![]() In addition to his pacers and support crew, Kipchoge had the advantages of running on a fast course and wearing a pair of controversial shoes purported to shave minutes off a marathoner's overall time. It was not so much a race, in other words, as an exhibition event designed for speed. What's more, a rotating cast of pacers shielded him from wind throughout the run, and a bicycle-riding support team was on hand at all times to deliver him water and fuel. The event was not an open competition it was held for Kipchoge and Kipchoge alone. On Saturday, Kipchoge held it for just shy of 120.īut Kipchoge's performance will not be recognized as an official world record. Even a supremely fit person would struggle to run at so aggressive a clip for more than five or six minutes in a row. That is, to put it mildly, soul-searing speed. ![]() His time of 1:59:40 required him to maintain an average pace of just under 4:35 per mile. ![]() If you put any value in age grading tables and scores, this would be an age graded score of 103. Kipchoge, following a perfectly executed strategy devised by Sir Dave Brailsford and the INEOS 1:59 Performance Team, became the first person to achieve the barrier-breaking sub-two-hour marathon, finishing in a remarkable time of 1:59:40.2. So, the official marathon world record stays with Eliud’s own run of 2:01:39 at the Berlin Marathon in 2018. On Saturday morning in Vienna, Austria, Eliud Kipchoge, the world's finest marathoner, became the first person in history to run 26.2 miles in under two hours. On 12th October 2019 in Vienna, Austria, Eliud Kipchoge and INEOS made history.
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