The Kipchoge Mix: Humility and confidence lead to success
Eliud Kipchoge (right) is awarded the Elder of the Order of the Golden Heart of Kenya (E.G.H.), one of the nation's highest civilian honours, by President Uhuru Kenyatta during Mashujaa Day celebrations at the Mama Ngina Waterfront park in Mombasa on October 20, 2019. PHOTO | KEVIN ODIT | NATION MEDIA GROUP
Why was Eliud Kipchoge’s INEOS challenge so inspiring? First, the world stood at attention to watch a black man do the “impossible”.
Then the roads of a major European city were literally closed down for him. And the commentators said that the yellow line on the road was done specially for this extraordinary son of Africa. I could go on and on because there are so many ways to look at the challenge and many people have written about it.
