E36: Celebrating Kelvin Kiptum’s Remarkable Legacy

Marathon Talk

World Marathon Majors

Fitness, Health & Fitness, Sports, Running

4.7 • 994 Ratings

🗓️ 23 February 2024

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

In 2013, Kelvin Kiptum participated in his first half marathon. 10 years and three game-changing marathons later, his was a World Record to be reckoned with.

A light that shone so incredibly brightly and all too briefly, Kiptum and his coach, Gervais Hakizimana, sadly died on Sunday 11th of February in Kenya.

We’re taking this episode of Marathon Talk to explore the stellar highlights of his career, and share in his irreplaceable impact on the marathon community with Chicago’s Executive Race Director Carey Pinkowski, and Author of Running With The Kenyans, Adharanand Finn.

In this episode of Marathon Talk:

0:00 - We take a moment of silence to remember Kelvin & Gervais, relive the moment that he stormed to the finish line at the London Marathon, and follow the journey he took to marathon glory
20:00 - Chicago’s Executive Race Director, Carey Pinkowski, joins us to relive the moment that he shattered the fastest time in human history, and discusses the impact that he made on Chicago and the marathon community as a whole
36:20 - Kelvin’s performances earned him praise from the community’s greatest, and we parse through some of the most glowing quotes shared in his wake
41:00 - Adharanand Finn, Author of Running With The Kenyans, shares his experiences of Gervais & Kelvin’s impact on the community in Kenya, diving into just how family-focused he and his community are

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 36 of marathon talk powered by Abbot World Marathon Majors.
0:06.0	This week things are going to be a little bit different.
0:09.0	We're dedicating the show to paying tribute to the achievements of Kenyan marathon world record holder the This man in the history of the marathon was tragically killed in a road accident in his native Kenya on Sunday, February 11th alongside his coach, Jervais has a commander.
0:30.0	And this episode is dedicated to Kelvin's memory and his record-breaking performances.
0:40.4	So Calvin Kipton, a year ago you wouldn't have known much about him, really hadn't made
0:46.1	his mark yet in World Distance Running, but he went to Valencia, ran under two hours
0:52.0	two, the fastest ever debut
0:54.3	on the fastest ever second half of a race
0:56.9	well he's done that and born here in London he's gonna win the London
1:01.0	marathon it's a new course record for Kiptum,
1:04.9	a new personal best and the second fastest time ever
1:09.4	in the history of World Marathon running.
1:11.8	Only Elliot Kibjogi has run quicker than this man. What a performance from him.
1:18.4	We've never seen anything like this on the streets of London.
1:28.1	Kelvin Kipton took the marathon world by storm in what was possibly the greatest 12 months of marathon racing ever. As we said in the intro, the global marathon world was
1:38.8	rocked recently. At 11 PM, local time on the 11th of February this year, Calvin Kiptum died in a road traffic
1:47.0	accident near Kaptagat in Kenya, also his Rwandan coach Jervaiservais has a commander also died.
1:55.0	Now Dina you and I were flawed a little bit actually by this news because we were so excited
2:01.8	about Kipton's future racing, not only his past racing, we'll come on to talk a little bit about that,
2:07.6	but you know, such an exciting future that lay ahead.
2:11.4	And I remember speaking to you when you were on the finish line of the
2:15.7	Chicago marathon of course where Kiptum set his phenomenal world record in
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