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.