Less than 24 hours before the Mumbai Marathon yesterday, Kenyan pace-setter Gideon Kipketer was chatting with his elder sister Valentine, who is the holder of the women's course record here (2:24:33, set in 2013). Both Gideon and Valentine train together in western Kenya's Eldoret region, famous for its distance runners.

Kenya's Gideon Kipketer at Marine Drive during the Mumbai Marathon yesterday. Pic/Bipin Kokate