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Forum => Kenya Discussion => Topic started by: RVtitem on January 20, 2017, 10:02:03 PM
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Eluid Kipchoge has hinted that he is taking challenge of breaking the 2hour marathon barrier this year.
Vivian Cheruiyot is also graduating into marathon.
This looks like the best year for marathon.
http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN1510H6
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Marathon king on a mission to break ‘impossible’ record
Most sports scientists say running the 42-kilometre marathon in under two hours may not be possible any time soon.
The prediction is that this could perhaps be achieved between 2041 and 2050, based on the progression of the marathon race since 1998 — a period within which man has shaved off just three minutes and eight seconds to the current mark of two hours, two minutes and 57 seconds set at the Berlin Marathon by Kenya’s Dennis Kimetto in September 2014.
But one man believes the world does not have to wait until 2050 to break the sub-two-hours barrier in the ultimate endurance race.
“This effort won’t require a robot or superman drilled to perfection by scientific faith and medicine, but a good, time-tested human heart, blood and sheer resolve,” says Eliud Kipchoge, one of the best marathon runners in the world today.
On a date to be announced soon this May, in a location probably in the United States or Europe, Nike, the American sportswear giant, will help actualise its “Sub-two” marathon dream. And Kipchoge is the man to do it, they believe.
In a project known as “Breaking 2 Mission to Mars”, which started two years ago, the Americans have the sole purpose of breaching the two-hour marathon barrier this year.
If Kipchoge’s attempt is successful, it will be the most significant moment in global running since Roger Bannister’s first sub-four-minutes mile in 1954.
http://www.nation.co.ke/lifestyle/lifestyle/Eliud-Kipchoge-quest-to-break-ultimate-record/1214-3809324-kc1gbf/index.html
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If only they could do this on record eligible course then excitement would be there.
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2017/05/05/nike-sets-out-break-2-hour-marathon-mark/101322168/
The golden rule, well known among runners, is relatively simple — nothing new on race day.
But for a trio of elite marathoners aiming to make history, that axiom provides a complex challenge for Nike’s Breaking2 team.
Early Saturday morning, conditions permitting, the work of that team will be put to the test as Eliud Kipchoge, Zersenay Tadese and Lelisa Desisa attempt to become the first to break 2 hours in the marathon.
Supported by a Nike effort that for months has sought to best control the variables that can impact performance, the Breaking2 athletes will make their attempt in 17.5 laps around the Formula One track in Monza, Italy.
“I feel really good about the preparation for going into it with the exposure,” said Brett Kirby, Nike Sport Research Lab researcher and lead physiologist on the Breaking2 team.
“We’ve shown them almost everything, so I think in their minds, it’s nothing new. It’s game day.”
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Fucking damn missed it. Eliud nearly did it. 2.00.24
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Look at some western media
http://marathonhandbook.com/nike-almost-broke-two-hour-marathon/
HOW NIKE ALMOST BROKE THE TWO
HOUR MARATHON
Seems the whole thing has been way- layed nike self promotion.
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Look at some western media
http://marathonhandbook.com/nike-almost-broke-two-hour-marathon/ (http://marathonhandbook.com/nike-almost-broke-two-hour-marathon/)
HOW NIKE ALMOST BROKE THE TWO
HOUR MARATHON
Seems the whole thing has been way- layed nike self promotion.
But that is what it is. They are promoting Nike. It was not a real race.