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

"gotten" is in fact the most common/accepted past participle of "get" in North American English. Sorry you don't like it. Might I suggest you reserve your ire for such gems as "loose" instead of "lose," "workout" as a verb, "apart" meaning "a part," and other true atrocities against the English language?

He ran 18:14 for 4 miles last weekend. But that was before he had a potty mouth.

Many of us disagree with you. We feel that Des in fact did do something wrong or at the very least showed how cowardly she truly is by liking someone taking a shot at the GOAT.

If I was ever in a position to inspire somebody by my actions, I think that would feel good.

Esp when you are getting older and it’s not about pure testosterone challenges.

Reid and Des probably feel like Eliud is first a doper, that's one, and secondly then feel like his 'inspiring others' comment is pretentious and hypocritical. The removal of their comment would then stem from threats to their safety, integrity and well-being etc.

I don't think Des anyway thinks he's a doper, although like with everyone, you have to leave room for that. You just don't know.

But if Kipchoge really meant what he said, he would be running Boston again to inspire people to face their failures and new challenges. He would run New York cause NYC gets a lot of attention. But he ran Berlin cause like any rational human being, he's concerned about his spot on the Olympic team.

Olympics inspire a bit more than street marathons in murica.

No human is limited* **

*by the grace of the Kenyan Olympic committee
**on a flat course in supershoes

I too wonder why Eliud is so materially driven. He should have indeed ran in NYC to prove to us he can run on hills like Geoffrey Mutai. I just hope Paris will be super hilly so that we can get a look at how he fails the race. He is someone who has succeeded so much and in such objectionable fashion that for us to see him fail in Paris on a hilly course is quite the relief.

Its funny how this happens time and time again. Some people have mindsets that is just uncomprehensible for a group of people in here, so the only way they cope is to go on the attack. As you say, they just cant calculate how it is possible and thus conclude there has to be something nefarious.

It is always difficult to understand others motivation.

Eliud still inspiring people yesterday in Vienna. Must make their blood boil.

Honoured by the city of Vienna.

Oh, so right around Kipchoge’s marathon pace.

Des is an attention seeker. For anyone to not see that they are blinded with rose colored glasses. Take away Boston 2018 and she's not even being listened to right now. She's cashing in and trying to remain relevant. She ain't no Emily Sisson or a Sara Hall, not even close.

I just hope that letsrun will not forget this stuff that took place last week and question Des about it in Chicago.

Wasn't one of Kipchoge's training partners and/or pacemmakers popped not long ago?

Yep. 50k WR that any runner in the top 100 of world rankings could crush. Now chasing a masters record that's irrelevant (2:27). 2 Australians and 2 Canadians in their (mid) 40's have run between 2:21 and 2:23 in the last 12 months. That should be her bar. She's gonna run a time that's no longer relevant and celebrate it likes it's worth something only to have Hall or D'Amato beat it by 5+ mins in the next 12 months.

This has not aged well.. 😅