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Sawe becomes first athlete to run a sub-two-hour marathon in a competitive race

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Re: Sawe becomes first athlete to run a sub-two-hour marathon in a competitive race

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Post by justinwp »

groggo wrote: post #20
nikcub wrote: post #12

Stunning results at the top of the field. Some interesting takeaways on both fuelling and shoes. Maurten spent months working with Sawe and other runners getting their gut capacity trained so they could absorb and burn 100 carbs per hour[0][1] > The Maurten research team was embedded with Sawe’s team in Kenya for 32 days across six trips between last and this April. They were training his gut to absorb that load by m…

One gram of carbs is 4 calories., so more like 400 calories per hour. It was confusing when the running industry switched from calories to grams of carbs, but that's all anyone talks about now.

It's deliberate, because you generally do not want calories from fat or protein during a marathon or other running race.

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Post by jonplackett »

PaulDavisThe1st wrote: post #28
cowthulhu wrote: post #7

Wow, that’s ~13 mph, basically a full-on sprint for a mere mortal. Absolutely insane.

The fastest marathoners are moving at 4m30sec per mile or faster. Very few mere mortals could run that fast for even 100m.

Sometimes they have big running machines with a crash mat around them running at 2h marathon pace at running shows. I’ve o ly seen them on video - no one can keep up with it for more than 30 odd seconds. It’s INSANE they are running this fast.

Also bear in mind running a single mile under 4 mins was considered impossible for a long time.

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Post by nradov »

adverbly wrote: post #10

Wait two runners beat it in the same race? Was there perfect conditions.or something? Insane you could run 1:59:41 and not win!

Weather and course conditions were good but not perfect. There is potential to take a few more seconds off the world record in slightly colder conditions and on a course with fewer turns. I wouldn't be surprised to see someone run 1:58 in the next few years.

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Post by aaronbrethorst »

soupfordummies wrote: post #29
Noaidi wrote: post #21

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So if the weather was bad the accomplishment would mean more then? I don’t think this is how it works. Sports don’t happen in a vacuum.

Too bad, you could run a lot faster in a vacuum...except for that whole breathing thing.

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Post by petepete »

PaulDavisThe1st wrote: post #28
cowthulhu wrote: post #7

Wow, that’s ~13 mph, basically a full-on sprint for a mere mortal. Absolutely insane.

The fastest marathoners are moving at 4m30sec per mile or faster. Very few mere mortals could run that fast for even 100m.

There's an interesting video by Mark Lewis on this.

https://youtu.be/xkBmYQucyMs

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Post by clutter55561 »

Noaidi wrote: post #21

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Two marathons will never be run in the same conditions, that is the nature of outdoor sports.

Besides weather, there are loads of factors in the performance: shoes, clothes, food, etc. So basically every record gets an asterisk?

Re: Sawe becomes first athlete to run a sub-two-hour marathon in a competitive race

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Post by jonplackett »

These were Sabastian Sawe's splits

5km - 14:14 10km - 28:35 15km - 43:10 20km - 57:21 Half - 60:29 25km - 71:41 30km - 1:26:03 35km - 1:39:57 40km - 1:53:39 Finish - 1:59:30

Yomif Kejelcha also ran sub-two, clocking 1:59:41 on his debut marathon

You have to feel for Kejelcha - breaking 2h marathon and not even winning the race!

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