Just woken up to the news that Kipchoge is going to have another shot at a sub-2 marathon later this year! Here's the executive summary:
Edited to add some links:
News article on BBC
Official Twitter feed for the attempt
- Backed by Team Sky saviour and Paul Weller-lookalike Sir Jim Ratcliffe and Ineos
- Scheduled for September/October 2019 in London, UK
- "Looped Courses" are still being evaluated
- Early indications suggest that again it won't conform to IAAF-record protocol
- Jim Ratcliffe currently looking for UK manufacturers of extremely large clocks with experience of mounting them on automobiles.
Edited to add some links:
News article on BBC
Official Twitter feed for the attempt