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• Kenyan runs unofficial time of 1hr 59min 40sec in Vienna
• World record holder was assisted by 41 pacemakers and lasers
Eliud Kipchoge made history in Vienna by running the first-ever sub two-hour marathon in a time of 1hr 59min 40sec. Cheered on by thousands of fans, the Kenyan world record holder and Olympic champion completed four laps of a 9.4km circuit around the Prater, a park in the centre of the Austrian capital.
Kipchoge achieved the feat with a team of 41 in-and-out pacemakers, seven at a time, whose positions were guided by lasers projected on the road from a support car in front. These assisted conditions, and the fact the run was not part of an open event, mean his achievement will not count as an official world record.
He remained on target throughout the effort, running each kilometre consistently in around 2’50”. Five pacemakers ran shoulder-to-shoulder in front of Kipchoge, with one man on either side.
Branded the ‘Ineos 1:59 Challenge’, Battersea Park in London was initially discussed as a potential venue. The 34-year-old previously attempted the feat at Monza in Italy in 2017, falling short by 26 seconds.
Kipchoge said: “I am feeling good. It has taken 65 years for a human to make history in sport. After Roger Bannister [running a sub four-minute mile in 1954] it took another 65 years … I’m happy to be the man to run under two hours. No human is limited, and I’m expecting more people to do it after today.
“The 41 pacemakers are among the best athletes in the whole world … to all of them I want to say thank you, thank you for doing the job. We made history together.”
Sir Jim Ratcliffe, Ineos chairman and CEO, said: “That last kilometre, where he accelerated and he came through on his own, it was super-human really. I can’t believe he ran the first half-marathon in under an hour, and then he had to do that again.”
Speaking in Vienna during Kipchoge’s run, four-times Tour de France champion Chris Froome said: “It’s phenomenal, it’s fantastic, it’s just incredible to watch him – it looks like he’s not even breathing. He’s just gliding over the road. It’s fantastic to be here, and be part of this atmosphere.”
The Kenyan-born cyclist added: “To have someone doing something as monumental as this, it’s such a boost for all the athletes over there in Kenya. It’s showing that the impossible is do-able.”
• World record holder was assisted by 41 pacemakers and lasers
Eliud Kipchoge made history in Vienna by running the first-ever sub two-hour marathon in a time of 1hr 59min 40sec. Cheered on by thousands of fans, the Kenyan world record holder and Olympic champion completed four laps of a 9.4km circuit around the Prater, a park in the centre of the Austrian capital.
Kipchoge achieved the feat with a team of 41 in-and-out pacemakers, seven at a time, whose positions were guided by lasers projected on the road from a support car in front. These assisted conditions, and the fact the run was not part of an open event, mean his achievement will not count as an official world record.
He remained on target throughout the effort, running each kilometre consistently in around 2’50”. Five pacemakers ran shoulder-to-shoulder in front of Kipchoge, with one man on either side.
Branded the ‘Ineos 1:59 Challenge’, Battersea Park in London was initially discussed as a potential venue. The 34-year-old previously attempted the feat at Monza in Italy in 2017, falling short by 26 seconds.
Kipchoge said: “I am feeling good. It has taken 65 years for a human to make history in sport. After Roger Bannister [running a sub four-minute mile in 1954] it took another 65 years … I’m happy to be the man to run under two hours. No human is limited, and I’m expecting more people to do it after today.
“The 41 pacemakers are among the best athletes in the whole world … to all of them I want to say thank you, thank you for doing the job. We made history together.”
Sir Jim Ratcliffe, Ineos chairman and CEO, said: “That last kilometre, where he accelerated and he came through on his own, it was super-human really. I can’t believe he ran the first half-marathon in under an hour, and then he had to do that again.”
Speaking in Vienna during Kipchoge’s run, four-times Tour de France champion Chris Froome said: “It’s phenomenal, it’s fantastic, it’s just incredible to watch him – it looks like he’s not even breathing. He’s just gliding over the road. It’s fantastic to be here, and be part of this atmosphere.”
The Kenyan-born cyclist added: “To have someone doing something as monumental as this, it’s such a boost for all the athletes over there in Kenya. It’s showing that the impossible is do-able.”
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Did you see his post-race celebrations???
Sprinting..puching his fists in the air, after finishing the 26 mile slog in world record time. It looked like he could run another marathon. I'll have what he's having. |
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I’m really struggling to put into words how underwhelmed I am.
I saw the news treating it like the moon landing that some guy shaved less than a minute off the fastest marathon and thought, so what? Had it been in competition I’d have shrugged my shoulders, but hearing it was as contrived as having the weather checked, the venue hand picked, the roads re-tarmacEd, special hand picked pace-setters, biked drink carriers.....and a van projecting a laser on the ground in front of him to keep up with, I simply had to laugh at the height of nonsense seeing cheering and whooping by the crowds. What’s next, the invention of a primer that dries even more quickly in order to shave off a small amount of time before the first coat of paint gets added? |
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Is that all there is to a fire?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCRZZC-DH7M |
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What’s so significant about 2 hours anyway?
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What was so significant about 4 minutes for Roger Bannister?
Forget running a mile or a marathon, the point that was being made is that there are no limits to human achievement. What may be though impossible can be made possible when you adopt the correct mindset. That's the point. |
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about as legitimate and groundbreaking as this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORwGYV1TACo
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soon the drugs will be so efficient, the WR will be 20mins
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Angoose sorry, no.
There is nothing significant about either 2h or 4mins, it’s either the fastest time ever or it isn’t. To go to such lengths to contrive a time quicker than 2h for the sake of it is daftness personified. Equalled by the statement he made after it about no limits. Ofc there are limits. What amuses me most about it though is how pointless it is. His s hit still stinks and he will be dead within 40 years and somebody will perhaps have bettered it for reasons unknown. |
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The collective development of the mind superseded that of human endurance to such an extent such ability as running a marathon under 2hours becomes nothing more than a novelty.
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There's always some armchair buffoon who's raison d'etre is to pi$$ on everyones parade while achieving fckall themselves.
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Erythropoietinand 100% nailed on and probably some corticosteroids in operation here.
Don't know if anyone noticed but he hardly looked tired and his wind wasn't under the sort of pressure you'd expect there was no hurt. Good fairy story and money maker though all the same. |
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Erythropoietin*
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There’s also always some sentimental fool who should have learned by their age.
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Good come back dusty. |
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So come on dusty, tell us what gets you exicted
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ted rogers 1.01
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I met him once Jolly, the man was a bundle of nerves I thought he was going to explode/implode.  |
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Excited?.....hmmm, I think I remember that.
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And we went to the moon. Do we really have to go to Mars?
Yes! Why? Because it's next. Because we came out of the cave and we looked over the hill and we saw fire and we crossed the ocean and we pioneered the West and we took to the sky. The history of man is a timeline of exploration and this is what's next. |
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“We choose to go to the Moon! ...We choose to go to the Moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard; because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one we intend to win ...”
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did anybody finish second?
impressive to run 26.2 miles in under 2 hours, but lets see it in a race please. its like these land speed records on the salt flats, great technical stuff, but try it around m25 at 8.30am .... |
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Poppydog, again that sentimentality might well suit for the actions that propel ingenuity, but the only thing that comes from ‘beating’ arbitrary timings (somewhat artificially) will be heart attacks by all those pushing themselves to the limits (that they think don’t exist)
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There is an irony, that exploration and discovery was used to justify an action that hasn’t been required for hundreds of years if not longer.
The days of a runner needing to quickly take a message of war over 26 miles is gone. |
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Still using your 56k dial up modem
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Will he be back next year to try and get 1h 59min and 39 sec?
Surely that would continue the argument of 'pushing boundries', if it wasn't for the daftness of humans to think there was something significant of exactly 2 hours  |
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In fact, does this guy have endorsements? Will there be some branded running shoes or tracksuits in the offing I wonder?
Worn by those daft enough to have the hook in their mouths. |
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hahaha
I've just gone to look, as I was cynically curious.... The answer is Nike if you were wondering |
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The answer is in fact Ineos .....
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https://www.runnersworld.com/gear/a23281796/eliud-kipchoge-marathon-world-record-gear/ I just saw his last effort, you too can have nike socks that will perhaps or probs not make any difference Just to finish on this, the Kennedy quote about the moon where NASA was funded wasn't a private sector love in and other than 'selling' America in the cold war race they didnt have much else to push If we look at the comparison today elon musk shoots his own rocket into space and......straps a tesla car to its front Food for thought |
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There's always some armchair buffoon who's raison d'etre is to pi$$ on everyones parade while achieving fckall themselves At least my pee is clear of any anabolic enhancement |
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this fella must have been good in his prime looks between 50 and 60 years old
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No limit to human achievement?
So will we see a 1 hour marathon? Er, no. So maybe there is a limit. But repeated 17 second 100 metres is totally incredible. How these guys do it is amazing. Tbh a marathon under 3 hours is pretty special. |
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How many chit chatters could run a mile in less than 5 minutes?
Not many, and I reckon you could go further and reduce that number to none. How many could run 26 consecutive 5 minute miles? |
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I can't do a head spin like those 80's break dancers either
Nor do I need to Same applies. |
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Soon be time to dust down your Grinch outfit
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Angoose, that’s all very well but could this Kipchoge fellow work out the intricacies of a race like the Ayr Gold Cup or make a few bob betting in play on tennis. I think not.
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