Eliud Kipchoge
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Eliud Kipchoge
Amazing scenes after Kipchoge becomes first athlete to run the marathon in under two hours the 34yo Kenyan, , finishes in one hour 59 minutes and 40.2 seconds
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Re: Eliud Kipchoge
Amazing run& time set by Kipchoge.
Phenomenal run well done to him.
Phenomenal run well done to him.
Re: Eliud Kipchoge
Incredible how far sportsmen/athletes push the barriers out to the limit
The world of sport becomes faster & faster
The world of sport becomes faster & faster
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Re: Eliud Kipchoge
A 4:35 mile for 26 miles.
For some perspective....
A marathon is roughly 4.2 10-kilometer runs, so Kipchoge kept up about a 29-minute 10K pace for four successive 10K runs.
That's a faster 10K pace than Paavo Nurmi ever ran and about as fast as Emil Zatopek ever ran for a SINGLE 10K.
If you ran four straight world record 10K runs right now, you would finish a marathon only about ten minutes faster than Kipchoge ran. And that's on a flat track, with no hills.
Mind boggling.
For some perspective....
A marathon is roughly 4.2 10-kilometer runs, so Kipchoge kept up about a 29-minute 10K pace for four successive 10K runs.
That's a faster 10K pace than Paavo Nurmi ever ran and about as fast as Emil Zatopek ever ran for a SINGLE 10K.
If you ran four straight world record 10K runs right now, you would finish a marathon only about ten minutes faster than Kipchoge ran. And that's on a flat track, with no hills.
Mind boggling.
Re: Eliud Kipchoge
that is 2 mins per mile faster than my best marathon (many moons back)
I averaged 6.34 per mile...
however up to 10 miles, I averaged about 5 min miles...
now it takes me that long to do 100 yards..
I averaged 6.34 per mile...
however up to 10 miles, I averaged about 5 min miles...
now it takes me that long to do 100 yards..