![]() ![]() “This is another challenge, it’s like a championship where one needs to win and get the gold medal,” the double Olympic marathon gold medallist told the Daily Nation of his intended plan to lower compatriot’s Geoffrey Mutai’s Boston record of 2:03:02 from 2011.Ī welcome test after nearly 20 years of training on a similarly tough and tricky course at his renowned base located in Kaptagat. The one remaining challenge, Chicago, is a race Kipchoge has won but without setting a course record. Next up, it's Boston on Monday, April 17 before winding up his 2023 season in New York on November 5. He's achieved four wins and three course records already. He’s on a mission to win and set course record times in all the six World Marathon Majors Series races. Running the first half of the marathon in 59 minutes and 51 seconds, and the second half in 61 minutes and 18 seconds, Kipchoge was almost five minutes ahead of fellow countryman Mark Korir, who finished second with a time of two hours, five minutes, and 58 seconds.Ĭelebrating his 15th marathon win in 17 attempts, Kipchoge gave further credence to claims he is the greatest long-distance runner of all time, with two Olympic gold medals and 10 major titles to his name.And when the king of the marathon lines-up for the first time in Boston after winning 15 of his 17 starts at the 42.2km (26.2 mile) distance, there is a feeling that Eliud Kipchoge might again push the limits of what humanity can achieve. Kipchoge’s pace was too much for defending champion Guye Adola and Ethiopian Andamlak Belihu, who fell away in the second half of the race. The 37-year-old set his previous best time in the German capital four years ago, and looked destined to achieve greatness once more after covering the race’s first 10 kilometers in a mere 28 minutes and 23 seconds.Ĭompleting 15 kilometers in 42 minutes, 32 seconds suggested he could finish the race in under two hours, but Kipchoge started to drop off at around 25 kilometers and slowed down at the 30-kilometer mark, which he passed in one hour, 25 minutes, and 40 seconds. Kenyan running icon Eliud Kipchoge won the Berlin Marathon on Sunday and smashed his own world record by 30 seconds, clinching the event with an impressive time of two hours, one minute, and nine seconds. ![]()
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