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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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