And it wasn't an officially sanctioned race/open competition and Kipchoge had hydration delivered by bike.
did it count and was recognized? I thought thats why the breaking2 event wasnt gonna be a world record no matter what because of the pacers or was it also because it was more of a controlled environment?
and another thing, i cant believe one of his pacers wore adidas so now i think that story is now BS...
I thought for bigger races, pacers are provided by the race itself (whether paid or volunteer) so qualifying isn't an issue? It's not that different than the normal pacers who lead larger (and much slower) pace groups for bigger races and who have a proven track record of being able to complete the race at that avg. pace. In Kipchoge's case, he was going for a WR and the pacers dropped out before the halfway mark because they couldn't keep the pace up (which gives you a sense at how fast they were going). But once they drop no new pacers cycle in, so you don't run afoul of the rules.
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It was this olympic marathon, but totally agree - Im with you, in this case they're all running for country. I meant Kipchoge used this group of runners as pacers. He didnt have pacers per say but galen and those guys were basically his pacers, even if they didnt like it. You dont tell the "Boss" to pull. Ask any cyclist.
towards the halfway mark kipchoge was the pacer for everyone else until he pulled away, watch that vid from 1:35 marknah, if you're running ahead of the pack, someone's bound to be behind you and i dont consider you as a pacer
in the olympics if you ran in a line then its just strategy to run behind someone and use them, it is what it is, dont be upfront if you dont want to be used as a wind blocker
if you were paid to run in front of someone so they can win or get a better time, then yeah you're a pacer, i mean theres usually multiple people as pacers too
and again, towards the end of that racer, actually might be the middle, galen shadowed kipchoge not the other way around
im actually not sure which vid you were watching, from the get go kipchoge was up in front (with no one in front of him majority of the run) and pretty much for most of the race and then at halfway point everyones behind, kipchoge and his countrymen were running either behind him or next to him and watch at the hour and 30 min mark and the 3 Kenyans are ahead of everyone
not sure why you keep defending galen like he was used
its not the first time galen has pissed off someone either because they were on their heels and gave little space, its kind f'd up because if you clip their heels and he might fall, I wouldnt be surprised if kipchoge felt that and why he got mad
nah, if you're running ahead of the pack, someone's bound to be behind you and i dont consider you as a pacer
in the olympics if you ran in a line then its just strategy to run behind someone and use them, it is what it is, dont be upfront if you dont want to be used as a wind blocker
if you were paid to run in front of someone so they can win or get a better time, then yeah you're a pacer, i mean theres usually multiple people as pacers too
and again, towards the end of that racer, actually might be the middle, galen shadowed kipchoge not the other way around
im actually not sure which vid you were watching, from the get go kipchoge was up in front (with no one in front of him majority of the run) and pretty much for most of the race and then at halfway point everyones behind, kipchoge and his countrymen were running either behind him or next to him and watch at the hour and 30 min mark and the 3 Kenyans are ahead of everyone
not sure why you keep defending galen like he was used
its not the first time galen has pissed off someone either because they were on their heels and gave little space, its kind f'd up because if you clip their heels and he might fall, I wouldnt be surprised if kipchoge felt that and why he got mad
