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Two-hour barrier smashed twice in history-making London Marathon (www.abc.net.au)

submitted 2 weeks ago by Zagorath@quokk.au to c/running@lemmy.world

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Kenya's Sabastian Sawe has become the first man to run a marathon in under two hours, winning the London Marathon with a time of 1:59:30.

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[–] Ludicrous0251@piefed.zip 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Unless I'm mathing incorrectly, 26.2 miles in 119.5 min is a 4:34 mile pace.

The thought of doing even one mile anywhere close to that pace sounds impossible to my brain. Let alone 26.2.

At my absolute most nimble I could maybe have come somewhere close to that pace for a 100 yd dash before tripping and falling flat on my face

[–] Zagorath@quokk.au 2 points 2 weeks ago

It's a 2:51 pace. Or 1:08 laps of a standard track.

Back when Kipchoge beat the 2 hour mark in his non-competitive attempt I went out after it was over and gave it a go. I made it one lap before I was absolutely beat. With serious training aimed at that goal, I reckon I could last 1k, maybe. But the full 42.195 km of a marathon? Even a 2:30 marathon is insane.