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A comment on Nike’s Two Hour Marathon Attempt. Parent comment

Re:Nike’s Two Hour Marathon Attempt by runamok on Saturday December 16, 2017 @05:37AM (#15938892)
They could have played games with the groups letting them get lapped but that would have probably been very challenging to implement.
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Re:Nike’s Two Hour Marathon Attempt by adrianmonk on Saturday December 16, 2017 @09:21PM (#15943626)
Ah, thinking like an engineer!

You're clever, but the IAAF is thorough. Rule 144.3 says:

"For the purpose of this Rule, the following examples shall be considered assistance, and are therefore not allowed: (a) Pacing in races by persons not participating in the same race, by athletes lapped or about to be lapped or by any kind of technical device (other than those permitted under Rule 144.4(d))."

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