Yep, draw your own conclusions as to how it is so far ahead of others and for so long.

Yes, a negative split. As one of my friends noted, so did Kimetto when he broke 2:03, Geb when breaking 2:04, Tergat when breaking 2:05.

Fast times are all about being strong late in the race.

No matter how fast it's run, a WR isn't going to happen at Boston because it's point-to-point and a significant drop in elevation.

Boston can be fast in the right conditions, and had a "fastest marathon" time as recently as 2011 (2:03:02 by Geoffrey Mutai). But IAAF wouldn't ratify it as a record because the course doesn't meet the current requirements.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/14/sports/eliud-kipchoge-marathon.html


Inspiring writing from before the race.

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10k - 30:48 / half - 1:06:40

Do y’all think his baggy singlet cost him much time? He was wearing compression shorts but a baggy top.

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Let food be thy medicine...

I wrote it that way to avoid absolutism, but yeah currently it would be a "WR," not official. My point anyway was each marathon has it's own character and in a race like Boston, pacers make no sense. They want a head to head clash the whole way

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Chasing PB Podcast Latest interview with Eli Hemming on Targeting a US MTR spot in Tokyo

That guy was a clown. Get the F out of the way.

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Formerly DrD

First 4 miles is all downhill and a 25mph tail wind that year on the backs of sub 130lb guys...

I give Boit a lot of credit, but he did not run a PR pulling Kipchoge. His half marathon PR is 59:20 at Herbana Half Marathon this April.

Sucks that you can't turn off your cynical thoughts. Sunday morning was the the most exciting marathon running I've watched live since the breaking 2 last Spring. I only watch sports to enjoy it. It's not life and death. It's human endeavor and challenge. It's what we do ourselves, just at the different level as it's the edge of what human beings can do. And in the case of Sunday, the best a human has ever done under the rules of the event. I'm guessing you struggle with enjoying action movies as well, with all that green screen and animation?

Drop in WR has been the combo of low barriers to entry, $$, social status in different cultures (Kenyan/Ethiopian/Japanese primarily), course selection, optimisation of training and race nutrition. Those things mean that the best athletes for the sport and the event will want to, and be able to, focus on it to be the best they possibly can be. (Generally growing up at high altitude, with a active lifestyle, being small.)

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https://www.strava.com/athletes/nbrowne1

I had the same thought. I listened to the audio book (this is a good listen while running). I told my wife the WR was crushed at Berlin and she asked why I thought it was beat by so much. My response was Breaking2 and the mental edge it gave him. It was only a matter of time, but not just for Kipchoge. They proved to elite runners what humans are capable of, even if it was under ideal conditions.