As a general trope these days, I agree. But I posted elsewhere in here that I would assume the title is a reference to Wilde's play "An Ideal Husband".

So in this case I think it gets a bit of a pass considering the reference work was titled in 1895. It was a little before the more recent trend of "The Good Wife", "The Good Place", etc.

For anyone curious, I would assume the title is a reference to Wilde's play "An Ideal Husband".

But have we thought about just putting them underground?

>2.6 seconds a mile is A LOT during this distance

Oh for sure, that's why I added the "but still so far realistically"

It's just that even for someone at his level it must still feel so miniscule to see those numbers. To think "Oh, all I need to do is shave off 2.6 seconds per mile". He knows how hard it is, but when the number is that small you probably can't help but feel it's right there.

And yeah, that sounds about right. It's amazing he's able to compete this aggressively at his age already, so yeah one final olympics at age 40 and maybe one more kick at Berlin after that? Seems like a good line to draw for him.

Anyway, I absolutely hope he pulls it off. Who knows when we'll see someone else with a realistic chance! There are a bunch of Ethiopians and Kenyans who've posted sub 2:04s over the last few years, so we'll see! Legese is probably the youngest of them at 28, so maybe he'll excel into his 30s as well and have a good chance at it over the next decade!

69 seconds long of 2 hours.

Across 26.2 miles is only 2.6 seconds faster each mile... That is agonizingly close lol must be driving him nuts that he's the closest anyone has ever been, but still so far realistically.

This record is 30 seconds better than the previous record (his own) from 2018.

He'd still need to shave 30 seconds off 2+ more times to beat it. I don't know if he has enough left in him to pull out a couple more big jumps like that. He's already 37 (which is wild enough that he's pulling this off in his late 30s). How far into his 40s is he going to be able to realistically attempt 2 hrs? No idea lol the man already seems like an alien at this point, so I won't be surprised if he pulls it off!

It's one of those things where it doesn't really matter at this point. It's essentially the "once a cheater, always a cheater" mantra.

Imagine a professional athlete getting caught doping. Like Lance Armstrong in cycling. Then imagine they just let him compete in the Tour de France the year after and he dominates again.

No amount of blood testing would ever make people believe Lance isn't cheating somehow. He proved he was a cheater and he proved he could get away with it under scrutiny.

Same thing here. It's been proven he's cheated and a lot more than he admitted to when questioned. Thus he's "a cheater".

He may legitimately be worthy of the rank he holds these days, but no opponent (or fan) will trust him ever again. Does chess as a whole want a world champion who might be a cheater? Nope.

Wonder where Poland will land on reparations from Russia after their done getting their asses handed to them in Ukraine?