Barrier broken! EliudKipchoge continues to astound us all. ineos159challenge
It will not count as an official world record because standard competition rules for pacing and fluids weren’t followed.in front of thousands of fans in Vienna on Saturday morning—and crossed the seemingly impossible barrier of two hours., further cemented his legacy by running 26.2 miles faster than anybody in history, finishing the time trial event in 1:59:40. He held a sub-4:34 pace for the distance.
The race started with fog and mist in Vienna, with temperatures in the high 40s and humidity at 90 percent—a bit above the “ideal” of 80 percent heading into it. There was a 10 percent chance of rain going into the day, and the light rain started around 58 minutes in.selected after a worldwide search
that used software to take into account factors like temperature, humidity, wind speed, and elevation to find locations with ideal racing parameters. It included a 1.2K run from the city’s Reichsbrücke Bridge to the Praterstern roundabout, after which Kipchoge completedThe pace groups did their job, flowing in and out in front and behind of Kipchoge with no trouble. He hit his 10K split comfortably in 28:20—slightly ahead of two-hour pace—with the calm stride and bounce fans are used to seeing from the legendary runner.
He hit the 21K mark in 59:35, giving him some breathing room for reaching the two-hour goal. And in all, it was a race run at a clinical rhythm, with most of his kilometer splits not wavering between 2:48 to 2:52 per kilometer—from 33K to 40K, he hit 2:50 exactly for every split.
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