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Re:The Runner Who Leads Every Pack and Then Vanishes by js2 on Monday February 27, 2023 @03:08AM (#34954160)
Track races are often won in photo finishes. Everything matters.

And that 2 minutes over the marathon is currently more than the difference between a sub-2 hour marathon (1:59:40) and not (2:01:09):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliud_Kipchoge

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Re:The Runner Who Leads Every Pack and Then Vanishes by philipwhiuk on Monday February 27, 2023 @02:25PM (#34960740)
Nobody but 'the fastest amateurs' is even doing track.

And Kipchoge is both the fastest and not an amateur.

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