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The humble home life behind Eliud Kipchoge’s remarkable success

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London Marathon winner Eliud Kipchoge is hugged by his wife Grace Sugut. Looking on is Lynne Chebet, their daughter. [Photo: Peter Ochieng]

In the lush green gardens of Eliud Kipchoge’s training retreat in the Kenyan highlands, the greatest distance runner of all time is describing the dusty beginnings to his sparkling career.

Growing up, running for Kipchoge was functional. Schoolchildren in Kenya often run long distances without thinking anything about it, and he would run to school and back every day, also repeating the journey at lunch.

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