At age 36, Augustine Choge of Kenya has been a world-class runner for almost two decades. Among his accomplishments are the 2005 world cross country junior title, the 2006 Commonwealth Games 5,000-meter title, and silver (2012) and bronze (2016) indoor 3,000-meter world indoor medals. He has incredible range, from a 1:44.86 800-meter best to a 59:26 half marathon PR.
Since 2018, Choge has been part of the NN Running team, whose most famous member is Eliud Kipchoge. Both men will run the Boston Marathon on Monday. (In the photo above, Kipchoge is looking at his watch, with Choge most immediately to his left.) Runner’s World sat down with Choge three days before the race to learn what it’s like, physically and psychologically, to run every day with the greatest marathoner in history. There’s much wisdom here for runners of all levels.
Since becoming a video producer for Runner’s World in 2014, Derek has captured such historic moments as Meb Keflezighi and Desiree Linden’s Boston victories and Amy Cragg’s win at the 2016 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials, and Galen Rupp and Shalane Flanagan breaking the tape in Chicago and New York, respectively.
Scott is a veteran running, fitness, and health journalist who has held senior editorial positions at Runner’s World and Running Times. Much of his writing translates sport science research and elite best practices into practical guidance for everyday athletes. He is the author or coauthor of several running books, including Running Is My Therapy, Advanced Marathoning, and Meb for Mortals. Scott has also written about running for Slate, The Atlantic, the Washington Post, and other members of the sedentary media. His lifetime running odometer is past 110,000 miles, but he’s as much in love as ever.
