The marathon world file holder and the one man to run beneath 2:01, Kenya’s Kelvin Kiptum, has unveiled his coaching targets for the upcoming NN Rotterdam Marathon on April 14.
In an interview with the Italian newspaper La Gazzetta Dello Sport, Kiptum mentioned his objectives and coaching routine for Rotterdam. “I wish to proceed to develop and break the (two-hour) barrier,” stated Kiptum on the elusive time. “I wish to be part of the wealthy historical past of the marathon and if the preparation goes in the suitable course and the climate circumstances permit it, I’ll go for it.”
Kiptum additionally shared his aspirations to compete for Kenya on the Paris 2024 Olympics, the place, being the world file holder, he’ll undoubtedly enter as one of many favourites. The 24-year-old additionally talked about the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo as one other noteworthy occasion on his calendar. The Paris Olympic marathon course presents a novel problem with over 400 metres of elevation acquire, making it a lot hillier than Rotterdam, London, Chicago, or Valencia.
Eliud Kipchoge lastly feedback on Kelvin Kiptum’s world file
Rotterdam will mark the fourth marathon of Kiptum’s profession. He burst onto the scene with the quickest marathon debut in historical past on the 2022 Valencia Marathon, clocking the third-fastest time in historical past (on the time) of two:01:53. Inside a 12 months, he lowered his time by virtually a minute and a half and claimed victory in two Abbott World Marathon Majors: London and Chicago—the place he lowered the world file to 2:00:35.
In the identical interview, Kiptum revealed that he should push himself additional in coaching to realize his purpose of a sub-two marathon. At the moment coaching at a high-altitude camp in Chepkorio, Kenya, he reportedly covers a distance of 270 kilometres every week. The world file holder talked about that he sees his wife and children sporadically however carefully determined to place one hundred pc focus into his coaching.
For Kiptum to interrupt the two-hour barrier, he would wish to run a full second quicker per kilometre than he did when he gained in Chicago. Averaging two minutes and 52 seconds per kilometre over 42.2K to set the world file, he would wish to common two minutes and 51 seconds to interrupt the barrier.