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Kipchoge: Why athletics and reading run parallel

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Olympic Marathon champion and World Record holder Eliud Kipchoge in action during the NN Mission Marathon in Enschede, the Netherlands on Sunday, April 18, 2021. [FILE]

"Success doesn't come to you, you go for it," writes Marva Collins, an American author

This simply means things don't just happen. They are made to happen. And it clearly captures Eliud Kipchoge's preparations ahead of well-heeled big city marathons across the globe.

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