Word on the ground is that he did this to revenge against his pacesetter who allegedly set him up. She is alleged to be his wife.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deV0OsJTXSc
There are a lot of rumors flying around and its difficult to know the whole truth about why the stunt, and why leak it and who leaked it.
[i] The thread was initially titled, "Kiprop Losing it" but we made it more descriptive.