October will see Kipchoge heading to Vienna to take on the challenge
The city of Vienna has been picked as the location for Kipchoge’s second attempt at breaking the two-hour marathon.
It’s not the first time Kipchoge has tried to break the two-hour marathon with his first attempt taking place as part of Breaking2 in Monza, a project set up by Nike in November 2016 where he finished with a time of 2.00.25.
The Venice location will see Kipchoge running the marathon on a multi-lap, 9.6km course centred on Hauptallee, the iconic long, straight and tree-lined avenue which runs through the heart of The Prater.
Each lap will feature Kipchoge running two 4.3km out-and-back stretches of Hauptallee with the turning points coming at the Lusthaus and Praterstern roundabouts at either end of the avenue.