Kenyan Abraham Kiptum Sets Half Marathon World Record
Kenyan Abraham Kiptum Sets Half Marathon World Record
He took five seconds off the previous record which had stood since 2010.
In the span of just over a month, both the marathon and half marathon world records have been broken by Kenyan men in 2018.
First was Eliud Kipchoge running 2:01:39 in Berlin on September 16, and then today in Valencia, Spain, Abraham Kiptum ran 58:18 to lower the half marathon world record by five seconds.
?World Record? Abraham Kiptum runs 58:18 half marathon in Valencia pic.twitter.com/7LWqLQWjvX
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The 29-year-old Kiptum surpassed Eritrean Zersenay Tadese’s 58:23 that had stood since 2010. For Kiptum, the time marks his first performance ever under 59 minutes, as he remarkably lowered his personal best by 51 seconds on Sunday.
58:18 for 13.1 miles is approximately 4:26/mile pace.