How Eliud Kipchoge Ran a Sub 2 Hour Marathon

I am so grateful for any support you choose to give, financial or emotional! 🙏 Eliud Kipchoge is the first person ever to run a marathon in under 2 hours. He ran a 1:59:40 in Vienna on 12th October 2019. This video explains some of the details behind this feat and the event.

You can watch the whole thing here:


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[anonony]

I like how everyone in the sport basically decided that this guy was our best chance as a species of beating our record so they all came together to help him do it. Very cool

[lordrosswaldeaterofcheeks]

"It's a marathon, not a sprint." - Everyone else

"It's a marathon and a sprint." - Kipchoge

[jasonwillows]

Dude looks like he's doing a light morning jog

[blackkidwearingyellowshirt]

Fun fact:
He ran at the speed where some gyms dont have in their treadmills for safety reasons

[higaddrip]

“It’s a sprint, not a marathon”

-Kipchoge 2019

[Rayka_]

So are you a sprinter or marathon runner?


Kipchoge: *Yes*

[themadhatter]

He seems like such a nice guy, i don't think i'll bother beat his record

[mattrowlands]

I don't think people understand how ridiculously fast he is running for 2 hours straight. World record mile time is like 3 minutes 50 seconds and this guy is running at 4 min 34 for 26 miles, the average runner would be doing it in like 7 minutes for a single mile... That's just insane to even think about and he doesnt even look tired

[jamesa]

Who here thinks this video is like extremely well put together

[jamesyoung]

Wins 2 Olympic medals... eh not really my sport

[davekha]

He runs past Captain America and says, 'On your left'.

[daxmusix]

He runs like liquid. It doesn’t even look like he’s going all that fast. He’s just so freaking smooth, with no wasted motion. Unbelievable.
I occasionally do his speed on a treadmill for about 30 seconds, and I look like a guy sprinting away from murderers. LOL
I love watching him run

[idkwhatmynameis]

so he basically just sprinted the whole thing.

😮

[JMully]

Man looks like he just finished his warm up after he finished

[santos]

GF: come over kipchoge
Kipchoge: but youre 26 miles away
GF: my parents are leaving in 1:59:40
Kipchoge:

[crizzledizzle]

So the fastest mile sprint is 3.44 minutes, this man ran about 4.4 minutes PER MILE for TWENTY SIX MILES despite exhaustion. I think the ridiculousness of this is underestimated. Insane feat.

[OlrikMeister]

Legend says Kipchoge ran home after the marathon

[fixer]

dude is less tired than me standing up from the computer

[mansreallysaid]

When she lives 26 miles away and says her parents will be home in 2 hours

[pilotswife]

I once jogged a whole 5K, and I was REALLY proud of myself that I finished it in 40 min.