Eliud Kipchoge Smashes His Own Marathon World Record

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https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/25/sports/eliud-kipchoge-marathon-record.html

Eliud Kipchoge Smashes His Own Marathon World Record

Kipchoge ran the Berlin Marathon in a time of 2:01:09. Tigist Assefa shocked the women’s field by running her second marathon in 2:15:38, a course record.



Eliud Kipchoge added another win, and another world record, to his marathon résumé.Credit...Christoph Soeder/Associated Press

By Talya Minsberg
Sept. 25, 2022
Updated 8:08 a.m. ET

Two questions come to mind anytime Eliud Kipchoge toes the starting line of a marathon.

When will Kipchoge, who before Sunday morning had won 14 of the 16 official marathons he has entered, leave the rest of the field fighting for second place? And are the conditions such that he could shatter his own world record again?

On a sunny morning in Berlin, Kipchoge, a 37-year-old Kenyan, answered both questions unequivocally, winning the Berlin Marathon for a fourth time with a new world record of 2 hours 1 minute 9 seconds.

He set the previous world record — 2:01:39 — four years ago on this course.

The pace went out quickly, with Kipchoge joined by a group of five runners who hit a 10-kilometer split of 28 minutes 22 seconds, a sub-two-hour marathon pace.

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[underpants]

1. 4:35 per mile 26 times in a row

That’s what a friend sent me so I didn’t do the math on that.

[rurallib]

2. Kipchoge is only 37?

feels like he has been around for eons.

On the other hand, 37 has to be ancient in the world of competitive marathon running.
That record is incredible.