His performance today off of limited training, as well as Kipchoge's amazing show, are a demonstration of the other worldly talent that the top track runners of the 2000's possess. You could speculate that this generation of runners is so talented due to PED. However, what they are doing in the marathon now is showing just how much more talented they are compared to all other runners. I personally would be shocked if these two men were using PEDs in today's threatening testing environment. But you never know. I personally like to think that these two men are simply a demonstration of extreme outliers of God given talent. If only he could stay healthy, we could witness more of his greatness.



KB was a better runner than Kipchoge on the track/XC, so it's possible that he could be as dominate in the Marathon as Kipchoge has shown himself to be. Although I suspect that even if things went perfectly for him over the next few years, he would not do what Kipchoge has done in the Marathon. But maybe he could come close. A healthy KB still has the capability of breaking the current WR, but by the time he gets there, Kipchoge may have lowered the WR beyond anyone's reach.



On the same topic of Bekele's extreme talent, His London time is about 2 minutes faster than Mo Farah. Even if you ignore the limited training, this is more indication that Mo Farah should not be a candidate in the GOAT conversation (unless you limit the conversation to just WC/OG track medals).