I don’t know when I’ll reach the treetop, Eliud Kipchoge

Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge (middle) in action during the 2019 London Marathon on Sunday, April 28. [Reuters]

Superlatives have run out. There are no words left fit enough to describe the greatness of Eliud Kipchoge who on Sunday, gave his nation another big present gift wrapped as his record fourth London Marathon crown.

At the end of a rip-roaring 2018 where he was crowned the IAAF World Male Athlete, AIMS Male Athlete and UN Person of the year after winning London and Berlin marathons in astonishing times, the question was, how would Kipchoge motivate himself for another big race?