{"id":68613,"date":"2022-09-18T15:17:22","date_gmt":"2022-09-18T15:17:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kipchoge-targets-new-course-record-at-berlin-marathon"},"modified":"2022-09-18T15:31:38","modified_gmt":"2022-09-18T15:31:38","slug":"kipchoge-targets-new-course-record-at-berlin-marathon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kipchoge-targets-new-course-record-at-berlin-marathon","title":{"rendered":"Kipchoge targets new course record at Berlin marathon"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Kenya. <\/strong><\/span>Double Olympic marathon champion Eliud Kipchoge will be targeting a new course record at the Berlin marathon set for September 25.<\/p>\n

Kipchoge said if he won\u2019t run a world record, then it will definitely be a course record.<\/p>\n

\u201cI still believe I can run a course record in Berlin, if not a world record. I don\u2019t know which one will come but I will stick to a course record for now,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Kipchoge spoke highly of the Berlin course saying he has great memories there. He finished four races at the course and he expressed excitement about running there again. He won in 2015, 2017 and 2018 editions of the Berlin marathon and placed second in the 2013 edition.<\/p>\n

He added that in 2013, breaking the world record seemed impossible but when he missed the record in eight seconds, he believed he could do it. And in the 2018 edition, he set a new world record of 2:01:39.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat course is really smooth\u2026with good training, I can run faster and longer. In 2013, I was still learning how to handle the ropes in the marathon, I was also nervous. At the time, breaking the world record seemed impossible but when I missed the record by eight seconds, I knew I could do it,\u201d Kipchoge said.<\/p>\n

\u201c2018 was a crucial year for me and I can\u2019t even explain the feeling\u2026it feels different. I can say it was double happiness to cross the finish line with a new world record. I worked with my team for five months to make that dream come true. If you train well, then nothing can interfere with your fitness.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added that the cheering of the crowd is what inspires him to keep going.<\/p>\n

\u201cI really listen to the crowd because without the people it\u2019s just hard. The chanting just ignites the fuel in me to keep running in a good way,\u201d said Kipchoge.<\/p>\n

The men\u2019s field this year has attracted some of the elite athletes including but not limited to defending champion Guye Adola, 2015 world marathon champion Ghirmay Ghebreslassie, Mark Korir and Dejene Debela.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Kenya<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Kenya. Double Olympic marathon champion Eliud Kipchoge will be targeting a new course record at the Berlin marathon set for September 25. Kipchoge said if he won\u2019t run a world record, then it will definitely be a course record. \u201cI still believe I can run a course record in Berlin, if not a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":68612,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8,17,16],"tags":[6857,7003,544],"class_list":["post-68613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-sport","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-kenya","tag-kenya"],"yoast_head":"\nKipchoge targets new course record at Berlin marathon - kenya<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Double Olympic marathon champion Eliud Kipchoge will be targeting a new course record at the Berlin marathon set for Sep ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kipchoge-targets-new-course-record-at-berlin-marathon\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kipchoge targets new course record at Berlin marathon\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Double Olympic marathon champion Eliud Kipchoge will be targeting a new course record at the Berlin marathon set for Sep ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kipchoge-targets-new-course-record-at-berlin-marathon\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"kenya\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-09-18T15:17:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-09-18T15:31:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2022\/09\/postQueueImg_3-632739b727f69.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"562\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kipchoge-targets-new-course-record-at-berlin-marathon#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kipchoge-targets-new-course-record-at-berlin-marathon\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Kipchoge targets new course record at Berlin marathon\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-09-18T15:17:22+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-09-18T15:31:38+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kipchoge-targets-new-course-record-at-berlin-marathon\"},\"wordCount\":367,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kipchoge-targets-new-course-record-at-berlin-marathon#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2022\/09\/postQueueImg_3-632739b727f69.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Kenya\",\"Kenya\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"sport\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kipchoge-targets-new-course-record-at-berlin-marathon#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kipchoge-targets-new-course-record-at-berlin-marathon\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kipchoge-targets-new-course-record-at-berlin-marathon\",\"name\":\"Kipchoge targets new course record at Berlin marathon - kenya\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kipchoge-targets-new-course-record-at-berlin-marathon#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kipchoge-targets-new-course-record-at-berlin-marathon#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2022\/09\/postQueueImg_3-632739b727f69.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-09-18T15:17:22+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-09-18T15:31:38+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"Double Olympic marathon champion Eliud Kipchoge will be targeting a new course record at the Berlin marathon set for Sep ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kipchoge-targets-new-course-record-at-berlin-marathon#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kipchoge-targets-new-course-record-at-berlin-marathon\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kipchoge-targets-new-course-record-at-berlin-marathon#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2022\/09\/postQueueImg_3-632739b727f69.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2022\/09\/postQueueImg_3-632739b727f69.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":562,\"caption\":\"Kipchoge targets new course record at Berlin marathon\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kipchoge-targets-new-course-record-at-berlin-marathon#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Kipchoge targets new course record at Berlin marathon\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/\",\"name\":\"kenya\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Kipchoge targets new course record at Berlin marathon - kenya","description":"Double Olympic marathon champion Eliud Kipchoge will be targeting a new course record at the Berlin marathon set for Sep ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kipchoge-targets-new-course-record-at-berlin-marathon","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Kipchoge targets new course record at Berlin marathon","og_description":"Double Olympic marathon champion Eliud Kipchoge will be targeting a new course record at the Berlin marathon set for Sep ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kipchoge-targets-new-course-record-at-berlin-marathon","og_site_name":"kenya","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2022-09-18T15:17:22+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-09-18T15:31:38+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1000,"height":562,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2022\/09\/postQueueImg_3-632739b727f69.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kipchoge-targets-new-course-record-at-berlin-marathon#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kipchoge-targets-new-course-record-at-berlin-marathon"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Kipchoge targets new course record at Berlin marathon","datePublished":"2022-09-18T15:17:22+00:00","dateModified":"2022-09-18T15:31:38+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kipchoge-targets-new-course-record-at-berlin-marathon"},"wordCount":367,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kipchoge-targets-new-course-record-at-berlin-marathon#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2022\/09\/postQueueImg_3-632739b727f69.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Kenya","Kenya"],"articleSection":["all news","homepage-english","sport","twitter"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kipchoge-targets-new-course-record-at-berlin-marathon#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kipchoge-targets-new-course-record-at-berlin-marathon","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kipchoge-targets-new-course-record-at-berlin-marathon","name":"Kipchoge targets new course record at Berlin marathon - kenya","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kipchoge-targets-new-course-record-at-berlin-marathon#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kipchoge-targets-new-course-record-at-berlin-marathon#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2022\/09\/postQueueImg_3-632739b727f69.jpg","datePublished":"2022-09-18T15:17:22+00:00","dateModified":"2022-09-18T15:31:38+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"Double Olympic marathon champion Eliud Kipchoge will be targeting a new course record at the Berlin marathon set for Sep ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kipchoge-targets-new-course-record-at-berlin-marathon#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kipchoge-targets-new-course-record-at-berlin-marathon"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kipchoge-targets-new-course-record-at-berlin-marathon#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2022\/09\/postQueueImg_3-632739b727f69.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2022\/09\/postQueueImg_3-632739b727f69.jpg","width":1000,"height":562,"caption":"Kipchoge targets new course record at Berlin marathon"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kipchoge-targets-new-course-record-at-berlin-marathon#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Kipchoge targets new course record at Berlin marathon"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/","name":"kenya","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68613"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68613\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}