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Is Kipchoge well on the way to breaking the elusive sub-2 hour marathon barrier?īack in October, 2019, Kipchoge took part in a commercial enterprise set up entirely to see him make history. It was 30s faster than his previous record (also set in Berlin, in 2018) and the second-largest lowering of the world record since 2003 (Kipchoge himself has the largest margin). Kipchoge’s new world record of 2h, 1m and 9s was an astonishing achievement, even by his own lofty standards. But for Eliud Kipchoge, the greatest men’s marathoner of all time, his life’s work has come down to a cruel clutch of seconds.Īfter surpassing his own world record in Berlin on Sunday, 69 seconds is all that separates him from breaking the historic “sub-2” barrier – that is, completing a full marathon (42.195 kilometres) in under two hours. The ­Kenyan is unique.In that time, you could reheat a cuppa in the microwave or get halfway through brushing your teeth. But over the past few years, Kipchoge has made it abundantly clear he is not restricted by the body’s limitations imposed on the rest of the world. Humans are not supposed to do this type of thing. His incredible winning time of 2hr 1min 39sec was a full 78 ­seconds better than the previous mark – the first time the world record had been lowered by more than a minute in a race for 39 years and the single greatest improvement for 51 years. Put it so far out of reach it is difficult to envisage anyone surpassing it for years to come. Kipchoge, 33, did not just beat it, he destroyed it.

On a glorious Sunday morning in Berlin, the greatest marathon runner of all time became that bit greater.Īlready the winner of his past eight marathons – including ­Olympic gold and three victories in London – the only thing to have eluded Kipchoge was Dennis Kimetto’s world record of two hours, two minutes and 57 seconds set in the German capital in 2014. To the likes of Bob Beamon and Usain Bolt, we can now add Eliud Kipchoge – athletes whose feats are so unthinkable, so incomprehensible, that they are hard to fathom.