At this time is marathon world document holder Eliud Kipchoge’s birthday, and he’s in New York Metropolis for marathon weekend (although not racing). In keeping with his Instagram, the GOAT has been taking part in varied celebrations round marathon weekend, together with hanging out with World Athletics Championships medallists Rai Benjamin and Dalilah Muhammad, in addition to NBA celebrity Carmelo Anthony.
Kipchoge was born in 1984, so he’s turning 38. Just some weeks in the past, on the Berlin Marathon, he lowered his personal world document within the marathon to 2:01:09. This was his fourth Berlin Marathon title; the Ethiopian runner Haile Gebrselassie is the one different runner with 4 victories at Berlin. Kipchoge has gained 15 of his 17 official marathons, together with the 2016 and 2020 Olympic marathons; he misplaced to Wilson Kipsang at Berlin in 2013 and completed eighth on the 2020 London Marathon. He additionally set unofficial world information at 2017’s Nike Breaking2 occasion and INEOS 1:59 in 2019.
Kipgchoge has expressed a need to win all six Abbott World Marathon Majors. New York and Boston stay on his bucket record for now.
Kipchoge lives and trains with the NN Operating Crew’s camp in Kaptagat, Kenya, for a lot of the 12 months, the place different notable athletes such because the world’s second-fastest marathoner, Kenenisa Bekele and two-time New York Metropolis Marathon champion Geoffrey Kamworor additionally practice. He returns house to his farm in Eldoret and spends time together with his spouse, Grace, and their three youngsters on weekends. He’s coached by Patrick Sang.
