ELIUD KIPCHOGE?
ELIUD KIPCHOGE?
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Nike | Ready to Run NYC: Eliud Kipchoge
New York City moves at a runner’s pace: really, really fast. If you’re here, you’re probably a runner, even if you don’t call yourself one. Take it from the fastest marathoner in the world, @kipchogeeliud. #ReadytoRunNYC
Eliud Kipchoge is the Essence of Progress
On May 6, 2017 in Monza, Italy, Eliud Kipchoge took part in Breaking2, Nike's quest to break the two-hour marathon barrier. His final time, 2:00:25, is the fastest 26.2 miles that a human being is known to have covered. It signaled to the world — and to the runner too — the value of chasing audacious goals, not only for personal reasons, but in the spirit of advancing the sport as a whole. While Breaking2 introduced Kipchoge to a wider audience than his prior exploits may have, the Kenyan distance champion and marathon world record holder has been with Nike since the early 2000s. At that time, he was a junior cross-country runner on the precipice of claiming his first world title (the 5000m in Lausanne in 2003) and en route to a career that would earn him an undisputed title: the greatest marathoner ever. Kipchoge won his first 26.2 in 2013. He went on to win 10 of his next 11 competitive races, creating the distance's most formidable record in the process. Kipchoge's...