The LetsRun thread on this is pretty great, starting with a heated debate about his shoes. Were they too springy?
Eliud Kipchoge Breaks Two-Hour Marathon Barrier
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#22For the non-imperial unit folks amongst HN, he ran his last km in pace 2m40s. That’s very fast after 41km.
That’s basically the speed of the 10k WR.
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#23Given 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.
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#24I can't sprint that fast nowadays. When I was in the Marines 20 years ago, my 3-mile pace was slower than that, and I still had a class "A" run time. This is amazing.
He's literally the fastest distance runner in the world. It's not surprising you were slower than him. (I am too!)
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#25Earlier quoted context omitted.
I don't know how safe it is, but people have done times in that general speed range, e.g. Eric Blake's 2:21:40: https://www.recordholders.org/en/list/treadmill.html
2:21 is not even in the same ballpark as <2:00. 2:21 is a very respectable time, but not even international/national standard. It's a chasm.
When you're talking about treadmill speed and the mechanics of that (which we are), it's definitely in the same ballpark. In terms of running, no.
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#26Given 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…
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 and elation, but the fact that he picked up 10 seconds of pace at the end—when he was running only 10 seconds shy of 2 hours for the whole marathon—and then spent a good half hour running around and celebrating after he crossed the finish line might be a hint that we haven’t even found the real limits yet.
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#27While an amazing achievement, this seems quite artificial. A team of human pacemakers and following a car going at just the right speed. Non paywalled link with photo of laser-guiding pace-car: https://edition.cnn.com/2019/10/12/sport/eliud-kipchoge-mara... I can't find anything about anyone doing it on a treadmill before this, though. Maybe that's harder for some reason? Eliud Kipchoge's world record is 2:01:39, whi…
Would a treadmill be safe at that pace? 13mph is extremely fast especially over a sustained period of time.
Here is Haile Gebreselassie demoing a 4 minutes per mile pace on a treadmill: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSp1r1QhUSY
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#28I can't sprint that fast nowadays. When I was in the Marines 20 years ago, my 3-mile pace was slower than that, and I still had a class "A" run time. This is amazing.
He's literally the fastest distance runner in the world. It's not surprising you were slower than him. (I am too!)
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#29Interesting image showing the reversed-V formation of the pace maker runners, tested in a wind tunnel. (inverse of what birds do).
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EGqIhcSXUAca387?format=jpg&name=...
From https://twitter.com/BertBlocken/status/1182907965306748929
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#30Given 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?