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Re:Eliud Kipchoge Breaks Two-Hour Marathon Barrier by ggregoire on Saturday October 12, 2019 @07:39AM (#21232267)
That's running 42km at 21km/h… Anybody who already tried to run a sub20 5km (5km at 15km/h) knows how crazy this is.
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Re:Eliud Kipchoge Breaks Two-Hour Marathon Barrier by IAmGraydon on Saturday October 12, 2019 @09:19AM (#21232867)
Put another way, it’s an average 4:35 mile sustained for 26 miles. It’s hard to even get my head around how a human being could accomplish this.
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Re:Eliud Kipchoge Breaks Two-Hour Marathon Barrier by cehrlich on Saturday October 12, 2019 @09:57AM (#21233131)
Exactly, I was a middle distance runner back in high school and nowadays focus on half and full marathons. I'm far from being an elite runner, but I do alright at local events.

I can barely keep Kipchoge's pace for 1km.

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Re:Eliud Kipchoge Breaks Two-Hour Marathon Barrier by usaphp on Saturday October 12, 2019 @01:06PM (#21234588)
It’s crazy that he runs 1km under 2:50s, and he does it 42 times straight!
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Re:Eliud Kipchoge Breaks Two-Hour Marathon Barrier by ErikAugust on Saturday October 12, 2019 @11:26AM (#21233858)
It's a 14 minute 5K over and over for 42K.
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Re:Eliud Kipchoge Breaks Two-Hour Marathon Barrier by cocoggu on Saturday October 12, 2019 @08:09AM (#21232406)
Exactly, this is crazy. I can barely hold more than 3 minutes at 20km/h.
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Re:Eliud Kipchoge Breaks Two-Hour Marathon Barrier by _the_inflator on Saturday October 12, 2019 @08:42AM (#21232585)
17.1 per 100m. 10*42 times...
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Re:Eliud Kipchoge Breaks Two-Hour Marathon Barrier by gameswithgo on Saturday October 12, 2019 @12:16PM (#21234240)
a normal recreational runner could keep up for between 400 and 800 meters.

not even one mile!

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Re:Eliud Kipchoge Breaks Two-Hour Marathon Barrier by russx2 on Saturday October 12, 2019 @07:30PM (#21237088)
And that's a normal "good" recreational runner. I suspect few could even manage 400m (that's a 68 second lap...).
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