ELIUD KIPCHOGE

It is a long time now since I started running but I still remember running up and down hills and running to school as a kid. When I was young I would run for fun and I didn't know back then that this would be my career.

Long runs improve your endurance but shorter intervals improve your speed. They are mutually beneficial for a distance runner. If you do 5k runs it will help your marathon.

I am just going to try to run my personal best. If it comes as a world record, I would appreciate it. But I would treat it as a personal best.

I want to stay for a long time and leave a mark so the young generation can aspire to be at the top like me. I love the sport, and that's what drives me.

If you believe in something and put it in your mind and heart, it can be realised.

To run a big marathon and win takes five months. When I'm on the starting line, my mind starts reviewing what I have been doing the last five months. I believe in my training, and I treat myself as the best one standing on that line.

Thinking positively and confidently changed my life. If you stay consistent and work hard, you can be successful for a long time.

I am running to make history, to show that no human is limited. It's not about money, it's about showing a generation of people that there are no limits.

Where the marathon starts is after 30 kilometers. That's where you feel pain everywhere in your body. The muscles are really aching, and only the most prepared and well-organized athlete is going to do well after that.

Others will absolutely be able to break 2:00, too, as long as they believe in themselves.

I'm not having any problems with my body so I don't need to supplement. Growing older you don't recover as fast, but all-in-all I'm doing well.

I really want to make a big mark in athletics, to be a legend and be a good example to kids.

Vienna is a city where they love sports.

My first competition outside Kenya was at the 2002 world cross country championships in Dublin, Ireland. I finished fifth in the junior race that day but the thing I remember the most was that it was very cold.

I wake up at 5am, by 6am I'm on the way to training. I come back and relax, have lunch, take a little nap, then train again at 4pm for an evening run. Then relax, dinner and bed at 9pm until the next day.

If you concentrate on the rear mirror, you'll crash and cause an accident.

If you are humble, your concentration will be very high. That's the way to go in sports.

Once in a while you can run very fast, but you cannot always go to the maximum.

I always tell people that this is a really simple deal: Work hard. If you work hard, follow what's required and set your priorities right, then you can really perform without taking shortcuts. If you're taking shortcuts, you can't be free.

I have kept a training diary to record my training plans and my feelings and emotions for a long time.

I want to show the world that you can go beyond your thoughts, you can break more than you think you can break.

If you train with fast athletes, it keeps you pushing. I know that good preparation is more important than everything else.

I always say: a run in the morning is like eating a fruit a day - it chases he doctor away. It is good for your mind.

I've always found the secret is to stay fit and treat sport as a profession. I chose sport as a passion.

I was not so lucky to grow up with toys as I grew up in a remote area of Kenya.