Reid Buchanan and Des Linden rip Eliud Kipchoge on twitter - "Give me a break"

He's still mad he couldn't beat Washburn Rural.

This will be an unpopular take and is mine alone. For a start, in my opinion he is an obvious doper. Without the hyperbole' the reality is he inspires a small fervent few people in a niche' sport and nothing more. I work for a large sports goods franchise and no customers and no staff members I deal with every day have ever heard of him. I would say the social media posts are either generated by Nike or his management firm (he does work for Nike afterall). Having said that he has achieved a lot in his chosen profession and made a good living for himself, which is certainly good for him.

Sounds like you are jealous of her.

What do they want him to say? That he's just as money-driven as they are?

all I have to say is that on Sunday Kipchoge got an absolutely massive level of cheers at the start from all of us runners anxiously packed into the Tiergarten (head and shoulders above any other competitor who they announced).

The spectators were out in mass- never a quiet moment on the course (I had heard that Berlin was sometimes maybe quieter than other courses in terms of cheering but definitely did not feel like it at all.

post run massage zone manned by dozens of PT & ART therapy trainees: my queue's pair were not runners and never want to do a marathon yet still knew all about Kipchoge and Assefa (though could not name the latter precisely). interestingly, did ask about PEDs (it was a blessedly long massage).

very large mural spray painted before the marathon in one of the neighborhoods of Kipchoge winning last yr visited by many pre and post race and copiously posted on social media

hell even my uber driver today from Togo said quite enthusiastically several times he would like to come out to watch the race next year though this was weirdly more in response to a conversation about my own running (did really quite well in the female division if i do say so myself). he was convinced if i get a coach i would be doing "tremendous things" ... i digress

So: evidence points to the fact that Kipchoge does inspire/ inspired/ will continue to inspire a hell of a lot of people in running, in hard work, and in self belief- good for the sport.

Nikki

40 isn't old for a marathon runner, especially if said runner has been elite his entire career, has continued to train year-after-year and has not had any major injuries. Kipchoge has a top team of physios, nutritionist, doctors if he falls ill. We (humanity) understand more about longevity in recent years, with more breakthroughs being made continuously. Check out some of the tech billionaires like Larry Ellison (who hired one of the top government longevity researchers for his own personal longevity research center.) If you know how to read, can use the internet and are somewhat intelligent there are now a world of things you can do to improve health and fitness into your later years and I'm not talking about PEDs.

I've never heard of this Buchanan customer, but I wonder how often he's tried to express himself in a second language. It's not easy and you often fall back on clichéd phrases or platitudinous comments that sound a little off to native speakers. Most normal, decent people understand that and will cut you some slack. But there'll always be a one or two d1cks who'd rather jump on you for your failure to grasp the intricacies of another language.

40 isn’t old for a marathon runner? This is complete and utter bullsh1t. It is old to be running world records or near world records. This is the kind of naive crap that gullible FOOLS assert with confidence because a DOPER is making you think so. Remember Eddy Hellebuyck?

runnersworld.com

The Confessions of Eddy Hellebuyck

An American marathon champion, suspended several years ago for doping, finally revealed the truth behind the charges—and why he sought redemption.

Link:www.runnersworld.com/runners-stories/a...

Listen to Eddy. He knows how much he was aided by EPO. Educate yourself.

Who and who?

Maybe his mom didn't hug him enough?

Cuz one of them clean and one of them isn’t. I’d be pissed too if an EPO dope was spouting aphorisms like this too.

People in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.
I find it interesting that athletes that have justified their own gray area with TUEs and thyroid meds will point fingers at other athletes based on nothing more than suspicions.
And worse than that they don’t have the balls to truly call them out but instead hide behind LIKES on Twitter.
They are embarrassing cowards.

Pointing back to my previous post: I am willing to bet large sums of money Kipchoge had NOTHING to do with posting that quote and doesn't even know that tweet exists.

Kipchoge has a personality that likens himself to some wise sage. I think this has partly to do with his unique personality and also the way he expresses himself in a second language--yes, expressing yourself in an unfamiliar way will change the intended expression. All that said, Nike has picked up on this and cranked this portrayal of him to an EXTREME. The way Nike portrays Kipchoge is as if he's some Gandalf/Yoda/Gandhi/Mandela/Dalai Lama figure who also happens to be the GOAT of running

It doesn’t matter whether Kipchoge or a Nike marketing person tweeted this Reid and Des were responding to Kipchoge.

Aggregious?!? What in the actual f**k? This is truly egregious.

No, try again. However if a 10.5 male sprinter criticizes a motivational usain bolt quote, however corny it may be, he can expect to get a lot of negative feedback.

It was an interesting, entertaining race in conditions that are rarely seen in a major marathon . I appreciate Desi and I like listening to her and Kara’s podcast but she would not have won under normal conditions .

Marion Jones had a lot more suspicion and evidence to support she was doping/using at the time. It's well documented. Completely different from today's topic at hand re: Kipchoge.