He records all of his workouts to track his progress. It’s important for him in order to practice “having a relaxed mind” for race day. A comfortable pace is essential to his training and success as he is careful about not overexerting himself. They usually run between 10-13 miles at a pace that is comfortable for the group to run together. Every day at 6:10 AM, they begin their morning run. That’s what I value.”īoth he and his team are on a strict training schedule. There is a formula: 100% of me is nothing compared to 1% of the whole team. He believes that motivation comes from those that he surrounds himself with as he says: “You cannot train alone and expect to run a fast time. Eliud lives away from his wife and three children part-time to be fully immersed in his training. He rolls over in bed to wake up in a room that he shares with his teammate.

“I want to inspire many people, that no human is limited.A post shared by Eliud Kipchoge – EGH? and ‘Catch him if you can’Īs the sun gets ready to rise over Kaptagat, a village in western Kenya, Eliud begins his day at 5 AM. “After Roger Bannister in 1954, it took another 63 years, I tried and I did not get it,” he said about the breakthrough. Kipchoge realised the significance immediately afterwards.

He was paced by a car and carefully co-ordinated team of elite runners throughout.īut the moment still transcended the rules: the sense of occasion and Kipchoge’s emotions afterwards ensured that the completion of the 1:59 challenge, which he had already attempted and failed once, will be seen as his crowning achievement for years to come. It did not count as an official marathon world record, because standard competition rules for pacing and fluids were not followed, and it wasn’t an ‘open’ race. Kipchoge ran 26.2 miles in the time of 1:59:40, on a special course in Vienna, Austria. Some will argue about the details, but the facts remain remarkable. Like Roger Bannister breaking the four minute mile in 1954, the Kenyan achieved something that many people believed physically couldn’t be done. It’s hard to put Eliud Kipchoge’s astonishing sub two-hour marathon from October 2019 into context.

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