The world's greatest marathon runner Eliud Kipchoge has termed his new career achievement of setting a new world record as a limit that had to be broken.
Taking to his Twitter account hours after shuttering his own four-year old record by half a minute, Kipchoge said limits are there to be broken.
"Limits are there to be broken. By you and me together," Kipchoge said.
The double Olympic champion broke his own world record in the men's marathon on Sunday in Berlin by clocking 2:01:09 over the 26.2 mile course.
The time was 30 seconds faster than the one he set on September 17, 2018 over the same course in Berlin.
"I can say that I am beyond happy today that the official world record is once again faster. Thank you to all the runners in the world that inspire me every day to push myself," Kipchoge said.
Kipchoge has now won 15 of his 17 career marathons.
In October 2017 after falling short in his bid for a new record, the Olympic champion said he would plot to give it another try in 2018.
"A lot of goodwill has come out of this race and I promise Kenya one thing, as a team, we will keep training, working harder as we aim to break the record and fly the Kenyan flag even higher. This is my promise to my fans and to the rest of the country," Kipchoge said at the time.
And true to his word, he shuttered his personal best of 2:03:32 by clocking a time of two hours one minute 39 seconds in Berlin.
After Sunday's race, Kipchoge thanked the organisers of the race and his fans across the world and the athletes who competed with him.
"Berlin, I cannot express my gratitude enough. From the organization to the fans but also all the participants today who all won their own race today. To my family, teammates and staff, and all my sponsors who support me endlessly. Thank you," Kipchoge said.
The Kenyan went into history books in 2019 when he broke the two-hour barrier in Vienna in a time of 1:59:40:2.
The time was, however, not recognised as the official world record because the race was not in an open competition and he was aided by a team of rotating pacemakers.
It was at the end of this race that Kipchoge famously said, "no man is limited."
