kawi254 wrote:Angelica _ann wrote:Berlin marathon 2019 - Kenenisa Bekele does 2hrs 1 minute 41 seconds, just 2 seconds shy of Kipchoge's record.
The limits would have been pushed if Kipchoge was present in Berlin Marathon 2019 head to head with in form Bekele. The only reason Bekele & Kipchoge don't post better times is the pace makers burn out so a head to head would be awesome.
Berlin is the flattest of Marathon courses all records broken there.
Kipchoge is preparing for breaking 2 #INEOS159 challenge in Vienna, Oct 12th - 20th [weather permitting]. This #INEOS159 challenge must be very profitable for Him to miss Berlin Marathon.
Siku hizi running is big business. Kipchoge and Kenenisa will never run in the same race because they are in the same team, the NN Running Team:
https://www.nnrunningteam.com/
Unless of course some organizers pay real good money to see them run together which is what I suspect will happen after Kipchoge breaks the 2 hour mark. Kenenisa is 37 so I guess they will want to do it soon.
The most likely candidate is London Marathon, they are the ones who can create the publicity and fork out the cash. Imagine something like $2 million guaranteed to Kipchoge and Kenenisa regardless of outcome and then something like $1 million dollars for the winner, $300,000 for breaking the course record and $1 million dollars to break the world record. They can advertise it as the greatest race ever..