Full name: Geoffrey Kipyego Racing name: Geoffrey Kipyego Nationality: Kenya Date of birth: 17 July 1987 Nandy county, Nduroto village Born in: (altitude 2,000m above sea level) Iten, Kenya (altitude 2,400m above sea level) – Resident of: since 2012 10K: 28:45 at altitude, Kericho (KEN), 2015 Personal best (selection): Half marathon: 1:02:39, Ústí nad Labem (CZE), 2016 Marathon: 2:14:54, Prague (CZE), 2017 Specializes in (as of 2017): Road races and marathon First international race in: Valencia marathon, 35 km pacing, Valencia (ESP), 2015 adidas athlete since: 2015 2017 RESULTS (SELECTION) Volkswagen Prague Marathon, Prague (CZE) — 9th, 2:14:54 RAK Half Marathon, Ras al-Khaimah (UEA) — Pacing women for the world record 2016 RESULTS (SELECTION) Mattoni Ústí nad Labem Half Marathon, Ústí nad Labem (CZE) — 7th, 1:02:39 PB Mattoni Olomouc Half Marathon, Olomouc (CZE) — 3rd, 1:06:05 BEYOND THE STATS: • #GeoffreyKipyego #RunCzechRacing Typical day: • Renting house, lives alone 5:30 wakes up, doesn’t take any food, only glass of water • Single 6:00 training • Coached by Dan Ngetich 8:30 shower and breakfast, tea with milk and bread or chapati • Boost Iten training group 9:00 nap • Ran to school 4km each way, for period of 8 years 11:00 prepares lunch • Has 7 brothers and 1 sisters 13:00 lunch • First established athlete in the family. Has 3 promising athletes 14:00 nap or relaxation then socializing with friends in the family: 2 brothers Josphat Kirui and Jonan Kogo and 1 cousin 20:00 supper Isaak Kipchichir 21:00 retires for the night • Enjoys watching TV, movie and series (favorite series “Prison break”) and doing exercises • Favorite foods: beef and ugali, greens, fruit salad • Professional goals: to become a marathon runner and break the • Would like to invest his earnings in real estate and family farming World record • Favorite sports: football – fan of Chelsea • Dream: after finishing career to be a mentor and a coach • Favorite athletes: Paul Tergat (former world record holder in and develop athletes. To organize his own race marathon, PB 2:04:55) and Eliud Kipchoge (2016 Olympic Champion • Favorite training type: speed work from 200m up to 5000m in marathon, PB 2:03:05) – in total 10 km and 35 km long run • Frequent visitor of the Czech Republic, enjoy Czech hospitality and • Trains on dirt-roads, using asphalt only for 1 hour uphill run beautiful Prague architecture • Strength training: uses home local Gym every day for some exercises • Mileage per week per training phase: 120-140 km • Longest Long Run: 35 km • Number of training sessions in a typical week: 8 sessions.