Are we going to see the first sub two-hour marathon at London this year? That has to be a valid question afterJacob Kiplimo‘s astonishing new half marathon world record at the weekend raised expectations of what might unfold on April 27th. There are stellar elite fields for both...
“Marathon is no longer an individual event, it’s a team event,” said Kipchoge, who set the world record of 2:01.39 in Berlin last September. “The pacemakers are playing a key role in my quest.” Any sub-two hour time will not be ratified for record purposes by the IAAF, the go...
support him (or her!) to train barefoot or in Xero Shoes, and show that lightweight (you can’t get lighter than bare feet) and natural (hard to get more natural than Xero Shoes) will “let your legs do the running” to a sub-2....
Kipchoge wrote history in Vienna as the first human to clock a sub two hours marathon. Every detail greatly planned and fulfilled. His time of 1:59:40.2 affirms that with determination, hard work and focus, man can attain any goal he sets out to achieve. Kipchoge ran a consistent pace s...
"As we train with him and know him well I believe he can run a sub-two-hour marathon. Since the Breaking2 Project in 2017 he has run faster and faster and with the support and passion of others around him and because of his own self-belief I believe he will do it," added Kamworor...
London Marathon: Eliud Kipchoge to defend title in 2020 after sub two-hour run Eliud Kipchoge has chosen the London Marathon in April 2020 as his first race since becoming the first person to run a marathon in under two hours, organisers said on Sunday....
How Many Runners Finish a Half Marathon in Sub 2 Hours? So, what percentage of half marathon finishers complete the race in under 2 hours? A while back I took a look at one of the largest half marathons in the US, just to get a point of reference for what times were normal for run...
Eliud Kipchoge is convinced he will run the first sub-two hour marathon in Vienna in October. The Olympic champion and world record holder ran an unofficial 2:00.25 at Italy's Monza race track in May 2017 in his first attempt to break the magic barrier. ...
Kenya’s world record holder Eliud Kipchoge has compared running a sub two-hour marathon to going to the moon before his unofficial attempt in Vienna on Saturday to become the first athlete to break the barrier. “I am running to make history, to show that no human is limited. It’s not...
Thousands of Kenyans come out into the streets to celebrate Eliud Kipchoge’s sub-2 hour marathon time, in the Rift Valley town of Eldoret where he lives and trains, in Kenya Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019. Eliud Kipchoge sent shockwaves through the world of sport by becoming the first at...