When Eliud Kipchoge won gold in the marathon at the 2016 Rio Olympics, he did not just win a race. He began rewriting the history of what the human body can achieve. Born in Kapsabet in the Nandi Hills, Kipchoge had been running with quiet, methodical excellence since he was a teenager. In 2019, he would run a marathon in 1 hour 59 minutes 40 seconds in Vienna, becoming the first human in history to run 42 kilometres in under two hours. He did it with a smile. He said running was about discipline and teamwork and joy. Kenya watched and believed.