Nike’s Two Hour Marathon Attempt

Re:Nike’s Two Hour Marathon Attempt by hsitz on Friday December 15, 2017 @06:14PM (#15936092)

>It's a little insulting to marathon runners to claim this is a 'marathon' IMO.

Well, the guys participating were three of the best marathoners in the world, probably one (Kipchoge) who is the best ever, so I doubt whether they or anybody involved were concerned about "insulting" marathon runners. Everybody was well aware that the conditions were different and would help create a faster time than possible in a regular marathon race.

Baby steps. Once they have achieved sub-2 in "artificial" conditions, the idea of going sub-2 in an actual marathon race will seem easier, and will be the next item to check off.

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Re:Nike’s Two Hour Marathon Attempt by FreeCrypto on Friday December 15, 2017 @06:35PM (#15936226)

Exactly this. Kipchoge would probably be insulted that the OP uses the term "run" in describing anything that's slower than 5:15 pace.

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Re:Nike’s Two Hour Marathon Attempt by robotresearcher on Friday December 15, 2017 @07:39PM (#15936563)

Or perhaps he's not an asshole and considers running to be whatever the runner is happy with.

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Re:Nike’s Two Hour Marathon Attempt by FreeCrypto on Friday December 15, 2017 @09:22PM (#15937041)

I think you're right, he seems like a super nice dude in his interviews :)

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