
For example, if he can run 6:00 pace for 5K, he can also run 6:15s for 10K, 6:30s for 20K.
My mind is still moving, the body still absorbing the training. He swears by a rule that says your pace slows by 15 seconds/mile every time you double the distance. In recognition of each runners participation on race day, the event will make a two-dollar donation to the American Diabetes Association for every participant. I need to celebrate this record and have to realise what happens. Kipchoge is the only man to run a sub-two hour marathon when he clocked 1:59.40 on a specially designed track in Vienna in 2019 but the time is not officially recognised as it was not set in competition.Īsked whether he would attempt a sub-two hour run in Berlin next year, Kipchoge said: "Let us plan for another day. Two Oceans Ultra Marathon in 2023, or have several Bronze medals under your. With a final 500-metre sprint passing through the city's iconic Brandenburg Gate just as the sun started to emerge, a beaming Kipchoge crossed the finish line to cement his status as one of the greatest runners of all time.įellow Kenyan Mark Korir completed a one-two finish for the African nation, four minutes and 49 seconds behind, with Ethiopian Tadu Abate third. Download the Official SSISA Training Guides for the Totalsports Two Oceans.

The Kenyan, who retained his Olympic at the Tokyo Games last year, had fallen short of his world mark by just over a minute at the Tokyo Marathon in March, but he was not to be denied in Berlin. Belihu finally dropped back around the 27 kilometre-mark as Kipchoge pushed on for the record.
