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First person to run a Marathon in under 2 hours
Eliud Kipchoge. To put this into perspective - he ran for 120 minutes at a pace of over 13mph. Most normal people run at 6-8 mph, and can't keep up with him for more than a minute. Most treadmills cap out at 12mph.
Posted 5 years ago by Rillo in category: competition
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DaveJoyce - 5 years ago [ Reply ]
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Not to throw shade at what he did, but I’m gonna throw some shade on it 😂 those guys behind him are pacers, who didn’t run the whole race. They were there *for* him. The goal was to get him in under two hours. As such, this won’t go into the record books for fastest marathon because it wasn’t a competition. Still impressive tho.

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yewtoober - 5 years ago
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  More on this: https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2019/10/kipchoges-sub-two-hour-marathon-how-legitimate-it/599974/ 
Noemoc - 5 years ago
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  It is not uncommon for there to be pacers at elite events, although not this many, and the pacers are not allowed to rotate in and out like they did here. I also love the fact that one of the pacers was sporting the Prefontaine ‘stache. As you say, still super impressive. Only a matter of time before someone does it in competition now that it has been done under ideal conditions.  
DaveJoyce - 5 years ago
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  I like the idea the one guy had of organizing a marathon that was mostly downhill. 😂 

yep (guest) - 5 years ago [ Reply ]
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the pacers are the fastest people around, including world class marathon runners. they just can't keep the pace that is needed for a sub 2hour time. Kipchoge is the only one who can. so yes, this is a competition. a perfected one. world record fastest marathon for sure ! (Kipchoge wins every marathon he enters anyway. look him up)

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