Rest In Peace Kelvin Kiptum

Terrible News today from Kenya. The World Record holder tragically passed away from car crash. Both Kiptum and his coach were killed in the accident.

Full report here: https://apnews.com/article/kevin-kiptum-marathon-kenya-killed-314b41c92c9166a3a698a2860fa3fc15

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Kelvin Kum we’ve been talking about him for weeks people have been looking at him for weeks he’s got two sub 202 marathons and he looks like he might even go below 201 Ed Kelvin kiptum is into the final 400 m onto the carpet inside the city of Arts and Sciences

What a run it’s been for him he can see the Finish country in front of him what a run Richard going to be a new course record remember the course record set here two years ago by compatriot Evans Tibet okay where he tells himself come on come on he’s doing all of the

Selft talk he needs to and guess what 800 meters we just saw that he could do this Ed 800 me to go he still has to go a little bit uphill is that a factor in this case you know how that right it toward the Finish Mount Roosevelt they

Call it he’s got to go on a little bit of an incline he got he’s got the strength he can dig down it’s a little different muscle fibers but I think he can attack that he’s going to power the best way that he can and I like his arm

Carriage I like his knee lift he’s looking good the back kick is looking good he’s looking like a track runner here he’s won 58 minutes for the half marathon he can just finish things up here what a run Richard absolutely staggering I think he can hardly believe

It himself only Kip Cho’s world record in Berlin two months ago is faster and kiptum by far the biggest victory in his career will he break the world record it’s going to be close Elliot kog has been the goat for the last 10 years this

Man is he’s going to do it it’s a 2 hours 14 now he’s digging down for this he’s worked so hard Elliott kogi has been the go for the last 10 years but this is the new Young Gun Kelvin kiptum finishing we’re going to get ourselves a

New world record he recognizes it he’s waving to the crowd This is not a normal video in December of 2022 the world witnessed one of the most impossible Feats in running history a 23-year-old making his Marathon debut against many of the world’s best and somehow he came away with the Victory and he also became the third fastest athlete to ever run the marathon

Breaking 2 hours and 2 minutes for his Marathon debut seeing this upand and cominging athlete was truly extraordinary he ran with so much power he ran with so much speed it was like watching effortless poetry in motion as he glided across the streets of Valencia Spain all while drifting away from his

Competition with ease looking back at this race it was but an introduction to the Future because even though 2022 was quite the powerful first impression 2023 was truly a season to remember for this 2023 campaign Kelvin kiptum from Kenya only ran two times however he set the world on fire against the best

Marathon runners in the world in London the stage was set he was returning as the fastest in the field he was now up against an even deeper field than Valencia and Against All Odds he repeated an unmatched level of Excellence setting the course record in 2 hours 1 minute and 25 seconds and

Somehow Against All Odds Kelvin kiptum struck again in his very next race at the Chicago marathon in 2023 kiptum took down a record that many thought simply could not be broken as he broke Elliot kipo’s world record with a time of 2 hours and 35 seconds a nearly unheard of

Time that showcased just how talented this once in a generation Runner truly was there are no words that can truly Express the loss that this brings to the running community and for this video I want to stay away from any discussions about being the greatest ever in the

Marathon this loss quite frankly goes far beyond just running and performance and in a very real sense kum’s Legacy will forever be cemented in a way that will never be challenged at 24 years of age Kelvin kum’s passing is obviously a huge tragedy that has struck the hearts

Of every Athletics fan in the world but being so young so Talent ented and so promising for the future how does the sport even move on to say that kum’s future was bright would be a significant understatement more so than any other athlete that I have ever witnessed

Kiptum really was just getting started most people had him as the favorite moving into the Paris Olympics many saw him as the single athlete that could potentially break two hours under legal circumstances on a record eligible course through 2023 and the early stages of 2024 kiptum was highly regarded as

The best marathon runner in the world he really was next to Invincible possessing a running Arsenal that quite frankly could not be matched in reviewing kum’s running and his legacy there is one thing that always seems to surface that truly separates him from his peers and that is dedication to find success in

This sport you have to sacrifice a lot there’s socializing family holidays even your own mental health and while many do this to an extreme kum’s endless and quite frankly Relentless dedication to his craft takes focus and investment in yourself to a completely new level for this video I think it’s important to see

Kpum as a prime example of how training Focus motivation and sacrifice can in fact get you to the very top of your sport so let’s take a moment to review kum’s career and remember just how much this young Legend achieved now before before kiptum became a household name he spent many years

Dreaming of running greatness from very humble beginnings in Kenya kum’s very early days of running were certainly far from World Class however in the fall of 2018 an 18-year-old kiptum saw his very first success winning the Elder half marathon in 1 hour 2 minutes and 1

Second this race was a big deal in fact this is the very first race that is currently listed on his world Athletics profile so this moment is really the race that started at all and from this moment on every single year saw crazy improvements in both the half marathon

And the Marathon distance gum’s progression can only be categorized is absolutely historic in 2019 he broke 1 hour for the half marathon for the very first time and following that in 2020 he actually broke 59 minutes for the half marathon and this performance of 58 minutes and 42 seconds actually comes

From one of the greatest all around half marathons that the world has ever seen as the world record was actually set in this very Race by fellow Kenyan athlete k w candier but the young kpum wasn’t too far behind finishing sixth in this race in what many have regarded as the

Greatest half marathon of all time it’s so interesting to look back on this race because we actually covered this race in pretty great detail but we never even touched on Kelvin kiptum however in hindsight it is so crazy to see one of the greatest Marathon athletes ever running about 1 minute behind the

Finisher and given what he did here his future was obviously very bright moving into the 2020s kum’s profile only continued to Blossom with more consistency on the big stages and he ultimately attained more records coming with each performance and even though these running moments were certainly tremendous it’s what was going on behind

The scenes that really changed things for Kelvin kiptum because his training was beginning to reach historic levels more so than almost any athlete that I have ever witnessed in the running circuit after breaking the world record in 2023 kum’s training log became public for the world to see even against the

Likes of Kip chog and any other marathoner in Kenya Uganda or Ethiopia kum’s mileage and dedication to the marathon were simply off the charts here’s one prime example of what a typical training week looked like for Kelvin kiptum during the heaviest weeks building into a marathon if you haven’t

Figured it out already just by looking at the first few days this is pretty crazy training from his speed work to his long runs to his Relentless pacing kiptum really wasn’t afraid to test the absolute limits of his athletic abilities and even though his coach counseled patience and slightly lower

Mileage kiptum went for it anyways throwing caution into the wind and he ultimately reaped the benefits of such intense workouts now I’m not suggesting that you all need to go out and run 200 miles every week most of us in fact are not built like Kelvin kiptum but it

Really is a testament to this man’s strength and Ultimate Will to see how much running he could do behind the scenes in many separate interviews kiptum discussed how his training cycle consists of pretty much just three things running eating and sleeping it sounds somewhat boring to be honest but

To the best in the world this is what you have to do invest fulltime in recovery invest fulltime in running and have a proper diet to help balance everything out even with a white and two kids kiptum was gone for 6 days out of the week and even on Sundays when he did

Visit his family he only saw them for a few hours this is really what Kelvin kiptum was all about complete dedication to his craft and a nonstop belief in himself watching Kelvin kiptum continue to break records was already wild and it certainly set a standard that nobody

Else in history has ever been able to match but seeing how exactly he did this was even more of a shock in every Marathon that Kelvin kiptum ever ran he negative split every race meaning that he ran the second half of his marathons even faster than his first halves to

This day kiptum is still the only person to ever split a second half marathon in a marathon under 1 hour a pace that nobody not even Elliot Kip chog has been able to attain now the most memorable part of kum’s running is certainly his new world record because this is the only time

That someone has been able to take down the record of the Great Kip chos this has placed him in a very very rare position to be considered as the favorite against kog moving into the Olympic Games and by all accounts he certainly was set to do this Runners

That have been running over the past decade have all looked up to Elliot Kip chog he has certainly done some amazing things for the sport but Runners that will be running 5 to 10 years from now very well could have looked up to Kelvin kiptum he just was that guy setting

Impossible times in inspiring a new generation ation in a sport that demands your efforts and fulltime commitment to yourself kiptum might have been the unbeatable superstar that everyone dreams of becoming he’s already achieved three historic Feats in his first three marathons and now we very well could be

Looking at the single biggest what if in sporting history there are so many things that I could say about Kelvin kiptum and I could sit here for many many hours talking about his achievements I do mean that quite literally but for now it’s important to reflect upon the impact that he has had

On the running Community because overwhelmingly gum’s Spirit brought a positive influence to the masses he taught us that breaking two is undeniably possible he taught us that Focus can lead to greater things he taught us that running the second half faster is the right way to go in a

Marathon he taught us about breaking down possibilities and he also taught us how at any point anyone can achieve greatness thank you Kelvin kiptum for inspiring a generation rest in peace brother we will never forget you