The 2024 Valencia Marathon Was Historic

Absolute mayhem on the streets of Valencia.

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[ThursdayNext]

When Kelvin Kiptum set the current record, it was just a question of when he broke 2hrs, not if. Then it was who among the greats. Now it's wide open to anyone from Kenya.

[jaden]

I never wanna say a runner is the next Bolt, Michael Johnson, Kipchoge, etc, but Sawe's debut is really similar to Kiptum's and hopefully he'll be able to progress in a similar way and have a long career.

I'm calling for him to be the first sub 2 and Kiplimo to take it from there in a few years.

[Leeroy]

Valencia delivered again. Great race. We also witnessed a new german number 1 and number 3 with times of 2:04:56 and 2:05:47. And we had Tadesse Abraham run a 2:04:40 at 42 years old.

[feezee]

I ran this year’s Valencia marathon. It was an incredible course. I think it’s also worth mentioning that a whopping 5085 runners broke 3 hours this year in Valencia! Just shows how much the sport of marathon has evolved.

[thedailystride]

Really was an amazing race. Shout out to Buchanan. Crushed it

[tenapics]

Valencia is showing year after year that it has to be considered as one of the best marathons to achieve great times

[Sev_de_Schlaechter]

I’m missing a shoutout to Tadesse Abraham: 5th place, 2:04:40, Swiss national record; all at age 42!

This was also the third fastest Masters performance and Abraham beat Bekele for the second time head to head (he also finished in front of him at the Olympics).

[_CRUMP_]

To think that not long after one generational athlete left us, another would arrive. I realy wanna see a sub-2 in my lifetime, and if Sawe keeps with it, he might be the one to do it.

[Robzabest]

i love it, i was there for the prime of sprinting usain bolt 2008 and sprinting at school and now I'm running long distance and everyone's breaking records

[lucarello]

Also Italian record from Yohanes Chiappinelli 2.05.24!😊

[Jlmasterson]

It would have been good to hear about some of the women who raced in Valencia. Unless I missed something, none were mentioned at all.

[jazzedgoat]

4:09 is 2023 Berlin Marathon, not 2024

[IronDan]

My first sub-3 marathon along with 5200 others, what an incredible race!

[davidtydeman]

Super shoes help but you need to be an amazing athlete to run these times regardless of shoes

[Ryan.Thomson]

Completely missed this video at the times and just noticed myself sneaking in the thumbnail 3 weeks later 😂

[Andy.mikhail]

You know damn well he was thinking about Kelvin Kiptum

[TheTrailRabbit]

One of the most insanely fast marathon's I've ever seen. We are really in a new era of marathon running.

[steamdream]

There needs to be a clear division between the regular shoe era and the "Super Shoe" era. You just can't compare when a piece of equipment helps you drop 5-6 min off your PB.

[ImThestAvenger]

The German Marathon Record got broken as well. Samuel Fitwi broke it by 2 seconds finishing 9th in 2:04:56.

[Jake_Ritter]

I really feel like super shoes are a huge help when it comes to the marathon, but that is a small part of the equation for an elite athlete. As an American, clearly we don’t understand how everyone is running so fast, but I think fueling and training outweigh super shoes. It’s hard to make an argument for that given the statistics shown in the video though.