season is to PR, and the school record is close to the same time? Great. And what if someone transfers in and thrashes the school record by a minute? For the smart athlete, the GOAL is the PR, and the things outside of your control are gravy.

For the smart athlete someone else breaking the school record (or let's say someone crushing the WR a week before) changes NOTHING, because you are focused on WHAT IS UNDER ***YOUR*** CONTROL.

George, did these people even read the interview with Kipchoge's agent?

going backwards wrote:

He is BORING!

London was very boring. Something about being after the Boston 30 mph headwind survival contest.

Berlin should be exciting if Kipsang mixes it up.

Jgfgh wrote:

Kipchoge says he aims for a PB. Why doesn’t he say WR?

Obviously he’s not aiming to finish in that 8 seconds margin between him and Kimetu. He talked like this also before London and Berlin 2017. Is this some kind of political thing? A tactic? What is his game hay??

He is going for sub 2:00:25, not 2:02:57. :-))

because shooting for a pb eliminates competition. you don't go with the group running sub1:01 for the first half, you don't go with the obviously too fast surge at mile 18. you concentrate on running sub2:03. if it's faster than the wr and you are first, you are the wr holder, if it's faster but you didn't catch all of the maniacs who went out in suicide pace, you've got yourself a new pb but not a wr.

So running sub 2:03:05 is under Kipchoge’s control, yet 8 seconds faster isn’t under his control??

I don’t see anyone besides Kipchoge running a WR until Sunday.

You must be some kind of a thicko

Preparing better than ever to run a PB effort is a systems approach.

Preparing to run a WR is a goal

Systems are for winners. Goals are for losers.

Haven't you guys learned anything from Scott Adams? ;-)

Go read "How to fail at everything and still win big, kind of the story of my life".

Kipchoge can still run a PB effort, and walk away feeling that way afterwards, even if its a hailstorm and the clock stops at 2:10. That is difference a mental preparation that lets you come out a winner no matter what.

The "thicko" is the one who thinks Kipchoge looks like a fool with this statement. His focus is on being his best self.

Here Kipchoge’s speaking about not being the fastest in the world but being the fastest in history. That’s a little bit in contradiction with the PB argument

Because his PB is 2:00:25......

Jgfgh wrote:

Kipchoge says he aims for a PB. Why doesn’t he say WR?

Obviously he’s not aiming to finish in that 8 seconds margin between him and Kimetu. He talked like this also before London and Berlin 2017. Is this some kind of political thing? A tactic? What is his game hay??