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Marathon superstar bids to make history with record-breaking run

Eliud Kipchoge views his sub-two hour marathon attempt next month as akin to taking a giant leap for mankind -- or in the case of the Kenyan runner, make that over tens of thousand of steps for mankind.

Two years ago Kipchoge -- assisted by a lead car and 30 supporting pacing runners -- set the fastest ever unofficial marathon time of 2:00:25 on the Monza motorsport track In Italy.

In October, Kipchoge will once again attempt to run a sub two-hour marathon at the INEOS 1:59 Challenge in Vienna -- on a six mile flat stretch of tree-lined avenue that the runner will cover 4.5 times -- a feat he likens to man "standing on the moon."