Kenya's Kipchoge in race to bust 2-hour marathon barrier

He has compared it to aiming to be the first man to land on the moon.

Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge is preparing to bust the mythical two-hour barrier for the marathon on Saturday -- albeit on a specially prepared course and with pacemakers supporting him.

"I just have to make that click in people's minds that no human is limited," the 34-year-old Olympic and world champion told a press conference earlier this week.

He said his attempt in a huge park in Vienna is about "making history in this world, like the first man to go to the moon".

Kipchoge holds the men's world record for the distance with a time of 2hr 01min 39sec, which he set in the flat Berlin marathon on September 16, 2018.

In May 2017, he already tried to break the two-hour barrier, running on the Monza National Autodrome racing circuit in Italy, but at 2hr 00min 25sec failed narrowly.

But this time he says he is mentally stronger and more confident.

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