Eliud Kipchoge
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Still think Gana would out run him.
Philw
Player Valuation: £50m
Pretty quick! I used to 'know' ppl who could do near that pace for 5k. I was nowhere near it mind! What distance is he running?
Chris O'Connor
Player Valuation: £35m
Ineos set it up perfectly... the bright green grid projected by the laser from the pacemaking car, the arrow formation set of human pacemakers to protect him from the wind, the newly laid tarmac and stewards armed with brushes to sweep away leaves. Nike provided the special shoes so nothing left to chance.
Incredibly there was only a four second difference between the quickest and slowest kilometre, and there are forty-two kilometres in a marathon. 2 mins 48 secs the quickest and 2 mins 52 secs the slowest.
A perfectly paced run in absolutely ideal some might say brilliantly manufactured and artificial conditions, a scientific experiment done to perfection.
For all the undoubted and absolutely huge set of perfect as possible conditions and artificiality of the run, it was still a magnificent achievement. One that deserves the recognition it will get, a superhuman achievement and one that will mean that the name of Eliud Kipchoge is remembered for ever.
Even back in the 1950's when Roger Bannister broke the four minute mile it was to a large extent set up by pacemakers to ensure an evenly timed run with no wasted energy.
Incredibly there was only a four second difference between the quickest and slowest kilometre, and there are forty-two kilometres in a marathon. 2 mins 48 secs the quickest and 2 mins 52 secs the slowest.
A perfectly paced run in absolutely ideal some might say brilliantly manufactured and artificial conditions, a scientific experiment done to perfection.
For all the undoubted and absolutely huge set of perfect as possible conditions and artificiality of the run, it was still a magnificent achievement. One that deserves the recognition it will get, a superhuman achievement and one that will mean that the name of Eliud Kipchoge is remembered for ever.
Even back in the 1950's when Roger Bannister broke the four minute mile it was to a large extent set up by pacemakers to ensure an evenly timed run with no wasted energy.
TraffordBlue
Player Valuation: £30m
The Marathon - 42K (26.2 miles)
An unbelievable achievement, don't understand how it's physically possible to run those speeds for more than 2 or 3 efforts when you look at his average pace over broken down distances. And even to get anywhere near 1 for them is impossible for most people on earth.
4:35 per mile for 26.2 miles
28:26 per 10K
68 secs of an athletics track x105
Over 400x of 100m in 17.08 secs
lichfieldblue
Player Valuation: £500k
I'm surprised all the set up only makes 2 minutes difference vs the world record (less wind resistance, only running exactly marathon distance with no natural deviation or for bottles, no stopping for bottles, flat course, smooth roads, banked corners, car pacemaker to the second - if I had to guess, I would have thought that would have made much more difference).
What it tells me is that 2.01 without all this help is near perfection already and, hence, much more impressive.
orly
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Depends what he's on.
The binman chronicles
Player Valuation: £80m
I reckon a few athletes in the NOP might have a chance, once they have taken their meds...
Chris O'Connor
Player Valuation: £35m
Just proves what can be done if absolutely everything is perfect.
Ineos spent a reported 15 million setting it up apparently, now they have the Tour de France and an iconic world marathon record!
Long gone are the days when Team Sky dominated cycling, now they're renamed Team Ineos with potentially a lot more finance behind them. Ineos have also got an immense stake in financing sailing - America's Cup and all that and now spreading further into athletics.
An Ineos sporting empire in sponsorship, Jim Ratcliffe using his billions in sponsoring his favourite sports.
Ineos spent a reported 15 million setting it up apparently, now they have the Tour de France and an iconic world marathon record!
Long gone are the days when Team Sky dominated cycling, now they're renamed Team Ineos with potentially a lot more finance behind them. Ineos have also got an immense stake in financing sailing - America's Cup and all that and now spreading further into athletics.
An Ineos sporting empire in sponsorship, Jim Ratcliffe using his billions in sponsoring his favourite sports.
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