Eliud Kipchoge runs first ever sub-two hour marathon

brianlux
brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,674
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Imagine running a little more than 13 miles per hour for almost two hours.  I can't even conceive of that- yet it's been done.  WOW!


"It's a sad and beautiful world"
-Roberto Benigni

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  • drakeheuer14
    drakeheuer14 Posts: 4,623
    It is truly amazing what humans are capable of doing. 
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  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,615
    Did you happen to notice the pack of 10 guys behind him that did it in under 2hrs too?
  • JPPJ84
    JPPJ84 Hamburg, Germany Posts: 3,464
    tempo_n_groove said:
    Did you happen to notice the pack of 10 guys behind him that did it in under 2hrs too?
    Those were the last pacemakers. They didn’t run the whole distance 
  • bbiggs
    bbiggs Posts: 6,965
    Incredible. 13 mph is a sprint for most (most can’t even reach 13 mph). To keep that pace for 2 hours is hard to comprehend. 
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,674
    bbiggs said:
    Incredible. 13 mph is a sprint for most (most can’t even reach 13 mph). To keep that pace for 2 hours is hard to comprehend. 
    I was a good sprinter in high school and once did the quarter mile in a little under one minute, but that was a my very best and it almost did me in.  To run 13 mph for two hours- yes, hard to comprehend!
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,882
    I'm training for my first half marathon in November.  My goal is under 2 hours.  This dude popped the whole thing in that.  Spectacular.
    The love he receives is the love that is saved
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,615
    JPPJ84 said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    Did you happen to notice the pack of 10 guys behind him that did it in under 2hrs too?
    Those were the last pacemakers. They didn’t run the whole distance 
    I did not know that!  TY!

    This dude ran a sub 5 min mile for 26 of them.

    My BEST mile I ever ran was 5:08.  This guy was cooking the whole way!!!
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,674
    tempo_n_groove said:
    JPPJ84 said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    Did you happen to notice the pack of 10 guys behind him that did it in under 2hrs too?
    Those were the last pacemakers. They didn’t run the whole distance 
    I did not know that!  TY!

    This dude ran a sub 5 min mile for 26 of them.

    My BEST mile I ever ran was 5:08.  This guy was cooking the whole way!!!
    Let's face it- the guy has to be at least part cyborg. 
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

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