Posted on 05/05/2017 7:02:45 PM PDT by Az Joe
I mean i have seen clips of people doing it during regular marathons, i cant imagine they would not have a serious chance of doing it at such a sprint of a speed, even with special practice/training.
Valiant effort...unfortunately didn’t break the 2 hour mark, time was 2 hours and 23 seconds
2:00:24
Damn good try
I’m 62. Haven’t done it yet...we’ll see.
“Are they tested for drugs?”
That occurred to me, too, along the lines of, “do they want to *do* it, or do they want it to be legal?”
The story gets worse.
The pace runners will form a flying V, and the three competitors will run inside the V-shaped wind break.
To me, that fact alone makes the record feel tainted.
Re: 2:00:24
Just yesterday, at the Runner’s World web site, they said today’s run would be a half marathon test run, and the goal was 60 minutes.
Was there a sudden change of plan, or was that just bad information?
I know someone who didn’t run, at least as he tells me, until he was in his sixties, maybe even mid; now, a few years later, he won his age class in a major marathon. I think it was along the lines of 4 hours and 23 minutes but I could be wrong.
Honestly, he’s about 5’8”, maybe 5’6” and rather lean, wiry, probably less than 150 lbs. I think that is as crucial in his case as anything. A lot of us don’t carry much extra weight but if one is big and say, of a medium build, I think it makes it harder.
I’d love to get motivated to do that.
No, it was always a full marathon. I think they did some training on 1/2 marathons.
Thanks.
I read the Runner World’s link at Drudge.
Maybe the article was dated, and I didn’t notice.
Re: “I’d love to get motivated to do that.”
I run every day (I’m retired).
On work days, I rarely see other runners.
Today, I saw six runners!
How are your joints doing? How old are you?
I’ve run a lot in my life, albeit off and on, but all put together probably 35 years. Some good distances, 5 miles a day, 6 up to 8 miles a day for a long stretch of time.
My joints are all good. I sometimes wonder if all my running didn’t strengthen my knees, hips and ankles and that they have thickened adjusting to the load I put on them.
I love to run once I get into it and really get it going. 2nd best feeling in the world.
High school boys is 3:53 and now 10 years old
Considered by most to be a tough one to top
Science, Nike and a super-fast runner nearly pulled off a 2-hour marathon
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/sports/two-hour-marathon/?utm_term=.50389a1910c3
I can run at pace...for about 20-30 yards.
I can run at pace...for about 20-30 yards.
They had too much help.
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