Eliud Kipchoge announces return to Berlin Marathon

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Eliud Kipchoge announced his official return to the Berlin Marathon Monday morning. 

The Olympic champion will line up with 42,000 other runners with hopes of setting a new personal best in Berlin. His current fastest time of 2:03.05 from the 2016 Virgin Money London Marathon where he was the winner. 

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Kipchoge has reportedly said that his preparation is entirely focused on the September race. He has already run close to the 2:00 minute barrier during the Nike Breaking 2 project of 2017, where he ran 2:00.25. That time doesn’t count as his official personal best, as it was not an eligible course. 

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Berlin is touted as one of the fastest marathon courses in the world, and it is where Dennis Kipruto Kimetto of Kenya set the current world record of 2:02.57 in 2014. 

Other notable entries for the race are former marathon world record holder Wilson Kipsang and current half-marathon world record holder Zersenay Tadese. 

I am excited to announce my return to the @berlinmarathon this September!#bmwberlinmarathon#nnrunningteam #nike pic.twitter.com/iQ8Z807KgP

— Eliud Kipchoge – EGH?? (@EliudKipchoge) June 11, 2018

Kipchoge posted on Twitter, saying, “Berlin is a special race for me and a marathon that I love. Every edition I have run faster than the edition before. What will I do this year? We will see you in September.”