He hit the 21K mark in 59:35, giving him some breathing room for reaching the two-hour goal. He hit his 10K split comfortably in 28:20-slightly ahead of two-hour pace-with the calm stride and bounce fans are used to seeing from the legendary runner. The pace groups did their job, flowing in and out in front and behind of Kipchoge with no trouble. It included a 1.2K run from the city’s Reichsbrücke Bridge to the Praterstern roundabout, after which Kipchoge completed four flat, 9.6K laps in the tree-shaded park and a final stretch to hit the marathon distance.
The course chosen for the event was the Prater park in Vienna, which was selected after a worldwide search that used software to take into account factors like temperature, humidity, wind speed, and elevation to find locations with ideal racing parameters. There was a 10 percent chance of rain going into the day, and the light rain started around 58 minutes in. The race started with fog and mist in Vienna, with temperatures in the high 40s and humidity at 90 percent-a bit above the “ideal” of 80 percent heading into it. “I want to make the sport an interesting sport whereby all the human beings can run and together we can make this world a beautiful world.” It shows the positivity of sport,” Kipchoge said. “I wanted to run under two hours and show human beings can do a good job and lead a good life. He held a sub-4:34 pace for the distance. The 34-year-old from Kenya, who is unparalleled in the marathon, further cemented his legacy by running 26.2 miles faster than anybody in history, finishing the time trial event in 1:59:40.
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