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Marathon runners would run naked if they could. Certainly don’t want or need some heavy gadget on their head.
A device like google glass wouldn't be much heavier than their usual glasses.
Are there any ultramarathon runners that wear glasses while they run?
The LetsRun thread on this is pretty great, starting with a heated debate about his shoes. Were they too springy? https://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=9640871
Wow, that was not heated but toxic. I had to nope out of that after reading the first 2 pages.
This comes on the heels of US anti doping handing a 4 year ban to the coach of Nike's elite running team. People who follow that side of the sport have little faith that athletics (or cycling, or any other sport) is any cleaner now than in past decades, which is to say, every successful endurance athlete is on some kind of gear.
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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.
Having pacemakers in marathons that way is deemed acceptable. The organization of a marathon will even specifically hire runners to, say, run the first half in one hour ten minutes, after which they are free to step out of the race.
Here, each pacemaker, including the ones that accompanied him to the finish line, ran for only about 9 km (my guess, given 35 pacemakers used and using groups of 7). So, the last group only started running when Kipchoge has run for over one and a half hours.
At this pace he would beat lots of amateurs ON A BIKE!
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A device like google glass wouldn't be much heavier than their usual glasses.
Every once counts. Also, it would be a pain to keep on while running. Are there any ultramarathon runners that wear glasses while they run?
That's running 42km at 21km/h… Anybody who already tried to run a sub20 5km (5km at 15km/h) knows how crazy this is.
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Besides, he already has the official world record anyway. This was an experiment to see if it was possible to shave a couple dozen seconds off the marathon time of the greatest marathon runner of all time. Doing it again in race conditions—whether it’s by Kipchoge or another runner—will be a historic milestone but there is greater confidence that it will happen now. Besides, I know you can’t control for adrenaline an…
I'm not alone in thinking this, but it's not just his pace that makes him truly remarkable, it's his consistency. I can't remember accurate numbers, but I think it's like in ten consecutive marathons, he came first nine times. Runners are prone to injury, and if you're not feeling 100% on the race you're likely to not win or run at your best.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliud_Kipchoge#Competition_rec...
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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.
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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.
In a college indoor track 5K, one of my teammates was being lapped by another teammate competing for a podium spot. The guy being lapped started sprinting to help the guy near the front of the race finish strong. That was ruled illegal pacing and they were both disqualified. It was a similar sort of situation — in order to legally pace you must be able to keep up with the runner your pacing.