'No Limits': Kipchoge Ready for Melbourne Marathon

Melbourne Marathon LIVE: Legendary Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge breaks race record while New Zealand’s Camille French beats elite field

The 2026 Melbourne Marathon is underway, with Eliud Kipchoge leading the charge on a day with cloudy weather expected. The legendary Kenyan is running a marathon on every continent. Also out to beat Timothy Kiplagat Ronoh’s course record will be Jimmy Whelan, women’s record holder Sinead Diver, Thomas Do Canto and Reece Edwards.

'No limits': Kipchoge ready for Melbourne Marathon

Kenyan marathon star Eliud Kipchoge is racing in Sunday's Melbourne Marathon as part of his project to run the distance on all seven continents.

Kipchoge to run Melbourne Marathon on World Tour

Inspiring the culture of the sport of athletics with well prepared and thought-provoking content, that is written, podcast, video and images. On October 11, Eliud Kipchoge will line up to race the NIKE Melbourne Marathon Festival in Australia, the third stop of his world tour. Following the first two opening chapters of the tour in Cape Town (South Africa) and Porto Alegre (Brazil), Kipchoge now travels to Australia, continuing his mission to ra…