Eliud Kipchoge, the 37-year-old runner from Kenya, finished the Berlin Marathon in 2 hours, 1 minute and 9 seconds. He lowered his world best time of 2:01:39, set four years ago in Berlin, and led from start to finish.
Kipchoge, who led from start to finish, found the pacing far from perfect for him, allowing him to run the second half in 61:18 after a blistering 59:51 over the first 13.1 miles.on the race broadcast. “My legs were running actually very fast. I thought, let me just try to run two hours flat, but all in all, I am happy with the performance. We went too fast [in the first half]. It takes energy from the muscles.
Kipchoge holds course records in London and Tokyo, as well as Berlin, and has also won the Chicago Marathon, giving him four of the six World Marathon Majors. He hopes to win all six, leaving only New York and Boston to conquer, which he has said is on his bucket list.