He has already made his intention known that he is going for the world marathon record this weekend, on the 28^th of September. But, what are the chances that the record will fall?

With less than 5 days before the Berlin Marathon, RunBlogRun caught up with Dennis Kimetto in Kapng'etuny, Kenya as he finalized on his training before heading out to Berlin. He is a man of few words, but the few words, supported by hard facts, made me wonder whether the world marathon record is not as good as broken, and with the points deduced from the interview below, I am certain that your guess will be as good as mine as to what will likely happen this Sunday on the streets of Berlin after you finish reading it.

First of all, the weather predicted for this Sunday in Berlin will be more favorable than last year's when Wilson Kipsang broke the record given that the predicted wind speed will be a force of 2 on the Beaufort scale while it was 5 when Kipsang ran, although the temperature will be slightly warmer. 

Kimetto himself says that Berlin course is faster than Chicago where he ran 2:03.45 last year, which was 22 seconds shy of the world record. "Berlin is a flat course and the weather is more favorable than for Chicago," he said.