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Re:Eliud Kipchoge Breaks Two-Hour Marathon Barrier by peteretep on Saturday October 12, 2019 @05:39AM (#21231769)
> he used a team of rotating pacemakers

Many of whom might be considered his competitors, too

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Re:Eliud Kipchoge Breaks Two-Hour Marathon Barrier by ABS on Saturday October 12, 2019 @07:15AM (#21232162)
nit-picking but of all the pacers (40-ish) only 10 or so are (or were in their past) "marathoners" and none would be considered Kipchoge's competitors. If I remember correctly they all have PRs in the 02:05-02:10 range.

Considering the required speed most pacers were 5000m and 1000m people

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