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Why 53-year-old man has to run 400km per month - The touching story of Kiplagat Chebii

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Kiplagat Chebii poses for a picture during one of his running expeditions [COURTESY]

For Kiplagat Chebii, 2020 will be a year of breaking records.

By December 2020, he wants to have run 3,600kms and walked 800kms. With three months break every quarter, for him to achieve his target, he must cover 400kms per month. That is 20 half marathons in a month which is equivalent to covering 21kms every day for 20 days. Chebii tells Game Yetu how he plans to achieve this target.

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