Eliud Kipchoge: The world-record holder, who cleans toilets

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Olympic champion, a Superstar in his home country, and now world record holder in the Marathon: The Kenyans Eliud Kipchoge is an exceptional athlete – and will do anything to stay normal.

Also behind the goal line, the forces did not leave him: Eliud Kipchoge stormed cheering, applauding the audience and then runs away with arms outstretched to one of his managers, just to go out more in the finish area cheering her on his rounds. Easy, effortless, and somehow not exhausted. A Phenomenon.

The Kenyans Eliud Kipchoge writes at the Berlin Marathon with his time of 2:01:39 hours for the 42.195 kilometers of the history of sport. With his new world record he moves up in the ranks of the greats of his sport. The day after his fabulous run Eliud Kipchoge is still touched by the Events in the German capital. “Not much,” he slept, he reveals in an Interview with regional broadcaster RBB, “I went very much by the head. But I enjoyed the night. Yesterday was a perfect day.”

The thought of home to push him

One among many: the trained Superstar Eliud Kipchoge and lives with many of the runners together

You can say so. Because the Kenyan people’s hero ran probably the best race of his so far very successful career that had started in 2003 with a completely surprising title of world champion over 5000 for the then-Junior runner Kipchoge. First of all, well shielded by his “bunnies”, the pacemakers, left the soon the forces – because of the infernal pace of Kipchoge. From km 26 of the Olympic champion of Rio de Janeiro was completely on his last assistant had to tear down. Kipchoge ran undeterred to his rhythm. The only scary moment occurred two kilometers from the finish as Kipchoge in the case of a beverage acceptance, in addition to the bottle handle. Given The target, he achieved nonetheless in record time.

Possible the only one, says Kipchoge: Training. “It was incredibly hard,” said Kipchoge after the race, the ARD and there is an almost childlike joy in his voice when he speaks about his race. “But I was really well prepared for Berlin. I trust in my Training and on the programme prepared by my coach. And I think in the race, as I’ve been preparing in Kenya for the race, which pushes me on the last kilometers.” Homeland is not said for Kipchoge quickly. Despite the million-revenue runs, and he does not live in the richer Europe, but in his home country. His whole life is focused on the Run. Every day except Sunday, he trained. He will lead a Spartan life, is it about Kipchoge, who stands up to his own statement, at five in the morning.

A modest way of life, no parties

And, he stresses, to be just one of many. Kipchoge is equally divided for the cleaning of rooms such as toilets as other, less well-known runner. And, of course, he gets together with his colleagues, running water from the fountain. Although the 33-Year-old Star for his country deserves to be for years enough to have a better – or let’s say rather: to be able to more comfortable life make, but then the meaning is not him, apparently. Kipchoge lives modestly, avoiding parties, is an exercise in humility and to do what is necessary for success.

“The Camp is very simple and was actually built for young athletes and athletes without means,” says Valentijn Trouw, the Manager of Kipchoge. His protege had also decided after the first big prize money cheque to stay. “Eliud has become clear that he needs a Team to be in the Marathon successfully.” And so Kipchoge lives still as an Amateur athlete and inspired so younger, to emulate him.

The battle for the record

“Eliud is really like a brother to me,” says, for example, Geoffrey Kamworor, 25, be model. “I always want to be near him, to be like him. He is a real Idol for me.” And Kamworor is by no means a blank slate more: in 2017, he won the New York Marathon in 2018, he was for the third Time half marathon world champion. He and many other runners want to following in the footsteps of Kipchoges, want to go his way.

Grateful for the support of his coaching staff: Eliud Kipchoge celebrates with his Coach

Has begun the as is often the case in Kenyan runners biographies with hurdles and a lot of work. Actually, Kipchoge personnel management I wanted to study, but his family lacked the money for University. So he began as a Teenager on the Run in Kenya for a few athletes the way – according to local standards – untold wealth. So matured in the highlands of the Rift Valley a century talent that has already won a Junior world champion title. Kipchoge won on the track, in cross country running and on the road and not stopped.

The world record in the Marathon, but even for him, much of which seemed to come so easily, no self-runner. Two times he attacked the record in vain. “They told me: You can miss the record two Times, but not a third Time. I would like to thank all that I have done it,” said a beaming Eliud Kipchoge in Berlin, the day after his Triumph, is already the next target in its sights: “I believe that I can defend at the Olympic Games in Tokyo 2020 my title.”