Plus, he had a rotating cast of pacers not permitted in record-eligible runs, was also handed from a bike, and benefited from a pancake flat runway lined with cheering fans.
While preparing for the 2021 Olympics on 18 April, Kipchoge won the Enschede Marathon in an airfield in the Netherlands.
But when you realise those are the challenges you go back, train more, have a comeback in full swing.