Kenyan running great Eliud Kipchoge is a believer that the world marathon record will continue to fall, given the relentlessness of the new generation of athletes in the field.Download our Mozzart Sport app for more newsThe 41-year-old, is, however, proud, that the fast times being witnessed from the current breed of runners are as a product of the work he did in laying the foundation, and implanting a mindset that no human is limited.##NAJAVA_MECA_9981526##“The next generation will run more, because the next generation now doesn't know where the limits are, and the sport will be interesting in the future, ” Kipchoge told Olympics.com in an exclusive interview ahead of the Berlin Marathon scheduled for Sunday, 27 September.A two-time Olympic champion, Kipchoge is proud of some of the milestones he has achieved throughout his marathon career, ranging from his five Berlin marathon titles, to unofficially becoming the first man to run a marathon in under two hours at the famous INEOS 1:59 Challenge in Vienna, Austria.Why New York City Marathon course will change this year“My best memories of Berlin Marathon are 2018 and 2022, when I broke the two records,” Kipchoge, who is preparing for the Oceania leg of Eliud's Running World Tour in Melbourne on Sunday, 11 October, said.“Breaking the world record in 2018 was very special,” he added. “It really showed me that I was capable of doing more than just crossing the line first. That is when I believed. The achievement inspired me more to push my limits, and see what was possible when I put my mind into it.”John Korir's punishing training regimen in bid to make history at Valencia MarathonAnd if 2018 was about the individual, then his exploits a year later, were for the collective.Referring to the 1:59.40 time he set then, the four-time London Marathon champion said: “I removed the thinking from human minds about the limits. And for now, I think the whole population now doesn't believe in limits. And that's why I'm really grateful and proud of the 1.59 challenge.”It is arguable that the historic moment is now fully embedded in the current crop of athletes, who at this year’s London Marathon, shattered the glass ceiling by officially going under the two-hour barrier.##NAJAVA_MECA_9978907##That came a reality when Kenya’s Sabastian Sawe shattered the world record in an astonishing time of 1:59.30, leading Ethiopia’s Yomif Kejelcha to another sub-2 showing, clocking 1:59.40 in second place.“Seven years down the line, we've got two people actually running under two hours,” Kipchoge said. “I think it can still go lower. If you say something through your heart and through your mind, then you can do it. I've always been an example to them.”
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