Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge is the fastest marathoner on the planet.

He holds the race record of 2:01:39, which he set in the 2018 Berlin Marathon. Add to that two gold medals and winning 14 out of the 16 marathons he's entered since 2012, and he may be one of the most dominant athletes on earth.

We won't always succeed at what we set out to do

Kipchoge attempted to go sub two hours in 2017, and the event was captured in the documentary Breaking2. Nike enlisted Kipchoge and two other world-class marathoners to participate in a multi-year project to break the two-hour barrier. All three athletes came up short. Kipchoge finished just shy of the goal with a time of 2:00:25.

A brief moment in the film captures Kipchoge's disappointment in coming short of his goal. His coach says to Kipchoge, "Amazing what you did!" To which Kipchoge replies, "But we missed it. It's called two hours."

Try to picture yourself running a single mile in 4 minutes and 39 seconds. Now try to imagine someone who can sustain that incredible pace for over 26 miles. What Kipchoge did is beyond comprehension for most mortals, yet he was disappointed with his achievement.

The frame we look through is just as important as the goal itself

How we frame the moment impacts how we feel about the experience. Frame it one way, and his performance is incredible and inspiring, given that it was only in 1954 when Roger Bannister set the world ablaze with the first four-minute mile. Frame it another way, and Kipchoge failed because he couldn't run one second faster per mile.

Post-race, with some time to reflect on his accomplishment, a reporter asked Kipchoge if this means human beings have limits.

I don't agree with that. The goal actually was to break the two-hour barrier. I didn't manage to do that. The world now is just 25 seconds away. I think many people worried that if a human being ran two hours, he might die. I'm still alive. It's only 25 seconds. It was hard for me to shed all those minutes. But I think it will be easy for another human being to shed 25 seconds.

Two years later, Kipchoge accomplished his goal. With a blazing time of 1:59:40, he proved what's humanly possible in an exhibition race called the INEOS 1:59 Challenge.

The frame through which you view things matters, and you are the one who decides on the frame. You may not be able to control the outcome or perform how you want on the day, but you can control how you look at it. Reframe the situation or the moment in a way that helps you keep moving forward. And who knows, maybe you too can do something extraordinary.