2023 Boston Marathon Eliud Kipchoge @ Mile 9

[@silence_n1]

This video is so meditative. They are just pounding that pavement. A really intimate look at some of the top top athletes in the world I can't even fathom the pace they're running at and how they're able to sustain that pace for over 26 miles. Just insane.

[@S1gm4lph4]

Most didn't....

[@davidfox7983]

4 40 mile pace hard to stick that for even 400m

[@samwoodward2676]

I’m blown away… these guys are elite

[@charleschi843]

How crazy is it that amateurs can line up against professionals and spectators can get that close in our sport

[@dillonbritt4767]

Favorite thing about running I think. If you think you're the best you can get out there and see how the pros are on another planet. Lol It's opened to all.

[@moka1915]

let’s hope nobody eventually interferes and force a rule change like countless other sports but for now enjoy it while we can

[@jamesromano3288]

Relax papi....

[@rogerioagjr]

Unfortunately, that was how Brazil lost a chance of winning a gold medal in the 2004 Olympics in Anthems… Vanderlei Cordeiro was leading at 22mi by 35 seconds when he was grappled by a spectator 😢

[@charleschi843]

@@rogerioagjr I remember that. Crazy!

[@thisthat5874]

They’re Hauling ass, I like how chebet is in the back just drafting everyone conserving his energy for the later miles

[@rahulbarca4112]

I wonder why he (Kipchoge) even took initiative to lead the pack ? Did he wants to control the tempo of race? and miscalculated other's ability to hang with him at suicidal Pace for such a long time ? But Cheet was pretty clever ran a very smart race.

[@Jus10-born2Run]

I watch this and all I can think about is I need to train harder. These sub 5 paces are incredible. Great work

[@LorenzoBarichello]

His running form is beautiful

[@stapes2178]

Kipchoge has the best stride I’ve ever seen. So strong and relaxed

[@iDanceMyButtOff]

holy hell, to run at that pace for 26 miles is quite something.

[@medkbait]

The last one is the moroccan Talbi in his debut marathon. Placed fifth. Great job.

[@KiloMike80]

The foot cadence you hear of the lead pack is what you call the sound of human efficiency.

[@Jus10-born2Run]

I was thinking that too. No ear pieces/headphones. Just straight focused on the run and the natural sounds of it.

[@Slow_Lee]

Kipchoge paced everyone and almost everyone was just drafting behind him, until it was time to pounce on him. It's not easy to be number 1. Everyone is gunning for you. It's not easy just because he makes it look easy. Kipchoge is different. He loves and respects the game so much.

[@meangirlbecca]

yeah that's what I came to say as well. Almost felt like they all "used" him and then "discarded" him when the time came. I'm sure they all had a strategy of winning against him. Hope he also figures something out to counter the competitors next time.

[@Slow_Lee]

@@meangirlbecca Kipchoge understands that's the game though. That's why it's extra tough on him during racers compared to anyone. And the greatest will readily take on that challenge and live with the results.

[@ryand6150]

there is no reason he could not have stayed in the middle of the pack, unless he was going for a record

[@mike89box]

They were going way to fast since the beginning, and Boston course is the most difficult one, as kipchoge being first time on this course he started way to hard I think they were going 2:50 per KM, once they pased the half maraton they speed up just making it impossible and blew himself out, Scott Fauble talked about that, and he said he knew most of them were not being able to keep up like that. Fauble beat all the Americans in the pack and he was behind them. Conner Mantz was his first marathon ever, the only experienced were kipbruto, Chebet, Geay and CJ they knew kipchoge was digging his own hole.

[@mandoelpaso]

The pace is just insane!

[@davideaw-lab6542]

The cameraman here was Gold! Ahahahahh ☝️🏆🏆

[@ironman5511]

Very cool perspective..thanks for posting!!!

[@jackywacky982]

Connor Mantz is such an inspiration.

[@jondagamer4466]

lmao he was looking like he was trying his balls off and kipchoge looked like he was out for a sunday fun run. Im not dogging on Connor Mantz hes a good runner but that puts in perspective how good kipchoge is. He trains hard to make the races look easy.

[@blastedpotato]

@@jondagamer4466Connor just always has that look to him to be fair.

[@jondagamer4466]

@Fahim Chowdhury no lmao he was running with kipchoge he was probably genuinely in pain. Remember kipchoge is much much faster than any other person there. Mantz was definitely hurting especially when this is 9 miles in? Connor wasn't running his race this is not his pace.

[@blastedpotato]

@@jondagamer4466 but in the end he only finished a minute behind kipchoge

[@jondagamer4466]

@blastedpotato behind kipchoge that had one of his worst races of his marathon career. Enough said his marathon best is 2:01:09 mantz isn't even within 5 minutes of kilchoges best time.

[@erik4177]

I don’t know what it is about Kipchoge… His running form just looks next level/ basically perfect compared to everyone else. Also, does he even breathe through his mouth?!

[@jakerussell135]

ive seen some stuff about kipchoge's breathing. He has a Vo2 max of about 80, which is certainly exceptional, but less than most people would have expected (probably closer to 90). that is superhuman is how efficiently he uses his air. yes, he breathes through his mouth, but he uses his air so efficiently that he barely needs to. he uses as much on a marathon as you or I would use on an easy run

[@johy2007]

Nothing short of impressive man. That pace.

[@stapes2178]

Respect to homie in the green shoes lmao he was stayin with them 🤣

[@christopherbunker9571]

Nice job keeping up!!!

[@runnerselsalvador6420]

Excelente video, sobre todo escuchar los pasos de los corredores.

[@christopherdevine2811]

Agree. Beautiful to watch

[@LorenzoBarichello]

Great sprint man hahah

[@davidfranciscodasilva9559]

Congratulacions Conner Mantz. Great job bro .

[@stapes2178]

The sound of that cadence 🔥

[@jas0609]

Kipchoge looks smooth while the guys next to him look like they are struggling to keep up.

[@S1gm4lph4]

Yeah? How'd that work out for him in the 2nd half? 🤔🤔🤔

[@EdwinChenLoo]

They eventually did the first half in less than 1h. Some of the runners on this lead pack were way over their most optimal pace for the full distance and paid for it on the second half. I guess the chance to run next to Kipchoge was priceless.

[@dimaseo9120]

Всмысле менее за час? там 1.02 было минимум

[@therangersinger]

And I'm over here all happy at the age of 44 holding a 5:53 pace on my 5k race today thinking I'm gangster as hell 😂

[@thor5204]

Still a great pace!

[@therangersinger]

@@thor5204 thank you sir

[@S1gm4lph4]

Fishing for compliments much?

[@therangersinger]

@@S1gm4lph4not really, seems like you need some extra attention though. How is your day going? Everything alright at work? Kids...wife...all good?

[@Iyengar7]

@@S1gm4lph4 sigma alpha? more like Ligma

[@kikio-rq9kx]

Perfection

[@InnocuousIdiosyncrasy]

Great footage

[@mdkk]

how did you record this? running backwards?

[@adilrun9133]

Zouhair Talbi🥇maroco 🥇5 good

[@johnny-yi2oi]

I just love how Kipchoge sounds like ‘keep jogging’

[@GusSeifferlein]

he be the goat

[@keithpatterson9250]

Rookie pace!!! They need to up their weekly mileage 😅

[@yellowfolder]

they need to slow down to get faster. Perhaps they should try HR training

[@mkdesu]

Mantz looks like hes working but Eliud and the others behind him are so chill

[@evanyoung6993]

That’s just how he runs, he always looks in pain

[@mkdesu]

@@evanyoung6993 true just viewed more clips, hes still a legend

[@jondagamer4466]

@@evanyoung6993 connor was probably actually in pain because he was running too hard to be keeping up with kipchoge...

[@evanyoung6993]

@@jondagamer4466 this was early on though, he was chillin at this point

[@jondagamer4466]

@Evan Young so this was mile 9 and by mile 18 Connor was no where in sight.. why? Because Connors marathon pace is no where near kipchoges. What were they running at mile 9 probably like 4:40 a mile? If mantz can't keep that up for an entire marathon why is he running that? Even if it is early on why? You're gonna gas yourself out. Like I said mantz is a good runner man im not taking anything away from him. He's gutsy but he could've ran a quicker time if he would've ran his own race

[@chmjnationalsuperarmygener8564]

wow

[@thru_and_thru]

Who are the people running along side them…just fans?? That’s pretty awesome that they are allowed to just run alongside greatness like that. Well I guess they probably are not actually allowed lol but still awesome. I’d just be worried I would piss them off of throw off their pace or even worse…trip one of them.

[@ChrisTanner]

Wow, yea, I was shocked to see that this is allowed. It seems really inconsiderate of the fans to run alongside them -- it's potentially distracting the runners just so that the fans can have a few seconds of video.

[@thru_and_thru]

@@ChrisTanner Yeah for sure I would have thought this wouldn't be allowed but similar to cycling it's hard to police 26 miles of road. I'm sure these guys are laser focused and probably don't acknowledge the chasing fans but yeah definitely the first time I have seen this in a marathon. Gotta admit, this is some pretty amazing footage.

[@carlosmelendez7247]

The camera man end up in the hospital that day with 2 tanks of oxygen to catch up his breathing.

[@totemtv5116]

The cameraman at 0:35 was battling for his life at that pace xD

[@victormanuelocamporoncanci3747]

Se desinfló mi favorito.... ¿que le sucedió?

[@liecerchav9117]

the elite of the elite of the elite...

[@NerdyThrowbackTech]

Nice close up

[@flamingdelta9853]

blows my mind how fast they run and that they dont listen to music while running

[@BilalOz2012]

Wow that’s fast

[@andrewpokorny7191]

Lmao I remember seeing I guys on the broadcast

[@louisjohnson5868]

The top dogs the top dogs

[@brianthompson4190]

That white guy in the front next to Kipchoge is literally struggling to hold pace with him. You can tell hes really trying to "force" it while Kipchoge is so relaxed. Essentially is why he dropped off in the later parts of the race.

[@blastedpotato]

That’s Connor mantz. His running form is just like that.

[@lenvm]

Mantz finished one minute and two seconds behind Kipchoge. I’m not sure that there is a huge difference of effort between them.

[@jimoconnor8597]

Mantz said he blacked out in the last part of the race and had to slow to make the finish. He was close to being top American and beating Kipchoge in only his second marathon. Dude is going to be a force soon.

[@GeoAce777]

that's a pretty scenic spot, a third in with surprisingly ZERO fans😏Mantz should have drafted in that mini peloton🤔

[@jakerussell135]

I was at 8.8 miles, and I can confirm, it was surprisingly not that crowded

[@obscurelyvague]

@@jakerussell135 The Boston Marathon seems to go through a lot of suburban area which is otherwise rather isolated and it seems few if any people who live along the route care to be there to watch the race go by

[@jakerussell135]

@@obscurelyvague I live 20 minutes from the starting line. I parked at Natick mall and walked a mile to the course. I thought it would be way more crowded than that

[@jimoconnor8597]

The weather probably had something to do with it. I ran and it was a nice day for running but to stand out in the rain and cold for a long time would have been far less fun.

[@lpishere]

y u stop following him

[@simonliljeqvist]

Haha underrated comment 😅

[@MultiWhatever1001]

😂what’s the “Boston camera man” qualified time? This is.

[@virus3run20]

it must be so fun to try and see how long you can keep up with these guys

[@MarciOlii]

Better stay away without a start number!!!!

[@aidanmercer118]

When you put Mantz next to Kipchoge it really shows the contrast in styles. Mantz looks horrible and Kipchoge is pure perfection

[@JOSUESANTANA]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@fadlieffendi2168]

white boy try so hard to beat Eliud 😂

[@jimoconnor8597]

Almost did in only his second marathon ever. White dude, Conner Mantz, is a beast!