Don't know if anyone else had been following the attempt but regardless of the advantages provided, Kipchoge still had to run those 4m 36 second miles .
Feels like a failure as they didn't do what they set out to do but this is a staggering achievement and shows that it is likely that it is physically possible. (although let's face it , can we trust that any of these times are clean?)
The only other person to come close to a 2 hour marathon from memory was Michael Crawford.
Wonder what the outcome would have been if they'd done it on a track.
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2 hour marathon attempt
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Re: 2 hour marathon attempt
Nor can the vast majority of humans.nickkarkie wrote:I can't even run 1 mile at 4.36 haha.
I certainly can't unless it was down a very very steep hill and I wasn't worried about knocking my teeth out.
As the article says if he'd gone 26 seconds faster , it's the equivalent of covering each 100m in 17 secs.
Most people can't do that either. Once I mean.