![]() In doing so, he improved his career marathon record to 14 wins in 16 races. He ended up winning handily, in a time of two hours, two minutes, and 40 seconds. Somehow, not having my support didn’t seem to affect him in any noticeable way. Which is why I’m all the more annoyed that, due to poor planning and technical difficulties, I failed to watch the livestream of Kipchoge in last Sunday’s Tokyo Marathon. Running fans would be wise to savor each and every one of his semiannual displays of athletic mastery. Like a champion prizefighter at the height of his fame, he has the luxury of being able to pick his bouts. He only competes twice a year-if you count his sub-two exhibitions, which weren’t “races,” strictly speaking, but something more along the lines of corporate-sponsored performance art. Since winning the 2016 Delhi Half, he has focused exclusively on the full marathon. Eliud Kipchoge, the greatest marathoner in history, does not race very often.
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