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Eliud Kipchoge hasn\u2019t exactly retired from competitive running yet. The 41-year-old \u201cGOAT\u201d of the men\u2019s marathon is still training and racing\u2014but now with more of a focus on being an ambassador for the sport and \u201cinspiration.\u201d<\/p>\n
You can count Kipchoge\u2019s wife, Grace Sugut, among those he has inspired to run 26.2 miles. Sugut completed her first marathon at Sunday\u2019s Cape Town Marathon<\/u><\/a> in South Africa. She crossed the finish line<\/u><\/a> in a time of 4:29:59, placing 2,353 out of the 6,914 women in the Cape Town field.<\/p>\n Kipchoge himself turned in yet another impressive marathon performance, finishing 16th overall<\/u><\/a> at Cape Town, running a time of 2:13:29. He\u2019s in the process of running a marathon on each of the seven continents over the next three years, and he checked Africa off his list with his finish on Sunday.<\/p>\n As Sugut crossed the finish, her husband was right there waiting to give her a big hug. It was a bit of a reverse situation to what we saw in 2019, when Sugut greeted Kipchoge with a hug<\/a> at the finish line of the INEOS 1:59 Challenge, where Kipchoge broke two hours in the marathon.<\/p>\n \u201cI have run my first marathon 13 years ago,\u201d Kipchoge wrote on Instagram<\/u><\/a>. \u201cIt has brought me to where I am today, but I could not do this without the support of many including my family. My heart is filled with pride, for my wife Grace completing her first marathon in Cape Town.\u201d<\/p>\n Before the race, Kipchoge gave some advice to Sugut. \u201cMy advice actually is to line up in the starting line,\u201d he told the media<\/u><\/a>. \u201cEnjoy the whole race, feel that pain all through the race, cut through the finishing line, and, you know, she will be accomplished. She will not be the same.\u201d<\/p>\n Next up for Kipchoge this year is the Porto Alegre Marathon in Brazil on July 12, followed by the Melbourne Marathon in Australia in October. We\u2019ll have to wait and see if Sugut will join him on the starting line at either of those races.<\/p>\n