Kipchoge’s pick-up award with a symbolic ‘159V’ number plate
Marathon champion Eliud Kipchoge on Saturday, November 16, received a brand new D-Max truck from Isuzu Kenya with a customized number plate following his Vienna success.
Kipchoge made history in the 'Ineos 159 Challenge' on October 12, when he became the first human being to run a 42km race sub-two hours in Vienna Austria.
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Before the race, Isuzu Kenya had promised to award Kipchoge with an Isuzu D-Max single cabin truck worth Sh4.1 million.
Isuzu lived up to the promise on Saturday at Karura Forest in an athletics-themed fete.
During the award ceremony that was preceded by a run inside the forest, Kipchoge's face glowed with excitement.
The truck has a customized number plate, KCW 159V, with the characters 1-5-9-V denoting the marathon 'INEOS 159' held in Vienna.
"As I set out for the INEOS159 I didn’t know the kind inspiration that would result for my fellow countrymen," said Kipchoge.
Eliud Kipchoge is the brand ambassador of Isuzu's D-Max brand.
