{"id":61690,"date":"2024-06-30T08:53:09","date_gmt":"2024-06-30T12:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ngscsports.com\/?p=61690"},"modified":"2024-06-30T08:56:12","modified_gmt":"2024-06-30T12:56:12","slug":"olympic-marathon-story-i-didnt-want-to-tell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ngscsports.com\/2024\/06\/30\/olympic-marathon-story-i-didnt-want-to-tell\/","title":{"rendered":"Olympic Marathon Story I Didn\u2019t Want To Tell"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='booster-block booster-read-block'>\n                <div class=\"twp-read-time\">\n                \t<i class=\"booster-icon twp-clock\"><\/i> <span>Read Time:<\/span>3 Minute, 39 Second                <\/div>\n\n            <\/div><p>I was so excited about the story I was going to share with you this morning. A year or so ago I had heard about a guy who had broken the world record in the 26.2-mile marathon in London with a time of 2 hours, one minute and 25 seconds.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Beyond blazing fast. That\u2019s not incredible. It\u2019s far more stunning than whatever incredible is.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The pain this 24-year-old guy from Kenya felt, named Kelvin Kiptum, must have been non-stop agony or maybe he just didn\u2019t hurt as much as the rest of us sprinting 26.2 miles. I researched more about him this morning and found out that last year he broke his own record with a time of 2:00:25 at the Chicago Marathon.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The fastest times are usually in the 2:08 range, so for some guy to almost be breaking two hours elevated him right there with achieving athletic achievements at the absolute highest levels like Joe DiMaggio\u2019s 56-game hitting streak; Katie Ledecky having the 10 or more fastest times in the 1500 meter freestyle; Dan Gabol going 154 and 0 as a wrestler at University of Iowa; and Wayne Gretsky winning the NHL MVP his first eight seasons in the league.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Kiptum\u2019s times meant he averaged 4:36 per mile. I wanted to get you intrigued that this guy may finish the Paris Olympics Marathon in under two hours and wouldn\u2019t that be beyond comprehension, nonsensical, brilliant \u2013 probably the most unforgettable moment of all the unforgettable moments we\u2019re going to experience at this summer\u2019s Games?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He would be the threat to beat his Kenyan rival, Eliud Kipchoge, who has won the last two Olympic Marathons and would be the first to win three \u2013 if he could tolerate more pain than Kiptum. A tough ask given Kiptum\u2019s two world records leading up to the Games.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I wanted to tell you all about this.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But I can\u2019t. Because I found out this morning that Kiptum died in a car accident in February of this year.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Reminds me of when Len Bias died in 1986 at the peak of his superstardom at 22 years old. All that talent no longer to be shared with all of us.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>About the tragic endings of both men\u2019s lives, one question will always persist: why? One answer will keep coming back: we\u2019ll never know.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I thought this would be an inspiring story about a superhuman athlete going for an under-two-hour Olympic Marathon. Instead, it\u2019s a reminder to us that people die suddenly no matter how great they are, no matter where they live, and there\u2019s nothing we can do but feel sad and wish it hadn\u2019t happened.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To me, the Olympic Marathon is the most emotional of all the countless riveting Olympic events because of the time the athletes spend hurting.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Hours.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>How do they do it? I\u2019ll never understand that kind of mental and physical toughness.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>What makes the Olympic Marathon extra special is its ironclad tradition. It\u2019s always \u2013 and appropriately \u2013 the last event of the Olympic Games. The athletes run through the stadium tunnel, do a loop around the track, and often fall to the ground. A life of running distilled to uncontrollable emotional outbursts on a stadium track. Completely spent.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A short time later the closing ceremonies begin. As the runners enter the tunnel and emerge from it to the roar of the crowd I\u2019ll be thinking of what we could have seen, Kelvin Kiptum, leading the race, astounding the world, being the first human being to run 26.2 miles in under two hours.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Coming through that shadowy tunnel and into the brightness and noise of the stadium feels like a metaphor for life. We go through the tough times and come out the other end and everything feels brighter and we finish.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Somehow.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I wish we could have seen Kiptum come through that tunnel to make all-time human being historic heights.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So sorry that\u2019s not going to happen.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>May he feel the bright lights and our cheers in whatever stadium he is in now.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And feel no pain ever again.<\/p>\n        <div class=\"booster-block booster-reactions-block\">\n            <div class=\"twp-reactions-icons\">\n                \n                <div class=\"twp-reacts-wrap\">\n                    <a react-data=\"be-react-1\" post-id=\"61690\" class=\"be-face-icons un-reacted\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\">\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ngscsports.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/booster-extension\/\/assets\/icon\/happy.svg\" alt=\"Happy\">\n                    <\/a>\n  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