What Happens When You Train Like Nike’s Two-Hour Marathon Runners
What Happens When You Train Like Nike’s Two-Hour Marathon Runners
Science, Spoken · SpokenLayer
May 9, 20179m 56s
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Show Notes
I did it. On Saturday afternoon, a few hours after Eliud Kipchoge ranastunning, historic marathon in two hours and 25 seconds in Monza, Italy - narrowly missing his goal of breaking the two-hour marathon mark for Nike's Breaking2 initiative, but obliterating the current world record and everybody's idea of what is possible in the sport - I ran a half-marathon on the same course in 1:26:52.
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