I feel like the best athletes are the ones that are humble. Even in my own college experience the fastest / most well recognized college athletes were always the most humble and kind
Other Athletes- Cologne, Jewelry, Money, Wine, Designer Clothes Kipchoge- Pen, Notepad, Running Shoes, Books One of the most down to earth athletes I have ever seen!!
I’ve been running 7 days a week for the past 23 years, and am up to 62 full marathons. I relate to Eliud so much with all of these things. Especially his philosophy. I’m not naturally suited to be a runner genetically. Probably better for me to be a wrestler or football player. But I don’t care. I like running, and always want to do it anyway, and keep improving. I also believe that nothing is impossible if you just keep trying and set your mind to it. I’ve been trying to qualify for the Boston Marathon now for all 23 years I’ve been running, and still haven’t gotten it. But I absolutely will eventually. I’ve come within just 3 minutes of it a few times. And when I do it will be even more meaningful than ever. There are times that I just wish that I had the raw talent that some elites have. But then some of these thing likely would be as special when I achieve them. So I just keep going. 🏃🏻♂️
This man is an inspiration for me and the humility that he has is one of a kind. I’ll run my first marathon in Mexico City the 28th of November 2021 and I expect it to finish it in 4 hours! Wish me luck.
Goodluck man wish you all the best and with the result that you hopefully want! I'm doing a ½ marathon in 11th of Dec and this man definitely inspired me like you!
You can tell this man has his priorities straight within the first minute. His line of communication starts with his family first. Teammates second, then business third.
He just gave the absolute perfect Nike shoe pitch in 15s using less than 10 words. Better than any commercial featuring everyday runners in black and white with empty catch words like inner freedom, exceeding limitations or reaching wellbeing.
@@michelfingado202 for him running is freedom, but we as humans should be thankful enough that we're not some meaningless bug that gets stepped on or a abandoned dog with rabies
Boy.. he's not only a great runner with a heart of gold, he is a great salesman too! I don't know why but I have a big smile on my face after finish watching this video. The message that he gives is so loving and inspiring. So selfless!
@@jonasjorgensen8759 If you are on the market for running shoes, you know those aren't daily trainers for the average runner. But yes, otherwise ok, the shoes.
I’ve been to Kenya 🇰🇪 several times. There’s a reason they are some of the best runners in the world. They start training as small children sometimes with out shoe. But really Kenyans have some of the best physics I’ve ever seen in my life. That may help too, by being beautiful engineered. Much love 🙌🏽
Check out the one with Alex Honnold, he's right up their with Eulid Kipchoge as an inspirational human being. Although both are certainly the 🐐 of their specific sport (Alex with Free Soloing and Eulid with Marathon running)
I have never watched him run live and I'm not a fan of running but this man may be my favorite athlete. So humble and doen to earth. You can truly tell that he loves what he does and he does everything for the right reasons
'Running is where the freedom is!' I think many runners will somehow understand this. When u run, it's a feeling u can't put into words & which u become addicted to. I personally have found solutions to some of my problems while doing my morning runs. U just get into this personal zone
EK 10 Essential tems 1- Phone 2- Running Plan 3- Running Shoe 4- EK Jacket for Motivation 5- Sleep Tracker Ring 6- Headphones 7- Book for reading 8- Glasses 9- Tea 10- Daily Diary
The items he chooses are things that he creates with or helps with his life- like his pen or his glasses. Totally much more meaningful to watch than gold chainz and rolexes
Out of all the people you have showed in this series, he has got to be the most inspirational, humble and most worthy to be on here. All the others have nothing on this guy.
4:39 bro i watched this man's video year(s) ago when he did the sub 2 hr marathon for Nike, and he's so humble, the words he mentioned reminded me of Uncle Iroh and now he brings out TEA - He IS Uncle Iroh IRL!
@@onekaapio3150 thousands participate in marathons, alot people can run for two hours, give me the name of an human being on this planet that has 20 gold medals? Or 15 gold medals? Or even just ten,Yeah that's what I thought...
@@tonys6237 abebe bikila was great but not on kipchoge's level. Both have the same amount of olympic golds yes but that's it. Kipchoge has all his marathon major titles, WR, first man under 2 and has had this reign of dominance like no other athlete in history in the marathon. I mean, Cierpinski has 2 olympic gold medals but no one puts him in the conversation for GOAT. Kipchoge is the GOAT all day.
You know Kipchoge’s a beast when instead of saying “WHAT doesn’t kill you makes you stronger” he recalls it as “IT doesn’t kill you, it WILL make you stronger” 3:35 That’s the mindset of an elite runner right there.
he probably just understood that nothing kills you and everything makes you stronger. if there's sopmething that actually kills you, you don't have to worry about getting weaker or stronger anymore. so why bother :)
@@sebastianpeheim8851 Or he is just aware that A LOT of todays music kill your mental, your strength, your will, your confidence … Music is the easiest ways to change your mind, and especially your subconscious mind, so when you listen to bad music, with bad vibes and negatives words all days, you will become like that, you are what you listen, you see, you eat. We are also made of 70% water, and dr masaru emoto made a water experiment, exposing water to different kind of music and words, positive or negative, and in the microscope you can see that when you say something like i love you to the water, or put classic music you can see geometric form like snowflake, but when you say bad words like i hate you or metal rock music, the water doesn’t produce anything, just a bunch of molecules here and there, same for the light (photons) an experiment wzs made by the army and it’s basically the same things, we human being affect the outside world with our toughts and emotions (vibrations), this is scientifically proven now, and you can become happy by changing your subconscious mind, in fact you can be anything you want with your subconscious mind.
@@DonGivani They’re absolutely not recovery but he said when he ran the sub 2 hr race he did a long run the next day and with old racing flats he said you could hardly walk the day after. Crazy how far we’ve come
Fastest marathoner ever so he has all the right in the world to be however he wants but for one of the best of all time he is extremely humble and I respect that so much.
4:17 the coolest guy ever 😎 he is literally my biggest inspiration to run! Ever since INEOS I have been running most of the time because of this guy. What a legacy, what a legend
Such an absolute inspiration and seems so down to earth. Really wish this video had subtitles though, it was kind of hard to understand what he was saying in some parts of the video!
His humility, simplicity is astonishing!
His greatness... It just speaks for itself in volumes.
I feel like the best athletes are the ones that are humble. Even in my own college experience the fastest / most well recognized college athletes were always the most humble and kind
Simplicity>long lived complexity >short lived
aaaah bro its just the Kenyan in him
i really like his accent too
Eliud is such an 80s kid. The note taking, reading, staying connected, jotting down ideas, tea, & sticking to one colour pens. I love it!
Facts 🙌🏿
Dude I though he was like 60
@@debusen81 yeh you're dumb
We Kenyans are proud of this humble marathoner 🇰🇪🇰🇪
We non Kenyans are proud of him as well. He is a wonderful human being.
Such a humble man he is.
You Kenyans are incredible.
Most people in know can’t keep up that pace for more than a 400 meters let alone 26.2 miles.
We love him too 🇺🇸
guy is on lock every second of every day. He's like the most streamlined human ever. Everything is crisp, clean, smooth. Love it.
We Kenyans 🇰🇪 love him !!.He is our national treasure.!!!
Other Athletes- Cologne, Jewelry, Money, Wine, Designer Clothes
Kipchoge- Pen, Notepad, Running Shoes, Books
One of the most down to earth athletes I have ever seen!!
He's still being paid to sell products to the masses.
@@tonys6237 Imagine if Kenenisa and Haike signed with Nike back in the 2000s. They're the greatest ever
@@tonys6237 so? Lol
@@frankywilliam8073 let's not pretend this is anything other than an advert
@@tonys6237 nevertheless doesn’t make him not extremely humble which was the point you were seemingly trying to contradict lol
I’ve been running 7 days a week for the past 23 years, and am up to 62 full marathons. I relate to Eliud so much with all of these things. Especially his philosophy. I’m not naturally suited to be a runner genetically. Probably better for me to be a wrestler or football player. But I don’t care. I like running, and always want to do it anyway, and keep improving. I also believe that nothing is impossible if you just keep trying and set your mind to it. I’ve been trying to qualify for the Boston Marathon now for all 23 years I’ve been running, and still haven’t gotten it. But I absolutely will eventually. I’ve come within just 3 minutes of it a few times. And when I do it will be even more meaningful than ever. There are times that I just wish that I had the raw talent that some elites have. But then some of these thing likely would be as special when I achieve them. So I just keep going. 🏃🏻♂️
youre awesome my dude
you're a legend
Amazing !! 💪👏❤️ hope you have been able to qualify by now in 2024. 👏👏👏
You will make the Bostom Marathon dude! You will do it!
I am amazed , are your knees alright ?? I see alot of people messing there knees due to running on treadmill or park. How did you avoid those ??
The GOAT. Cool to see GQ elevate such a humble and inspiring character.
Or maybe it's Kipchoge elevating GQ 🐐
He elevates himself
Bekele is not in this video
True brother 🙂
Or ne weri
This man is an inspiration for me and the humility that he has is one of a kind. I’ll run my first marathon in Mexico City the 28th of November 2021 and I expect it to finish it in 4 hours! Wish me luck.
Mucha suerte! I did my first one in 2019! You are your only competition!
All the very best. I started with 6 hours but am down to 3.2
Good luck!
Get em soldier!
Goodluck man wish you all the best and with the result that you hopefully want! I'm doing a ½ marathon in 11th of Dec and this man definitely inspired me like you!
You can tell this man has his priorities straight within the first minute. His line of communication starts with his family first. Teammates second, then business third.
.
100%
Now he is a man that kids should be looking up to! Not because of the running but because of his humility and pure soul. Such an inspirational Guy!
He just gave the absolute perfect Nike shoe pitch in 15s using less than 10 words. Better than any commercial featuring everyday runners in black and white with empty catch words like inner freedom, exceeding limitations or reaching wellbeing.
well its nothing new every one knows nike has the best long runnning shoes right now
@@christian2978 and spikes
No wonder why Nike funded him heavily to run sub 2 houra
I used to be a NIKE hater to be honest. I decided to buy a pair of Zoom Fly 3s and I really like them I am not a bike fan boi, but I am a fan
What kind of Nike shoe does he wear?
I would pay gazillions to attend his masterclass. Such a humble yet disciplined athlete. He makes us proud to be Kenyans 🇰🇪🇰🇪
Me: I will never allow myself to be persuaded by celebrity endorsements
Kipchoge: You should buy this shoe, it's very comfortable
Me: Okay :)
😂😂😂😂😂
He uses what he preaches so we can believe his endorsement
@@neerajnongmaithem392 yepp
Exactly lol
Yeah I immediately paused the video to check the price of that shoe xD
This was the most humble and simple GQ interview ever. Love this man!
"Running is where freedom is" - E. Kipchoge
Ojœ
Self-discipline
@@michelfingado202 really? Wow you are such a genius
@@benz9790 thank you
@@michelfingado202 for him running is freedom, but we as humans should be thankful enough that we're not some meaningless bug that gets stepped on or a abandoned dog with rabies
this man was my driving factor in losing almost 30 kilos off me and he sure made me change mentally and taught me to be humble 🙏
Boy.. he's not only a great runner with a heart of gold, he is a great salesman too!
I don't know why but I have a big smile on my face after finish watching this video. The message that he gives is so loving and inspiring. So selfless!
The best part is he's only sold you on a pen, paper, some affordable headphones, and humility haha
@@ChristianRunsNY shoes
@@jonasjorgensen8759 If you are on the market for running shoes, you know those aren't daily trainers for the average runner. But yes, otherwise ok, the shoes.
I’m right with you! But I’ll stick to my Hoka Mach 4s for shoes
I wonder how he changed his sleep routine hence he said I sleep 10 hours a day befor.!
I’ve been to Kenya 🇰🇪 several times. There’s a reason they are some of
the best runners in the world. They start training as small children sometimes with out shoe. But really Kenyans have some of the best physics I’ve ever seen in my life. That may help too, by being beautiful engineered. Much love 🙌🏽
Finally yall got someone who is actually a inspiration on here
Facts
Straight facts!!
Facts
Check out the one with Alex Honnold, he's right up their with Eulid Kipchoge as an inspirational human being. Although both are certainly the 🐐 of their specific sport (Alex with Free Soloing and Eulid with Marathon running)
Alex Honnold isn't an inspiration? Karl-Anthony Towns? What's the cutoff for being inspirational?
I love how simple his items of choice were (diary, training log, sneakers, pen, glasses, books). It just goes to show you don't need much!
This man is so wholesome and humble.
Your mama also
@@iz2043 ayo u good Bruh ? Why u being rude for no reason?
@@Freddo0000 go to sleep son
@@iz2043 make me
@@Freddo0000 sleep son
I have never watched him run live and I'm not a fan of running but this man may be my favorite athlete. So humble and doen to earth. You can truly tell that he loves what he does and he does everything for the right reasons
Watch the INEOS 1:59 Marathon, where he challenged nature by saying a human being can run a marathon under 2h!
The Kelly Clarkson bit was so wholesome
It's my fave 😃
'Running is where the freedom is!' I think many runners will somehow understand this. When u run, it's a feeling u can't put into words & which u become addicted to. I personally have found solutions to some of my problems while doing my morning runs. U just get into this personal zone
EK 10 Essential tems
1- Phone
2- Running Plan
3- Running Shoe
4- EK Jacket for Motivation
5- Sleep Tracker Ring
6- Headphones
7- Book for reading
8- Glasses
9- Tea
10- Daily Diary
11- Pen (6:28)... 😉
Kelly Clarkson
11 - Juice
And a toilet and maybe included some bread
@darioiki kelly Clarkson brand sun glasses
Someone actually worth listening to on here🙏🏾❤. Such a gentle and humble spirit
The items he chooses are things that he creates with or helps with his life- like his pen or his glasses. Totally much more meaningful to watch than gold chainz and rolexes
Like his Nike runners, Nike training top and sleep ring…
@@danpopely4610 it’s literally his jacket, he’s sponsored by nike. what’s the issue?
Out of all the people you have showed in this series, he has got to be the most inspirational, humble and most worthy to be on here. All the others have nothing on this guy.
4:39 bro i watched this man's video year(s) ago when he did the sub 2 hr marathon for Nike, and he's so humble, the words he mentioned reminded me of Uncle Iroh and now he brings out TEA - He IS Uncle Iroh IRL!
How refreshing it is to see someone on this show, that has *ACTUAL ESSENTIALS* instead of just showing off their wealth 🤡
The fact that he has loads of money and never even mentioned anything to do with money is really awesome.
I love this guy so much. Can we all start glorifying people like this moving forward?
Such a good example
Amen
It's just crazy to see how humble a legend can be.
I could listen to Kipchoge speak for hours the guys so nice and chilled humble he’s got a good heart fantastic runner 💪🏼🔥
He is simply so humble and you can't hate him and his super human ability
"Hi Everybody,
I'm Eluid Kipchoge,
I'm an Olympic Champion,
The fastest Marathoner Ever".
What a thing to be able to say!!!🖤
🙌🏾
What an inspirational guy! Finishing a marathon is hard enough, what he’s been able to do is absolutely next level 🙏🏼
The greatest athlete the world will ever see and so modest and humble.
Not even close... it’s Novak Djokovic for me
@@pobsarducttapeproducts8763 “not even close”, yeah you just lost all credibility with that terrible opener.
M. Phelps goes 1st for me!
@@agilenjeyamraj1739 anyone can swim but not every can run for 2 hours
@@onekaapio3150 thousands participate in marathons, alot people can run for two hours, give me the name of an human being on this planet that has 20 gold medals? Or 15 gold medals? Or even just ten,Yeah that's what I thought...
The most humble athlete on the face of this earth!! 💪💪👏👏
Greatest of all time, PERIOD!
No, Bikila is the GOAT
Kipchoge goat of marathons, Bekele goat of middle distance
@@mattheweckerson6128 Kenenisa and Haile the greatest OVERALL
Bekele running for WR in a couple of days
@@tonys6237 abebe bikila was great but not on kipchoge's level. Both have the same amount of olympic golds yes but that's it. Kipchoge has all his marathon major titles, WR, first man under 2 and has had this reign of dominance like no other athlete in history in the marathon. I mean, Cierpinski has 2 olympic gold medals but no one puts him in the conversation for GOAT. Kipchoge is the GOAT all day.
Such a humble guy and so kind bless him and his family
I've been proudly smiling the whole interview - first Kenyan on GQ, the G.o.a.t on tracks himself EK!
Long live EK!
Yeah....I love Eliud. He's a really great guy and has put my country Kenya on the map. God bless you Sir.
Eliud "actually" Kipchoge.. we Kenyans are proud of you ..🇰🇪🇰🇪
Eliud is beyond running. He is the very definition of living!
One of the greatest athletes in the HISTORY of the planet earth
Kipchoge is legitimately the GOAT. I find his way of living so simple and clean. Great video
I think I'm more impressed with how he thinks up new ideas while running...the only thing going through my mind while running is "DON'T DIE!!" 😭😭🥺
Don’t die. Oh I’m dead😂🤣🤣🤣
😂😂😂😂
I'm so late to this but this has to be one of the best videos ever. This man is such an inspiration. We need more content of him
Simply The Best ‘Ten Things Can’t Live Without Video’ so far. So humble and inspiring
Absolute Legend , i dont think people give this man all the credit he deserves , he's an international tresor ! thx GQ for this interview
I do believe his does get a decent amount of credit and rightfully so lol
He so down to earth on his items while everybody else is just fashion and expensive items
Not true, your just talking
that phone, shoe ,and earphoen is too expensive for me 🤣
@@wildan2136 i doubt he paid for his shoes lol. Not that it would matter bc i feel sure he could afford them
Iphone 12 is not cheap
Couldn't stop smiling whilst watching this. Such a humble gentleman.
You know Kipchoge’s a beast when instead of saying “WHAT doesn’t kill you makes you stronger” he recalls it as “IT doesn’t kill you, it WILL make you stronger”
3:35
That’s the mindset of an elite runner right there.
he probably just understood that nothing kills you and everything makes you stronger. if there's sopmething that actually kills you, you don't have to worry about getting weaker or stronger anymore. so why bother :)
@@sebastianpeheim8851 Or he is just aware that A LOT of todays music kill your mental, your strength, your will, your confidence … Music is the easiest ways to change your mind, and especially your subconscious mind, so when you listen to bad music, with bad vibes and negatives words all days, you will become like that, you are what you listen, you see, you eat.
We are also made of 70% water, and dr masaru emoto made a water experiment, exposing water to different kind of music and words, positive or negative, and in the microscope you can see that when you say something like i love you to the water, or put classic music you can see geometric form like snowflake, but when you say bad words like i hate you or metal rock music, the water doesn’t produce anything, just a bunch of molecules here and there, same for the light (photons) an experiment wzs made by the army and it’s basically the same things, we human being affect the outside world with our toughts and emotions (vibrations), this is scientifically proven now, and you can become happy by changing your subconscious mind, in fact you can be anything you want with your subconscious mind.
that’s actually VERY strong. Gave me chills
Language barrier, nothing more to it.
@@Anthonydu01630 you’re waffling
You can tell he’s a father, loves the simple things in life.
this guy is so fast, he's recovering in racing shoes.
how? he always wears sandals whenever hes not running
Was thinking the same , I mean the Nike Next% is not a recovery shoe in my opinion
@@DonGivani They’re absolutely not recovery but he said when he ran the sub 2 hr race he did a long run the next day and with old racing flats he said you could hardly walk the day after. Crazy how far we’ve come
@@charliehelfand969 Thank you, than I missed that info in the interview
@@charliehelfand969 there's no way he did a long run the day after that Marathon
Fastest marathoner ever so he has all the right in the world to be however he wants but for one of the best of all time he is extremely humble and I respect that so much.
This video is a gold mine of simple lifestyle, humbleness and knowledge. By far the best one.
The first time I saw someone sum up real essentials. The GOAT
The most humble “GOAT” across sports . This man is truly superhuman
This video makes me smile . I don’t know why. Maybe because he is so sincere and humble but a BEAST!😀😎Love him ! One of my running heroes!
What a legend! GOAT and so humble.
The humility, contentment with life
I love this bloke
6 hours sleep. The greatest marathon runner ever has 6 hours sleep. All my life I’ve been told I need 8
I know I feel so tired after 8.5 hours
It depends on how old you are the older you are the less sleep is needed
@@tjcloar1913 Makes sense because I'm 14
He said he has at least 6 hours of sleep. Which i took to mean he tries to get more but is happy if he has 6 good hours!
I’m pretty sure he naps for up to 2 hours during the day as well. So he is still getting plenty of sleep.
Love his voice!! So warm and kind
Kipchoge, thanks for making my night. Humble, kind hearted and only care about the simple things in life.
Keep running my friend.
No human is limited.
What a special human being. He is inspiring and restores faith in our civilization.
So down to earth. Love this man
Absolute legend. Marathon GOAT. So many egotistical people out there in the world - Kipchoge is so humble. Big fan.
You gotta love this GOAT. Just enjoys the simple things in life and his family.
What a humble human being........... And a legend in his sport
4:17 the coolest guy ever 😎 he is literally my biggest inspiration to run! Ever since INEOS I have been running most of the time because of this guy. What a legacy, what a legend
Wow! I just saw a video of this legend today and I’m extremely amazed. What an inspiration! I could listen to him speak all day.
The best “Essentials” video by GQ by far!!
Kipchoge the GOAT we love you and keep soaring and making us proud🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪
Proud Kenyan here. In awe of EK's legacy,our national treasure!
🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪
6-7 hours of sleeping and still breaking records. The man is the goat.
finally kasuku made it to a gq essential ..TEAM KENYAN BRANDS
I came here looking for this, bruh I saw that notebook and I instantly remembered my schooling days 🤣🤣
U read my mind, imenikumbusha mbali
I shouted Kasuku 😂😂
😂😂
What a LEGEND! I never knew this man had such an amazing personality! 👏🏽 In Awe!
GQ I love y’all for making this, gives some more hype to the sport
This man is the absolute GOAT, a legend, an inspiration and above all, a humble man. We need to enjoy and celebrate him while he is still competing!
Kipchoge and Kante have to be related walai
The humility they possess wacha tu 💯
I agree
this makes me so happy to watch a running endorsement/sponsorship like this. get that bag Eliud, you deserve it! :)
Goat, the great athlete in any spots
I have the exact same shoes! Unfortunately that is where the similarities end
You can’t help but love this guy
Obsessed with this man.What a legend.
Best GQ Video yet!! The GOAT 🐐🏃♂️
Timestamps for people who need it
0:17 Iphone
0:41 Training Log
1:20 Shoes
2:02 Ek Jacket
2:30 Sleep Ring
2:50 Earphones
3:40 Book
4:22 Glasses
4:42 Tea
5:25 Journal
5:58 Notepad
6:30 Pen
We need more EK… Nike has so many great athletes, but we need more of him.
Such an absolute inspiration and seems so down to earth. Really wish this video had subtitles though, it was kind of hard to understand what he was saying in some parts of the video!
Atomic habits is a must read, highly recommended!
This is the most humble, entertaining 10 things I’ve ever seen!
Nike should make a shoe called the 'Kipchoges'
💯%
They have you know 😅 it's some of their current shoes with Kenyan colour scheme
His discipline,his humility...I love this man.
One of the greatest athletes of all time.
Thank you for breaking the barriers and succeeding in the way that you have.God bless you even more
Eliud "keepjogging" the 🐐
What a humble relatable person! I'm happy to see many of his essentials are the same as mine (phone, headphone, notepad, pen, book & tea)!
Amazing how Kipchoge uses such simple things to perform great accomplishments.
So proud of this man. The best episode thus far!