Kipchoge Trashes Berlin Hotel Room, Annoys Neighbors in All-Night Post-Marathon Party
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Running legend Eliud Kipchoge last night marked his fifth Berlin Marathon win with a raucous party at his hotel, Dumb Runner has learned, annoying other guests and leaving his room “utterly destroyed.”
Kipchoge, 38, the reigning marathon world record holder and a double Olympic champion, won yesterday’s race in 2:02:42—significantly slower than his time at last year’s Berlin Marathon, when he won in 2:01:09, breaking his own world record.
The party, which started around 9 p.m., reportedly produced “extremely loud, bass-heavy music”; “major thumping and pounding” on the floor and walls; shouting, screaming, singing, and laughter; and at least three “scary crashing sounds.”
Kipchoge hosted an estimated 10 to 15 guests, who departed after 5 a.m.
It was unclear whether Kipchoge’s party was planned or spontaneous. Also unclear was what motivated the Kenyan phenom to indulge in such uncharacteristic behavior.
“The noise woke us up around 2 a.m. and we never did get back to sleep.”
“The noise woke us up around 2 a.m. and we never did get back to sleep,” said one fellow hotel guest, who requested anonymity. “My wife and I spent the time debating whether [Kipchoge] was celebrating another win, or raging because he failed to break the world record.”
Repeated calls to the hotel’s front desk failed to stop the noise, several other guests told Dumb Runner. More direct attempts to address the noise were similarly ineffective.
“I got fed up a little after midnight,” said another hotel guest. “So I rolled out of bed, went out to the hall, and knocked on his door, loud.”
The noise stopped, the guest said—but only temporarily.
“The music went way down,” said the guest, “and I heard muffled laughter and someone saying, ‘Shh! Shh!’ But no one opened the door.”
Moments after returning to his own room, the guest said, the noise resumed.
A housekeeper at the hotel, also asking to go unnamed, told Dumb Runner that Kipchoge’s room this morning was “the worst [she had] ever seen.”
“Curtains torn, carpet stained, trash everywhere, toilet overflowing,” she said. “Somehow they managed to smear food or something on the ceiling.”
“This room was utterly destroyed,” she said. “But there was a big cash tip on the dresser, which was nice.”
Kipchoge could not be reached for comment.
