 Welcome to the studio ladies and gentlemen. How are you doing? It's redesigned. I'm loving the fresh look in here I hope you like it. I'll step up. I'll step aside so you can see the full view Oh, it's just fun to have a nice new space to share with all of you here on YouTube. Okay. Let's dive in Kipchogi versus Mikaela London Marathon 2020 it's official. What did I say on January 8th question of the day part one will Kipchogi battle Mikaela in London on April 26th 2019 2020 I think he will I actually think the Kalae versus Kipchogi will happen in London Rather than at the Olympics. It might also happen at the Olympics in Tokyo But I'm actually my gut is telling me that sometimes you got to trust your gut, right? My gut my gut was just telling me I think the Kalae so Kipchogi was kind of a given that he would race London He raised he's raised London. I think he's going for his fifth straight win or is it six might be six It's at least five So it's a big deal that Kipchogi is gonna be there But it's an even bigger deal that Mikaela is gonna be there Mikaela is a little older I think he's three years older So and also I should mention right from the top Kipchogi from Kenya Mikaela from Ethiopia and Okay, let's just dive into it 201 39 is the current marathon world record set by Kipchogi in Berlin in 2018 right and then one year later 365 days later who shows up the Kalae the 36 or 37 year old at that point at that time What does he run? 201 41 Two seconds two seconds slower in separate races same course Everybody thought and for those that don't know everyone so Mikaela from Ethiopia. He's been struggling a little bit with injuries over the past two to three years and So because of these injuries everyone thought he was kind of done They thought he's he's 37 36 you're getting a little bit on the tail end of your running career But sure enough he shows up in Berlin and pulls out of the hat a 201 41 It's amazing. So you've probably heard the breaking news. I think it was yesterday Thursday that Mikaela declared officially he will be on the starting line for the 2020 April 26th, right April 26th 2020 at the London Marathon to duke it out with Kipchogi. Oh My goodness this everybody is a big deal and why is it a big deal? I'm gonna run you through their PRs right now. So you can just see how talented these runners are Kipchogi Mikaela, but how close they are in talent and in performance at all sorts of different Distances all the way from the 1500 meters on the track to the marathon. Okay, so here we go Let's start with Kipchogi 1500 meters 333 whoo laser fast 5k 1246. Okay, blazing fast 10k 2649 half marathon 5925 all right Marathon 20139. Okay, so that's Kipchogi from Kenya Mikaela. Here we go 332 for the 1500 meters one second faster 5k whoa 1237 nine seconds faster 10k 2617 way faster. I mean whoa that is bleep and so just so you know Mikaela has the world record for the 5k and 10k. All right Just so everybody knows half marathon for Mikaela one hour and nine seconds and then for the marathon 201 41 there they are on your screen that side-by-side PRs for Kipchogi versus Mikaela Unbelievable so fast, but there are also if you really study those times It shows you maybe a little bit of the strengths of each runner. Okay, and yes, I'm gonna put it out there All right for the boxing fans out there. You know what I'm talking about. This is the Ali versus Frazier moment for long distance running so for those that don't know Muhammad Ali versus Joe Frazier It was when they fought it was called the fight of the century of the last century and now I'm just wondering is this race in London April 26th 2020 gonna go down as the race of the century or maybe the race of the decade It could go down as a big big deal. Who knows maybe a new world record will be set I mean now that they're both in the race. I'd have to I'd have to put my I'd have to say There's a very higher. There's a much higher likelihood that they might dip under that 201 39 and drop it even lower Oh my goodness is about to go down. It's unbelievable. And Okay, I just want to mention also Kipchogi when Mikaela and Kipchogi have raced against each other in the past at the marathon distance four times Kipchogi has won every single time now Mikaela has been battling injuries. So keep that in mind So that's that was the first breaking news in the running world this week It was an exciting week, but the second breaking news connects to the title of the vlog World athletics. All right, that is the governing body that oversees Long distance running. I'll just leave it at that there that they're part of the very intricate Governing bodies out there that oversee long distance running. Okay, so they announced that this week That there is There is a decision they're beginning to formulate a decision around carbon fiber plates and how Basically, okay, whether or not to ban certain shoes, okay and specifically some of the Nike shoes and specifically some of the Nike shoes and potentially other shoes that have really really tall stack heights With carbon fiber plates inside the midsole. So really tall stack heights now I was getting a lot of messages a lot of on this connects to Kipchogi versus Mikaela as well one second So I was getting a lot of messages and text messages this week about what do you think? It are they gonna actually is world athletic athletics actually gonna ban the Nike next percent the Vaporfly 4% flying it the Nike alpha fly Okay, the next iteration of their carbon fiber plate shoe which Kipchogi wore for his sub two-hour marathon in Vienna not the world record just the the Ineos 159 challenge you all I was there I filmed it for all of you. So will they will they ban that shoe? Okay, so I'm gonna give you my answer right now I'm not afraid to talk about this stuff Here's where I'm at They moved world athletics moved Way too slowly way too slowly and remember we talked about innovation yesterday. So the 4% They should have all right. All right here in world athletics I'm sorry, but you should they should have moved and I know it's a big governing body with a lot of bureaucracy But they should have been moving on this at least two years ago But really frankly three years ago when Kipchogi tried to break two hours for the first time in Monza, Italy for the breaking two project with Nike, that's when they should have been really they should have formulated a team of ten people and like go research this shoe and go figure out like what's going on here with his shoe and Making it run The shoe helping people run so much faster So they're too their world athletics is way too late in my opinion Why because I think professional runners will be up in arms way too much And I don't think they can fight back against the professional runners and the and their agents all right and the big running shoe companies I'm just gonna say it, but I will say this much. I think the the Nike vapor fly 4% flying it I think it's good to go. I think the Nike next percent is good to go barely I think the hoka carbon X is good to go barely. So what do I mean by barely? I think the Nike alpha fly the next iteration. I think the stack height is in fact too tall Coupled with yes, supposedly there's three carbon fiber plates in the Nike alpha fly That's the speculation and it's pretty much been confirmed at this point. So at the end of the day will world athletics ban the Nike alpha fly and other other shoes that will be coming out at some point with high high stack heights Coupled with carbon fiber plates. I actually think they might I think there's gonna be a limit to the to the thickness to the Yeah, the thickness of the midsoles. I think it's coming I think if not and I do think there should be some sort of limit again I'm all about innovation. I love innovation and at the end of the day, frankly, I don't want to be running on 65 millimeter stack heights like that's just asking for injury and I think it'll mess up gate cycles way way too much So anyway, that's where I'm coming down on it. So here we go bringing it back home to Kipchoge versus Bickele London marathon 2020 here we go. We're not gonna give our race predictions today. Not today We're gonna we're gonna ask this question of the day What will Bickele be racing in in London What will Kipchoge be racing in in London like what shoes will they be wearing and you got to think about the Elite versions of some of these shoes like the Nike next percent. Maybe it's an elite version of the Alpha Fly Maybe the Alpha Fly is banned by then. Maybe they maybe the next percent is banned by then I don't know and maybe the 4% is the only option. Maybe I just don't know so give us your predictions And it's like bye at the end of the day here. Here's at the end of the day. All I want is a fair Race an exciting race. You know what I mean? Like I don't know That's what I want. I just want a good head-to-head Battle of for the ages for the ages, so I'm excited I can't wait to work with all of you to figure out how can we build Excitement and enthusiasm for this race outside of the running world kind of like Ollie Versus Frazier. All right. All right. So that's the question of the day. Okay. I'm off to a quick jog I'll film a little bit of it for you just a little bit of it for you And then we'll go announce to true love that in fact Bickele is racing Kipchoge All right, let's go everybody. We're having a good time here in the kitchen Han I called it My gut was right. What? Kipchoge versus Bickele He's doing it. I called it London 2020 I'm glad I'm glad I didn't register because I want to film the race So I'm not racing the London Marathon signing off. We love you all We're gonna toss it back to the London Marathon on the right and the from last year 2019 and then the INEOS 159 challenge on the left. All right, we love you. See beauty work hard and love each other