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1:59:40.2
Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2019 10:21 am
by Appa23
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
Re: 1:59:40.2
Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2019 12:37 pm
by wbtravis007
Bet he couldn't do that with a kid under each arm.
Re: 1:59:40.2
Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2019 1:18 pm
by Beebs52
What?
Re: 1:59:40.2
Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2019 7:16 pm
by Bob78164
I thought that because marathon courses aren’t standardized, world records weren’t generally recognized. That’s still a helluvan achievement. —Bob
Re: 1:59:40.2
Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2019 9:18 pm
by Appa23
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.
Re: 1:59:40.2
Posted: Sun Oct 13, 2019 3:34 pm
by Ritterskoop
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.