Eliud Kipchoge

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Chris O'Connor said:
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.
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He probably runs marathons quicker than people read your posts
 

Jamiednm said:
Back in the day, I could probably keep that pace up for around 2 miles. My best half marathon was almost sprint-pace. The elites are amazing. Absolutely incredible speed endurance, and I defy anyone who talks about juicing for this. Distance running is a mental game.
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1:37. What was yours?
 
Would love to see how quick someone could run all drugged up.

Call it the special Olympics, see how high , far and fast the human can really go with enhancements
 

He's definitely the best marathoner there has ever been, and this was an incredible run, but I'm not a fan of this media style of event. It's a shame that the history books will show that one of the most revered barriers in sport was first breached in this way.
 

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