Eliud Kipchoge Attempting To Break 2 Hour Barrier In Marathon, Just Hours From Now, LIVESTREAM LINK
Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya is making another attempt to break the 2 hour mark in the marathon.
The run is scheduled to begin tonight (Saturday morning, October 12) 2:15 a.m. ET, 'Depending on the weather and other logistics'. Weather, and other factors, could delay the start time. If it's not delayed we'll know by 4:15 ET if he did it. Kipchoge has said, " “I am confident I will beat the mark.”
https://www.runnersworld.com/races-places/a29425242/eliud-kipchoge-break-2-hours/
He will be running in Vienna. Vienna was chosen for a few reasons, which are laid out in this video:
LIVESTREAM
It's going to be livestreamed here:
LINK: https://www.runnersworld.com/news/a29246282/how-to-watch-kipchoge-ineos-challenge/
October 11th, 2019 at 10:53 PM ^
If he does it in 2 hours flat that's an average pace of 13.1mph. Wow. I don't think I can keep up a 10.0 pace on a treadmill for more than a minute.
October 11th, 2019 at 11:05 PM ^
Genetics, biology and diet. Makes us different and that’s okay.
October 11th, 2019 at 11:42 PM ^
Not to mention hours of training, practice, technique, and analysis every day for years. Most of us do it for “fun” lol.
October 11th, 2019 at 11:59 PM ^
Right. Anyone at the top of any competitive sport these days has to have it all. Just good genes won't get you doing things no human has ever done before. I remember hearing there's a sort of fable in Kenyan running circles where the new young guy gets up at 4am to go run while everyone else is still in bed. What he doesn't know is the vets already had a run at 3 and came back to rest.
October 12th, 2019 at 12:02 AM ^
Also, technology. Read up on the Nike vaporfly shoes.
October 11th, 2019 at 10:56 PM ^
Wow. Running a 630 mile is tough on the treadmill these days. This guy is running a 430 mile for 26 miles. It hurts to think about it.
October 12th, 2019 at 12:57 AM ^
Remember when they thought running JUST 1 mile under 4 min. was "impossible" lol? Someday we'll see someone do a marathon with sub 4:00 splits.
October 12th, 2019 at 1:20 AM ^
disagree we'll see a marathon time w sub-4 min mile splits. nobody's even run 3 miles at that pace
October 12th, 2019 at 3:42 AM ^
Agreed, no way we see a sub-4 pace for this type of distance. That'd be a sub-1:45 marathon. I remember reading a study by some biomechanical scientists or something that projected the world record to hit a limit of around 1:58 in a race, so maybe 1:56 is possible in a controlled situation like this or the Breaking2 event from a few years ago.
Sub-4 translates to a 12:25 5k, with a world record currently of 12:37 that hasn't been broken since 2004.
October 12th, 2019 at 7:32 AM ^
I wouldn't be so sure. History is full of bad predictions by experts who miss factors or potential work arounds for perceived limitations.
Like Edison saying that no one will ever use AC power.
October 12th, 2019 at 10:25 AM ^
Well, bionic legs are just around the corner.
October 11th, 2019 at 11:21 PM ^
He's 5'-6" and 126 lbs—my size (or my weight when I was much younger)
He shares a name with one of the Kenyan Olympic heroes of my generation: Kipchoge Keino.
Keino was one of the three Kenyan gold medalists in the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City. Keino took the 1500m over the heavy favorite Jim Ryun; Naftali Temu won the 10,000m, and Amos Biwott won the 3,000m steeplechase.
While Ethiopian Abebe Bikila had won the Olympic marathon in 1960 and 1964, the three Kenyan victories in the 1968 Olympics was a shocking statement to millions of track and field fans around the world about the capabilities of African runners, and their victories presaged the eventual east and north African dominance of distance races that continues to this day.
October 12th, 2019 at 12:51 AM ^
Only on Mgoblog. And i mean that in best way!
October 11th, 2019 at 11:57 PM ^
This would seem superhuman. I may have to set my alarm to wake up and watch.
October 12th, 2019 at 12:14 AM ^
Why? Moscow’s time zone is ahead of Vienna’s....
October 12th, 2019 at 12:06 AM ^
Never ran those kind of long distances or for times....how does the pacing work?
Do they try to pace for the same time per mile over the entire course of the race; Do they start out more quickly, slow up in the middle, and finish more quickly; Or is it a get out as fast as possible and try to hang on down the stretch?
October 12th, 2019 at 1:34 AM ^
I was just listening to the video and they said a constant pace throughout the race, targeting 2:50m per mile (21 kmh)
October 12th, 2019 at 3:12 AM ^
They’re keeping it consistent, but every recent world record-setting time has been run with negative splits (e.g. a faster second half than the first).
The marathon is all about conserving energy and fueling. Only the world’s greatest do it with such precision.
October 12th, 2019 at 1:44 AM ^
If you really wanna break that record, just run it from Mt. Everest (29,019’ ASL) to Naples, FL (3’ ASL).
October 12th, 2019 at 7:02 AM ^
That would take a really really L O N G tunnel, Tunneler. Start digging...
October 12th, 2019 at 8:17 AM ^
Screw it then, we'll just finish in Katmandu (4,593' ASL).
October 12th, 2019 at 7:46 AM ^
Why so wimpy a vertical drop? Olympus Mons on Mars has a vertical drop of over 78,000 ft (14 + miles).
EDIT: Read a little more and the average slope of Olmpus Mons is only around 5 degrees. It has a huge base, hundreds of miles across. So it might be better suited for setting the record in an ultra marathon.