Otherwise, though the elite men’s race doesn’t feature Eliud Kipchoge, who’ll be starting us off, it will include Kenenisa Bekele, the second-fastest man in history, and given he’s 40, we’re mandated to enjoy him while we still can Kelvin Kiptum, who ran the fastest marathon debut ever in Valencia last year Sir Mo Farah, competing for the final time Tamirat Tola, the world champion and Gabriel Geay, who came second in last week’s Boston event.Īs for the women, we’ve got Brigid Kosgei, the world record holder Yalemzerf Yehualaw, the 10km world record holder Peres Jepchirchir, the Olympic champion Genzebe Dibaba, the world 1500m record holder and Tigist Assefa, the 2022 Berlin champion.
If you’re there or know people who are, feel free to send in your photos, anecdotes and charity links. Doing last year’s race, I seemed to spend half the time tending to my uncommonly sweaty eyeballs as ordinary people related their extraordinary tales, and I’m certain today will be the same, an inspiring triumph of the human spirit. However, luckily for us, 45,000 or so heroes feel differently. Just focus on the next step? Not for me, Kenenisa. But otherwise, the notion of putting my body and brain through the slog of a run like this could not be less appealing. I can’t lie, I do have an I ran the London Marathon 2006 running top, which I borrowed from a friend to do three peaks – thanks Chris – and failed to return – also thanks Chris. Morning all! Anyone fancy a quick 26.2 miles? No? How about a swift 42.1 km? Also no? Snap.
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