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Eliud Kipchoge Breaks Two-Hour Marathon Barrier

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Re: Eliud Kipchoge Breaks Two-Hour Marathon Barrier

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Post by francisofascii »

antpls wrote: post #30
benmarks wrote: post #2

Given that "[i]t will not be recognised as the official marathon world record because it was not in open competition and he used a team of rotating pacemakers," Mr. Kipchoge's attitude represents the best of sport: "Now I've done it, I am expecting more people to do it after me... This shows the positivity of sport. I want to make it a clean and interesting sport. Together when we run, we can make it a beautiful worl…

For the non-initiated among us, what does it mean to "use a team of pacemakers"? Why are those pacemakers that important?

When Roger Bannister broke the 4 minute mile, he also had pacers.

Re: Eliud Kipchoge Breaks Two-Hour Marathon Barrier

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Post by Hendrikto »

anonu wrote: post #80

Reminds me of this post on HN from 5 years ago: what will it take to run a 2 hour marathon? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8439408 Unfortunately the linked article seems to have disappeared. I wonder if today's record was run with those special Nike shoes with the blades inside... The ones that supposedly give you a 1 percent boost or something similar... If you have shoes that give you such a boost, is it dopi…

> If you have shoes that give you such a boost, is it doping?

Definitely not, as doping is about drugs. It may be cheating though.

Re: Eliud Kipchoge Breaks Two-Hour Marathon Barrier

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Post by read_if_gay_ »

ralfd wrote: post #73
ddeck wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No need for AR in this case. There was a laser grid projected onto the road in front of the runners by a pacing car. https://image.businessinsider.com/5da1887a4af90974904877c2 https://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2... But that can't provide the drafting and morale benefit of running behind your teammates

Wait ... why a laser projection? You could just use the car for pacing.

Maybe for keeping a safe distance without having to eyeball it, or for avoiding the fumes.

Re: Eliud Kipchoge Breaks Two-Hour Marathon Barrier

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Post by anonu »

Hendrikto wrote: post #82
anonu wrote: post #80

Reminds me of this post on HN from 5 years ago: what will it take to run a 2 hour marathon? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8439408 Unfortunately the linked article seems to have disappeared. I wonder if today's record was run with those special Nike shoes with the blades inside... The ones that supposedly give you a 1 percent boost or something similar... If you have shoes that give you such a boost, is it dopi…

> If you have shoes that give you such a boost, is it doping? Definitely not, as doping is about drugs. It may be cheating though.

Motor doping is the term for hiding a small electric motor in race bikes. So doping could apply to situations outside of using drugs to enhance your body.

Re: Eliud Kipchoge Breaks Two-Hour Marathon Barrier

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Post by Shivetya »

Anyone have estimated of how many calories he burned during this run? I wonder how much he ate before starting and when? Are they allowed calorie dense drinks during these runs?

I do not do runs, walking sure, so I am just really curious how much it takes for the human body to do this type of run

Re: Eliud Kipchoge Breaks Two-Hour Marathon Barrier

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Post by eckza »

Rapzid wrote: post #23
benmarks wrote: post #2

Given that "[i]t will not be recognised as the official marathon world record because it was not in open competition and he used a team of rotating pacemakers," Mr. Kipchoge's attitude represents the best of sport: "Now I've done it, I am expecting more people to do it after me... This shows the positivity of sport. I want to make it a clean and interesting sport. Together when we run, we can make it a beautiful worl…

I just formed my own officiating world record certification body called WASI; We All Saw It. WASI rejects who-evers claim to a monopoly on declaring who ran what, when, and where. WASI officially recognizes Elluid Kipchoge as the most badass marathon distance runner alive.

I like this a LOT

Re: Eliud Kipchoge Breaks Two-Hour Marathon Barrier

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Post by anonu »

Shivetya wrote: post #87

Anyone have estimated of how many calories he burned during this run? I wonder how much he ate before starting and when? Are they allowed calorie dense drinks during these runs? I do not do runs, walking sure, so I am just really curious how much it takes for the human body to do this type of run

Not sure about this specific situation, but the rule of thumb is you burn about 100 calories per mile... 2600 calories for a whole marathon. You'd imagine elite runners would have higher efficiency? So lower caloric consumption per mile?

Re: Eliud Kipchoge Breaks Two-Hour Marathon Barrier

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Post by moopling »

YeGoblynQueenne wrote: post #57

So Kipchoge had rotating teams of pacemakers running _before_ him, throughout the race. Each team was able to outrun Kipchoge for a short amount of time, but of course Kipchoge himself had to keep the same pace throughout the race. This reminded me of an episode from Terry Pratchett's Small Gods . This is mostly from memory, but he describes an invasion of the country Ephebe where the invasion force comes from the si…

Another example is rockets. Most fuel in rockets is used to propell the remaining fuel up the gravity well
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