By AFPMore by this AuthorLONDONBritish track legend Mo Farah had few peers in distance championship running but he may find a few better than him on the road in Sunday's London Marathon. However, with the likes of Kenya's Olympic champion and two-time London Marathon winner Eliud Kipchoge, Ethiopian legend Kenenisa Bekele and Kenyan defending champion Daniel Wanjiru in the field Farah will have his work cut out to make an impression. With Kipchoge expected to have a go at breaking the world record — presently 2hr 02min 57sec set by compatriot Dennis Kimetto in the 2014 Berlin Marathon — Farah is loathe to fall into the trap of trying to keep pace. I'm listening to Gary (Lough his coach and husband of women's marathon world record holder Paula Radcliffe) and soaking up the miles. However, for much of that marathon Radcliffe was running alongside men, so the time was classified as a "mixed race" women's world record by the International Association of Athletics Federations, who also recognise a women's only record.

Source: Daily Nation April 21, 2018 00:11 UTC