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Eliud Kipchoge has become the first athlete to run a marathon in under two hours, beating the mark by 20 seconds.
The Kenyan, 34, covered the 26.2 miles (42.2km) in one hour 59 minutes 40 seconds in the Ineos 1:59 Challenge in Vienna, Austria on Saturday.
It will not be recognised as the official marathon world record because it was not in open competition and he used a team of rotating pacemakers.
"This shows no-one is limited," said Kipchoge.
"Now I've done it, I am expecting more people to do it after me."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/50025543
This is truly astonishing! 😱 When I ran my first marathon in 1984 the record was held by Rob Di Cartella - 'Deek' - at 2:08:18. I couldn't imagine anyone going much faster, and even though people did, I could never imagine that they could knock so much time off in order to break 2 hours 😱 This is basically running at ever-so-slightly faster than 13.1 mph for 26.2 miles. When I have been at my very best I was running at about 9 mph, but only for 2-3 miles. At that pace I felt like I was absolutely flying and in danger of falling over my own legs - Kipchoge would have whipped past me 🙂 In fact, he would have been an hour and 20 minutes ahead of me when I ran my PB of 3:39 in Sheffield in 1987 😱
This is equivalent to Bannister's sub-four minute mile, and now the barrier has gone I imagine that it will be broken again, in race conditions, in the years to come 🙂
The Kenyan, 34, covered the 26.2 miles (42.2km) in one hour 59 minutes 40 seconds in the Ineos 1:59 Challenge in Vienna, Austria on Saturday.
It will not be recognised as the official marathon world record because it was not in open competition and he used a team of rotating pacemakers.
"This shows no-one is limited," said Kipchoge.
"Now I've done it, I am expecting more people to do it after me."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/50025543
This is truly astonishing! 😱 When I ran my first marathon in 1984 the record was held by Rob Di Cartella - 'Deek' - at 2:08:18. I couldn't imagine anyone going much faster, and even though people did, I could never imagine that they could knock so much time off in order to break 2 hours 😱 This is basically running at ever-so-slightly faster than 13.1 mph for 26.2 miles. When I have been at my very best I was running at about 9 mph, but only for 2-3 miles. At that pace I felt like I was absolutely flying and in danger of falling over my own legs - Kipchoge would have whipped past me 🙂 In fact, he would have been an hour and 20 minutes ahead of me when I ran my PB of 3:39 in Sheffield in 1987 😱
This is equivalent to Bannister's sub-four minute mile, and now the barrier has gone I imagine that it will be broken again, in race conditions, in the years to come 🙂
