Anyone else watching Eliud Kipchoge’s 2hr marathon attempt?

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I’m really rooting for him, I hope he makes it- I used to train in middle distance running when I was a teenager but I don’t think I could keep up that pace for more than a few hundred metres now... such a huge feat of achievement to even get to a level where someone could realistically attempt this!

Epic!

What a run! And he is such a humble man too. Completely in awe. He’s knocked 19 minutes off my half marathon time!

PLEASE refer to them as Pace Setters. 41 pacemakers sounds like he has an acute heart condition.

I didn't see it as it happened (I was at Parkrun) but have now caught up a bit on clips.

Amazing run.

For people who think in imperial, that's roughly a 4-and-a-half minute miles. 26-and-a-bit times in a row with no breaks.

But they are called pace makers...
I was doing short track reps at that pace and was nearly sick int he week incredible

We’ve just witnessed something truly special. I admit to having a tear when he broke away from the pacemakers (yes that’s what I will continue to call them )

He is a truly humble and lovely man too, so well deserved.

I've just seen another comparison to help put this into context.

It's the same as running Parkrun in 14:13, eight and a half times

And of the 51,363,611 parkruns completed globally to date, only 5 have been faster than his marathon pace

What a weekend -Kenya's Brigid Kosgei has broken the women's marathon word record, that has stood for 16 years, with a time of 2:14:04 !!