Eliud Kipchoge becomes first athlete to run a marathon in under two hours

[JohnM 5,887]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/athletics/49771509

 

 Easy peasy!  He was running for less than two hours. I was much fitter in 1982 when I ran a marathon in just over 4 hours. I was running for a much longer time!!

[DavidM 7,296]

You’d think he’d just jogged to the shops for a paper . He was running around celebrating fresh as owt . Incredible 

[JohnM 5,887]

More to come, too, I reckon. 

[Bedfordshire Bronco 913]

What was the attendance? 

 Can't believe the RFL aren't making more of this publicity wise... 

This has come at the expense of traditional northern marathon runners in England

... Oops sorry wrong thread

[Shadow 4,821]

On 12/10/2019 at 10:04, JohnM said:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/athletics/49771509

 

 Easy peasy!  He was running for less than two hours. I was much fitter in 1982 when I ran a marathon in just over 4 hours. I was running for a much longer time!!

It’s true

I ran this year’s London marathon in over 5 1/2 hours and felt worse afterwards than when I’ve taken 3 1/2 hours. 2 hours must be a doddle 

[RL does what Sky says 767]

Not a true record as it was specifically set-up with pacemakers all the way and was not in a competitive event -  and also just a publicity gimmick for Nike's new shoes.

Nobody would say it's a record if St.Helens played a friendly against a very low-ranking amateur team and scored the most number of points in a match.

[henage 621]

Dont think anybody is saying its a world marathon record . Still one of the greatest runs by a male athlete . Wont be long before someone dips under 2 hours in a marathon race . 13mph on my bike takes some doing   

[DavidM 7,296]

I’m surprised it’s not called the snickers now

[Futtocks 11,829]

1 hour ago, henage said:

Dont think anybody is saying its a world marathon record . Still one of the greatest runs by a male athlete . Wont be long before someone dips under 2 hours in a marathon race . 13mph on my bike takes some doing   

There is no definitive marathon record really, as the courses, conditions ad other factors over the distance are so variable. A track race can still have variables, but they only affect by small margins.

[Futtocks 11,829]

1 hour ago, DavidM said:

I’m surprised it’s not called the snickers now

That joke's going to die a death soon: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/snickers-marathon-chocolate-bars-morrisons-a9105926.html - if only for a while.

The bar's original name was Snickers anyway; they changed it for the UK market. The same company also produced a bar in the USA called Marathon, which was a version of the Curly Wurly. Confused yet?

Edited October 16 by Futtocks

[RL does what Sky says 767]

3 minutes ago, Futtocks said:

There is no definitive marathon record really, as the courses, conditions ad other factors over the distance are so variable. A track race can still have variables, but they only affect by small margins.

However, records at altitude have been equally affected by conditions not available elsewhere yet they are still allowed to be counted as such.

[DavidM 7,296]

5 minutes ago, Futtocks said:

That joke's going to die a death soon: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/snickers-marathon-chocolate-bars-morrisons-a9105926.html - if only for a while.

The bar's original name was Snickers anyway; they changed it for the UK market. The same company also produced a bar in the USA called Marathon, which was a version of the Curly Wurly. Confused yet?

Very easily 

[Damien 7,089]

A great achievement but it's right that it's not recognised as a record.

[Bedfordshire Bronco 913]

On 16/10/2019 at 20:08, DavidM said:

Very easily 

The best thing for confusion is some sweets

Have some opal fruits

[DavidM 7,296]

9 hours ago, Bedfordshire Bronco said:

The best thing for confusion is some sweets

Have some opal fruits

Can I get them on prescription 

[Scubby 10,631]

Did he really need all those pace makers? Couldn't he have run to the Rocky IV training soundtrack on loop? Same effect