Trying to adopt Kipchoge’s form won’t be sustainable for folks who haven’t trained appropriately to maintain it. “All running form is dependent upon your body and your strengths.

However, that doesn’t mean you should overhaul your form overnight, said Billington. Triathletes who want a faster run split could certainly benefit from focusing on form. He has a mid-foot strike, his feet land directly below his knees so he’s not overstriding, and he has a flawless forward lean that goes from ankles to head.” “He is everything your coach tells you to do.

“What is unique about Eliud’s run form is how fundamentally perfect it is,” Billington said. Billington, who holds a 2:15:31 marathon PR, knows how to become a faster runner, and a lot of it boils down to “run like Kipchoge.” Here’s how: The Form So how do you take the lessons from Kipchoge’s masterclass and apply it to your own training and racing? We asked Greg Billington, 2016 Olympic triathlete, 2021 Paralympic triathlon guide, 2019 San Francisco Marathon champion, and Olympic trials qualifier in the marathon to break down the lessons from Kipchoge’s victory. In comparison, Kristian Blummenfelt’s 2:30:50 marathon at the Sub7 Project, where he set a world record for the fastest-ever Iron-distance triathlon, seems sluggish. The legend also holds two of the top five fastest times ever posted in Olympic marathons. The instructor: 37 year-old Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya, who covered the 26.2 mile course in 2:01:09, breaking his own world record (previously set at the 2018 Berlin Marathon). If you watched the Berlin Marathon this weekend, you had a front-row seat to a master class in running.

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