Sabastian Sawe makes history at the London Marathon as the first person to run a sub-two-hour marathon in a competitive race.
    • truthfultemporarily@feddit.org
      8·
      2か月前

      2:51 / km. 1k record is 2:11.

      Would be:

      • 14 min 5k
      • 28 min 10 k

      Or, as I call it “all out sprint”.

      There are lots of funny videos of people trying to run this pace.

      • dmtalon@infosec.pub
        1·
        2か月前

        Ya, having run 3 marathons and two 50ks I very much appreciate how unbelievable that time is…

        It’s like the elite runners are not really human :)

  • 9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.works
    5·
    2か月前

    imagine breaking the world marathon record with a 2:00:28 run, and ONLY coming in 3rd place…
    imagine breaking the world marathon record with a 2:00:28 run, and not even making it to the headline… kiplimo get’s a passing mention in the 7th paragraph of the article…

  • pturn1@lemmy.world
    3·
    2か月前

    Never thought I would see this, outside of specifically setup events. The need for everything to go perfectly, and the course to be sufficiently balanced towards a fast run, meant the odds were—as I saw them—tiny.

    This seems to have been something he was training towards, and took advantage on the day of everyng falling into place. Amazing achievement, and a record that will likely stay for some time.