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#1 Post by Appa23 » Sat Oct 12, 2019 10:21 am

Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya has become the first person to run a sub-2 hour marathon. While not a world record (due to the amount of pacing assistance received), it is monumental as another step towards determining what the human body's performance limit might be, based on available technology.


https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/12/sport/el ... index.html

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#2 Post by wbtravis007 » Sat Oct 12, 2019 12:37 pm

Bet he couldn't do that with a kid under each arm.

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#3 Post by Beebs52 » Sat Oct 12, 2019 1:18 pm

What?
Well, then

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#4 Post by Bob78164 » Sat Oct 12, 2019 7:16 pm

I thought that because marathon courses aren’t standardized, world records weren’t generally recognized. That’s still a helluvan achievement. —Bob
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#5 Post by Appa23 » Sat Oct 12, 2019 9:18 pm

Bob78164 wrote:I thought that because marathon courses aren’t standardized, world records weren’t generally recognized. That’s still a helluvan achievement. —Bob

You can add this to your list of things that you had wrong.

Kipchoge holds the marathon record at 2:01:39.

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#6 Post by Ritterskoop » Sun Oct 13, 2019 3:34 pm

I am a little queasy about this accomplishment, given that it included so much outside assistance from a sponsor, pacers, water being handed to him from bicyclists, etc.

But it's not so different from someone rowing a boat across a large body of water, or swimming the English Channel. They mostly have assistance, or it would never be done.
If you fail to pilot your own ship, don't be surprised at what inappropriate port you find yourself docked. - Tom Robbins
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At the moment of commitment, the universe conspires to assist you. - attributed to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

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