Is It Possible to Run a Marathon in Under 2 Hours? | Breaking2

How fast can we run a marathon? It’s a question that has challenged us for thousands of years, and now scientists are working with elite athletes and trainers to attempt the impossible: completing the 26.2-mile journey in under two hours.
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[@mathicious]

There we go, it IS possible! Congrats Eliud Kipchoge for an unofficial time of 1:59:40 !!

[@ZerofeverOfficial]

1:32 Kipchoge, prophetic

[@mr.elastic5825]

why did i click the time stamp

[@ahwasright1364]

mathicious Definately possible with Nike's Drug Team ext

[@raphael9148]

„It is almost impossible to run under 2“ Kipchoge: Hold my isotonic sportsdrink

[@78g476]

"No human is limited" - Eliud Kipchoge.

[@peterlewis3540]

We are limited, because so few people have the supreme athletic ability to run 105 times around an athletics track, all in under 68sec per lap. That is what Eluid Kipchoge achieved when running under 2hrs in Vienna

[@Lankyfool234]

70 second laps I’m pretty sure

[@habbofutgogo]

Eliud Kipchoge *has entered the chat* .

[@akshathere5275]

Sub-2 Hour Marathon left the chat

[@samajahn]

Anyone here after 1.59?

[@lyonking1820]

1:59:40? Yessir

[@hildam5939]

National Geographic: is it possible to break 2? Eliud Kipchoge: hold my water

[@bradfordmartin9837]

Hold my running goo

[@basilika2136]

Hold my low oxygenaten air

[@jamesambrocio]

No doubt, it will be broken. I just hope it's within my lifetime.

[@ThisIsBett]

My friend, watch Vienna INEOS Challenge this Saturday. The World will be switched off literally.

[@jeyk6040]

It's now broken. I hope you watched it!

[@zaharamohamed2486]

Ur dream came true ..he did it

[@kevinnathaniel9231]

Where are you? Are you dead

[@theodore9339]

Are you still alive?

[@zeitunahmed6080]

Kenya 🇰🇪 just did that on 12th October 2019

[@StUtP9R4]

The whole country run? Wow!

[@harryduong5931]

@Tom Goldenheart sure it was

[@dallas2147]

Harry Duong It wasn’t official

[@TheGuywithnolife]

@@dallas2147 so? it was still sub 2

[@04jpalfa29]

@@dallas2147 so what?? It's still sub 2... Stop complaining

[@AnkitSinghAnarchoAtheist]

Eluid Kipchoge is coming. GOAT..

[@elijahhall6107]

Ankit Singh guess you were right

[@en3939]

Eliud kipchoge did it 🎉🎊❣️🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪

[@radiostation6366]

Kipchoge is so fun to watch. His form is awesome

[@koraipl]

Is It Possible to Run a Marathon in Under 2 Hours? Yes, it is.

[@jojojrojo2822]

@Tom Goldenheart it was tho

[@cattzz8785]

Tom Goldenheart it’s is a marathon but wasn’t official

[@batatapao3611]

Tom Goldenheart, sorry mate, ur just wrong, did re run 26.2 miles, yes. That is the distance needed to be a marathon + it had the required amount of uphill and downhill.

[@dq890]

The answer to that is yes

[@Noneblue39]

but all the conditions have to be right.

[@AratjaUjotOurstories]

Eliud: hold my running shoes!

[@Jvdzzz]

Nobody: People after watching Kipchoge run a sub 2: yEs iTss pOssIble

[@khumokwezimashapa2245]

🤣

[@virajdobriyal6321]

Meanwhile Eluid: Hold my Ugali Bowl. Ugali is a starchy staple these Kenyan athletes eat Day in day out

[@stlouisix3]

Eliud Kipchoge has run a marathon in under 2 hours!

[@markm.1244]

Who is here after Eliud Kipchoge ran 1:59.40

[@peterlewis3540]

It is possible, as Eluid Kipchoge has made history, in doing just that. The only problem, is that there are only a tiny number of elite athletes who have the ability to even have a go at breaking Eluid.s 1hr 59,40 time. If his sub 2 hr record was recognised as the new World record, it would be an incredibly hard record to beat, as few athletes have the capability to reach it.

[@rahulbarca4112]

2 hour challenge exist. Kipchoge: Hold my chai and bread.

[@bruhnuts36]

it’s funny that this video was uploaded on the 12th of Oktober and exactly two years later it happened

[@neymar.senior]

Video was published *12* *October* *2017.* Kipchoge does it on *12* *October* *2019.* How weird!

[@anandvidekar1325]

No human is limited...

[@younge1666]

did he suggest that running shoes are holding elite runners back? just because we dont have cushioned feet dosent mean cushioning isnt beneficial. we stop evolving when we are good enough, not when we are perfect

[@blackwatch_TV]

quality content from NatGeo

[@NatGeo]

We love bringing you our best content! Thanks for watching 🏃

[@rahamitv5959]

Eliud just smile on it!

[@raphael9148]

Now that it is done, this Video will explode

[@firstlast9731]

Funny enough, this video was made exactly 2 years on the day before Eliud Kipchoge broke 2 hours

[@ZerofeverOfficial]

Kipchoge at 1:32 , prophetic

[@ActNaturally]

Great video!! Keep em coming!! Thumbs UP

[@NatGeo]

Thanks for watching 👍

[@marioderossi3149]

I hate how people say East Africans take drugs, or grow up in higher altitudes, or run to school everyday. Sure that helps but I think it’s simply a genetic advantage their body has.

[@aarondavidson907]

Mario De Rossi I mean they do grow up at altitude tho. and they’ve been conditioned at altitude for millennia so long distance running is what they’re designed for

[@note2owns]

I used to run long distance in school, and I am a "ball of the foot" runner. I tried the "heel" technique and I understand why that technique is 2.3 x more likely to result in injury. I felt immense pressure on my knees and ankles sometimes to the point of sharp pain.

[@gracyru8806]

Genetics,environment and training aside; Eliud Kipchoge's 'head game' is on a level of its own. The man's a beast at staying in control of his mind. Its not unique though; elite mountain climbers have done it in environments and conditions that are limiting and potentially dangerous.

[@jernyau9085]

Hope That They Can Break The 2 Hour Barrier 1:59:59

[@retiredshitposter1062]

Meanwhile this video just rambled on about random BS and didn't really address if it's possible.

[@Mani_Matter]

Royalist *Steroids

[@stanislavzaloznyi5737]

2:00:25 kzbin.info/www/bejne/jGO9fXpje86dlZY

[@ilyakarakotov4065]

Mani Matter lol not so quick homie, do you even know what kind of training and supervision those guys went through for the past several months? What about the mandatory drug tests they went through?

[@Mani_Matter]

N00BST4R you think because they are tested negative, they don't take something 😂😂😂?

[@1v1mepvp]

Why is this getting recommended after Eliud got 1:59:40

[@jackyjess7273]

That heel strike running animation kills me

[@glorykathomi6876]

Kichoge we love you all the way from Kenya

[@rajdehoo6993]

Eliud kipchoge did it yesterday in vienna

[@googlable]

A rant about nothing. Doesn't examine the question in the title at all.

[@hazarddavid6987]

Exactly...just talking and talking...

[@Kjellcubing]

Answer: of course not? If Eliud can run it in 2 hours and 25 seconds, sure it's possible to break that 2 hour barrier.

[@linahkinuthia6562]

He just did it yesterday

[@thesilentrunner1460]

Eliud: Hold my Beer

[@NoobAlike]

I like how this is recommended now

[@liner011f7]

Ok, it's possible, but not everyone can do it.

[@teakey]

That’s stating the obvious considering some people don’t even have legs

[@supersportrsz28]

Well, YES, it is

[@TheEasternCoder]

Hello sir ,I can't find the nat Geo breaking2 documentery on entire KZbin . KZbin has removed the documentary. I need the breaking2 documentery .It is big motivation to me. Can you send it to me ? Please please .I need it please 🏃🏃🏃🙏🙏🙏

[@f4ptr989]

for fucks sake, if anyone ever breaks two hours they'll have run for nearly 119.9+\-minutes @ 13.1+/-mph

[@pacoo3712]

@F4PTR, yup, 4mins and 35sec per mile for 2hrs.

[@user-me4zi5ep4h]

Genetic but also their life is running even if going school, working, playing I know kipchoge has best record with helping lots of suppoter, especially pacemaker

[@YummyFood454]

Amazing run I watched the whole 2 hours. Super inspiring

[@AmanSharma-tt7in]

Kipchoge: Hope you've got your answer!

[@3wod590]

Yes.

[@alittlepieceofeverything3118]

This video was so informative - thanks!

[@kaheldan]

I wish they'd use metric ffs.

[@illustriousmonster]

Oneal Jordan Gonzales amerricaaa

[@SukhpreetKaur-er5bc]

Feel you bro

[@marko514]

One of the reasons I don't like them.. Hypocrites, don't have their own language, want to be special with that "yard, mile" stuff

[@Will-xx4qs]

So where is the Documentary ???

[@shintyty]

2019 yes sir

[@TheTororist]

yes

[@PabloBarquero_]

Who’s is seeing it when it has already been done?

[@godfirst7452]

Me ✋

[@CrushSoccerStarz]

I can run a 2 hour marathon easy idk what this is all about Oh wait that's my mile time

[@TheLaloisthebest]

CSS - Crush Soccer Starz Are you walking on your hands

[@geofrey9667]

King-Choge💪🏾💪🏾

[@dyzma323]

I don't want it. There must be something unreachable that everyone is striving for. The two-hour limit is magical

[@mariaburbano4403]

I have been trying to rewatch the breaking 2 documentary, but can't find it anywhere! Where did it go?

[@BobMcCoy]

*If only CNET would read comments*

[@buddhasdisciple4935]

MOST IMPORTANT POINT : Don't run on concrete / cement - will end up breaking your knees 2nd most important point already covered : RUN ON FOREFOOT, like a horse, AND NOT ON HINDFOOT

[@CallMeOpia]

Judge Jude who doesn't know this, lmao

[@aarondavidson907]

Your first point isn’t actually accurate. If you have poor technique, yes. You’ll damage your knees running on pavement. But if you have highly efficient technique with minimal impact, your knees can take a lot of pavement running. I have pretty efficient form, and I’ve been running largely on roads for the past year. And my knees are no worse for wear

[@jimmy-gm7bw]

Yes it is possible! It is already been achieved

[@ShockwaveClipz]

Yup 👍 it is!

[@tylercuts5331]

Not so crazy anymore

[@sizwenhlapo6083]

Where can I watch the national geographic Nike breaking 2 documentary. Please assist

[@Elissaoui]

Dennis #Kimetto #Kenya 2 h 2 min 57 s

[@alexhomovc8179]

محبي الطيور المغردة kipchoge made 2:00.25

[@luidelpatron7254]

*Yes*

[@diananamalwa4573]

Yes. Kipchoge eliud did it

[@Crixian_Perez]

Ofc Brodieeeee

[@Dimetrodon637]

Ty for the Nike advertising geographic :)

[@Blueflag04]

thats the reason some people can join amazing race

[@danstiver9135]

Electric Boogaloo?

[@CheeseFest-]

Yes it is.

[@youngheart17]

YES

[@frankragetti531]

If, only if Kenya and Ethiopia were not such corrupt countries, we would have already had those guys running sub2 in marathon and sub 27min in 10km. Those men and women have the legs for that. Those were born to run.

[@teohongli4779]

Eliud Kipchoge!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@creeperawman.4918]

“Might Be Possible”

[@pinleto7534]

Just YES

[@VarshneyAditya]

I specifically searched for this video after Eluid's magic

[@ilyakarakotov4065]

Why is the thumbnail a white woman running even though the video is about breaking 2 haha, they should have put a black man running there

[@paulgoogol2652]

because women are beautiful lol. men may be much faster or better at tennis but I prefer watching women. just a pervert thing maybe.

[@procycloneco1374]

After two years : "Is it possible to run under 1:58"

[@Iamkabera]

Yes it is

[@carlapioli7024]

fantastic!!!

[@Lamborghini-war]

the fore foot running or the heel land running which will more support to long distance running?

[@rigobertohernandez1950]

Take geneticas to a whole new level.

[@joeldriver5356]

If you have a bunch of pacesetters running in front of you so that you can draft the entire way then apparently you can as Kipchoge just did. Without pacesetters I don't think so.

[@robrob5859]

Yes its verypossible clearly...... job done

[@Sadaamberlin8307]

Was this time travel.?

[@DrReddit]

2:48 that was mid foot running not heel striking lol it looks like heel strike cause of the angle i saw the breaking2 documentary it's mid foot

[@stevocanuck]

first of all.... *forefoot strike* > heel strike

[@jonahshankel2911]

Stevo Canuck what??

[@fatbastard7346]

Short answer: Yes

[@sandeepshetty1589]

done and dusted...what's the next challenge?

[@benndei5099]

1 hour: 59 minutes by eliud

[@bbvikash9701]

Super

[@jomz3721]

Time to delete this video or change the title from 2hrs to 1:59:00

[@alveolate]

paid for by nike?

[@mr.worldwide5561]

Ask that to Kipchoge

[@boco_medjed-nb7634]

It is, trust me i know

[@IbervilleMusic]

hold my beer.