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HOW

ELIUD

KIPCHOGE

BROKE

RUNNING’S

MYTHIC

BARRIER

IT WAS ONE OF

SPORT’S GREAT

QUESTION MARKS:

IS IT HUMANLY

POSSIBLE TO

RUN 26.2 MILES

IN UNDER

TWO HOURS?

SO WE

FLEW TO

KIPCHOGE’S

ULTRA-

RAREFIED

KENYAN

TRAINING

GROUND TO

MEET THE MAN

WHO PULLED

OFF THE

IMPOSSIBLE.

THEN

ELIUD

KIPCHOGE

DID IT.

WHAT

FOLLOWED WAS

INTERNATIONAL

FAME—AND

PLENTY OF

CONTROVERSY.

BY

KNOX

ROBINSON

PHOTOGRAPHS

BY

FANNY

LATOUR-

LAMBERT

STYLED

BY

MOBOLAJI

DAWODU