Eliud Kipchoge won his first World Championships in 2003.
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Since then, he has raced around the world in track, cross country, and most recently, Eliud has moved to the roads. KIpchoge took his time building up to the marathon. He was not an overnight success at the marathon, at least, not to his standards.
Then, in October 2014, he won the Chicago Marathon with such style and flourish that the world saw his potential. In April 2015, in his epic battle with Wilson Kipsang and Dennis Kimetto, Eliud KIpchoge won London and spoke to the media on importance of taking your time moving up through the sport. Kipchoge spoke of cross country and track as building blocks for the marathoner.
And now, on September 27, 2015, Eliud Kipchoge will race at BMW Berlin for the second time. In 2013, he did not win. This year, KIpchoge has a mission: a win, and to run, very, very fast.
Watch Eliud Kipchoge’s smile near the end of the race.
That will tell you if he has accomplished his goal.
Special thanks to the Shoe Addicts on their teaser video for the race on Sunday.
Watch RunBlogRun.com/Live coverage on your mobile on Sunday and get all of the info you need as the race progresses!
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Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys. Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."
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