However, the conditions under which that race was run - with laser pace guides and 41 rotating human pacemakers - mean the 2019 attempt was never ratified as an official world record. Kipchoge has of course run faster, dipping under the legendary two-hour mark during the 2019 Ineos 1:59 Challenge, where he set the quickest time in history when he ended the race in 1:59:40. His average pace per 5km was clocked at a jaw-dropping 14:21.4. Running at an average speed of 21.02 km/h or 2 minutes 52 seconds per km, Kipchoge finished the race in 2:01:09, shaving a full 30 seconds off of his previous world record. However, even for an athlete of his calibre, his performance at the 2022 Berlin Marathon on Sunday 25 September was nothing short of remarkable. Albertson, who was one of the top Americans in each of the last two years, said it’s just like other sports where the best team gets everyone else’s best effort.With 15 wins from 17 marathon attempts and two Olympic gold medals, the world has become used to witnessing Kenyan marathon king Eliud Kipchoge embody his catchphrase "Impossible is Nothing" over the 42.195 km marathon distance. “Eliud’s arrival in Boston is beyond much-anticipated,” said Jack Fleming, the president of the Boston Athletic Association, which pursued Kipchoge for years before he committed last year with a handshake and the word: “Finally.”Įven the other competitors are looking forward to lining up against him, knowing that a win with Kipchoge in the field would be especially meaningful. Kipchoge also had his own news conference on Friday after the traditional pre-race scrum where the other elite athletes were distributed around tables in a hotel ballroom.
“I don’t mind about time,” he said, “but I will try to win.”ĭuring a training run along the Charles River this week, gawkers were shocked to see a world-class athlete in their midst. He said he knows it is not a course that lends itself to fast times, and he would be quite satisfied to win a slower and more tactical race.
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