Heck, we don’t even know if he’s grimacing in pain at the end of his marathons, or smiling because he has read studies claiming that a smile helps you run better.Įven the researchers most familiar with marathon physiology and Kipchoge himself can only marvel at his seemingly-ageless achievements while they enumerate some of the factors from VO2 max to muscle fibers to biomechanics that may underlie such greatness.Īs far as we know, Kipchoge trains long and hard, probably around 120 miles per week. There’s no simple answer and no single ingredient. The truth is, no one can fully explicate why Kipchoge is the GOAT. That leaves one endlessly intriguing question: Why? Why is Kipchoge so much better than everyone else? How do you argue against a guy who has won back-to-back Olympic golds, holds the official marathon world record (2:01:39), and has covered 26.2 miles in an “exhibition race” in 1:59:40?
There’s no longer any question that he’s the Greatest Of All Time (GOAT) at the distance.
With his seemingly effortless victory in the Olympic Marathon steambath in Japan, Eliud Kipchoge ended the debate.
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