Kipchoge, who had never seen the course before this week, won his majors in Berlin, London, Chicago and Tokyo - all flatter and faster. The hilly Boston course, which begins with a descent, hits Heartbreak Hill around 20 miles in and then drops down to sea level again on the way to the finish, has always rewarded smart tactics more than pure speed. “I trust the most prepared and planned person will take the day on Monday.” Eliud Kipchoge “I trust it will be a fruitful race, a very fruitful race. “I don’t mind about time,” said Kipchoge, who set the world record of 2 hours, 1 minute, 9 seconds in Berlin in 2019 and also broke 2 hours in an exhibition in a Vienna park that year. No matter, he said: Breaking the tape is what's important. The two-time Olympic gold medalist and 12-time major marathon champion knows that the 26.2-mile route from Hopkinton to Boston's Back Bay isn't like those flat and friendly courses where he established himself as perhaps the greatest distance runner of all time. World record-holder Eliud Kipchoge has the speed to outclass the rest of the field when he makes his Boston Marathon debut on Monday.
The elite men break out onto the course in Hopkinton.
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