On November 2nd, legendary marathoner Eliud Kipchoge ran his final elite race at the NYC Marathon, clocking 2:14:36 and finishing 17th, just shy of the podium, yet securing his seventh star in an illustrious career. Missing the podium didn’t dull the moment: after the race, the Kenyan icon met the man he’d longed to run with, former U.S. President Barack Obama, and gifted him the very shoes he’d raced in, turning an already historic day into an unforgettable encounter.

Kipchoge presented Obama with a signed pair of Nike Alphafly 3s. Now, you might wonder about the significance of these shoes. These are the very shoes he rocked during his final Berlin Marathon triumph in 2023. Though not the pair that carried him to his 2:01:09 world record, these shoes still ooze virtue: they propelled Ki

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