We've previously discussed the possibility of running a two hour marathon (with much of the usual wit in this thread). For a comparison against running one mile in four minutes, running at the pace of a five minute mile would be too slow. Like running a mile in four minutes, people said running a marathon in two hours was impossible. However, it is looking very possible with advanced footwear and suchlike. Specifically, Kenyan marathon runner Eliud Kipchoge was within 0.4% of this goal. Variously reported as being 25 seconds or 26 second too slow, his effort is an unofficial world record.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 08 2017, @01:52PM
Advanced footwear? So, more advanced than my Rollerblades? I'd only consider those semi-advanced, they'd need to be at least electric for me to consider them advanced.