Why It's Almost Impossible to Run a Two-Hour Marathon | WIRED

[@tinadortmans2913]

Who’s watching this after eliud kipchoge did the impossible

[@brandonmartinez8217]

Tina Dortmans yesssss

[@TH4TK1DG4MER]

Almost* impossible

[@emerson7291]

Yep

[@OneDerscoreOneder]

????????

[@elhadjiamadoujohnson4166]

Tina Dortmans 😂😂😂

[@iaintevengonholdyou]

“It’s a marathon, not a sprint” Eliud: *Deep laugh*

[@trishitatiwari4264]

Lol ahaha so true, he literally sprinted the marathon :D

[@Jruss2]

Facts

[@DonLee1980]

99% of humans can't even sprint at this pace for 400m. just insane.

[@Scarecrow-zr3zx]

Wired: "We said ALMOST..."

[@RonnieHouseJr]

Lol

[@lukeheinze8925]

THEY SAY ALMOST BECAUSE JUST IN CASE IT WILL HAPPEN

[@lt.random210]

Luke Heinze becaus it did happen

[@danielkatona8778]

It's just the clickbait. The video explains nothing about why there would be 2 hour a limit except for "scientists have calculated it".

[@jonhjonhathon5142]

@@danielkatona8778 What kind of proof do you need besides scientists' calculations?

[@profmor7655]

Wired : It s impossible Eliud: Hold my running shoe

[@aaronlarsen8412]

Yea shek wes

[@KidGibson]

Wouldn't he need the running shoe you are holding?!

[@jacobbull8315]

TheBlock hold my 4%’s 😂

[@waeon]

almost impossible*

[@LordGrimdark]

The title says almost impossible

[@angie-bj3me]

Today, 12 October 2019, Kipchoge of Kenya is the first man in all of human history to run a sub two hour marathon.

[@efisgpr]

With LOTS of help. Doesn't count

[@formelrambo1643]

Sam B88 less drag

[@inbaachen263]

@ neosapiens he completed 26.2 miles in under 2 hours. Using his legs. He covered the distance in under 2. Simple. He did it. Not a WR, but he still did the feat.

[@AnnmusPnda]

Sam B88 Didn’t he use the controversial Nike Vaporfly’s? I don’t have a problem with them, and I think it’s ridiculous that they would ban any shoe through o so specific regulations, but yea.

[@nate3143]

neosapiens he wouldnt have done it without the help, but no one else in the world would have done it with the help

[@stevenkylearguelles6436]

Forrest Gump ran for 3 years 2 months 16 days and 12 hours.

[@Ryu62Alpha]

not the whole time, he stopped to eat and sleep lol

[@georgerosebush9754]

But not at 13.1 mph

[@leewithglee]

Ultramarathon

[@affleckben3876]

How my gosh you so dumb that movie wasn't real you idiot it was a fake movie wherr guys goes running across america hr is real dumb dumb Jk, Good comment

[@LUIman513]

Minh P and when he had toooo.... you know.... he went

[@pete17100]

They said breaking 4 minutes in the mile was impossible. Records are made to be broken and the 2 hour marathon barrier will be taken down. Edit he did it

[@darknessb7333]

Peter Kim who said that? kids from school make that time all the time

[@cryo9216]

In 1954 Roger Bannister was the first human being recorded to run under 4:00 for a mile, with a time of 3:59.4. Before that time many people believed such a feat was impossible. However, people in the sport knew better. Same goes for the 2 hour marathon.

[@copperjarhead]

until it becomes physiologically impossible. not all records can be broken.

[@PeterJavi]

copperjarhead sub 2 is not one of them. But yes, if someone sets a 1:58:xx, no one's going to beat it anymore.

[@MedievalSolutions]

PJ Vis someone will break it. Giving up is lame and you can force potential. Or genetically engineer a better human. Immoral?(maybe)

[@nutsta5954]

When someone jogs faster than you sprint

[@Falquiboy]

Then you know you are seriously weak.

[@hisomeone8276]

@@Falquiboy not necessarily, it depends on who you're comparing. Do you honestlt think an Olympic athlete running mid distance is going to be slower than a normal person sprinting? A lot of high class athletes can run 4 minute mile pace or faster but could YOU run 400 meters in 60 seconds or faster?

[@Falquiboy]

@@hisomeone8276 If you go all out and lose against these guys going their marathon pace then you are in a very bad shape. Dont call yourself fit at least.

[@aIkaIi]

@@Falquiboy it would be a tall black guy that I lose to everytime

[@Roy-ml5fn]

faberho that's a stupid way of thinking. Lebron James is known for taking care of his body and being one of the greatest athletes ever. If he sprinted he wouldn't keep up with those guys. Does that mean he's not fit?

[@nanometerr7048]

Umm October 12, 2019 is when the “impossible” is going to be I’m possible

[@techgeek.123]

But it technically doesn't count as the world record..

[@AK-ei7iy]

@@techgeek.123 but he still did it nevertheless

[@techgeek.123]

@@AK-ei7iy but imagine for 100m sprint if someone ran it in 9.5seconds but the track was slightly downhill, and there was above the allowed amount of wind. It would not count as the world record.

[@AK-ei7iy]

@@techgeek.123 all I'm saying is that he the distance in under 2hrs! FACTS!

[@nicholasgitahi]

qwerty - it’s not about it being a world record it’s a question on whether it is possible, and it just got done

[@9o1ybius]

Let’s change that “almost impossible” to “POSSIBLE”

[@UberJamesMan]

They're the same thing

[@UnknownRager96]

Almost possible

[@howdareyou41]

that's what almost impossible means

[@OwnagePing]

Mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell.

[@darthsion2737]

no. it's mitichlorians

[@lewishopkins3614]

Definitochondria

[@zamudun]

Aaron MITOCHONDRIA IS THE POWERHOUSE OF THE CELL.

[@icst4786]

Darth Sion The MITOCHONDRIA IS THE POWERHOUSE OF THE CELL!

[@d_wang9836]

Aaron are*

[@smefour]

Just for the rest of the World, 13.1 miles/hr is 21.1 km/hr

[@wokewatch8508]

boo your conversion is bad and you should feel bad!

[@suhail_10]

Thank you smefour

[@filipe_paixao]

oh, to late now but still, thanks

[@ryanstock7094]

Thanks

[@PavanMehta]

Thanks for that.

[@onthewall119]

I would hate to be in East Africa after a zombie outbreak

[@tweedledee5850]

DCO 7 lmao

[@davidcmatt]

That is great

[@Oncopoda]

This is racist. J/k. 😁

[@Swaggmire215]

DCO 7 💀💀💀💀

[@saintfourtyseven6471]

Oh man, haha

[@christopercolombus]

Nobody: "running a marathon under 2hrs is almost impossible" Eluid:im going to have to stop you right there

[@earlnyk]

Hold my cow..

[@OneDerscoreOneder]

It’s still almost impossible

[@Zultchy]

You did this meme wrong. If its "nobody" theres no text. Because noone is saying anything. Should be "wired"

[@charlie_mario6292]

Zultchy nobody: would mean nobody didn’t say nothing, meaning that everyone had something to say. Everybody: would actually make sense. However, the person who typed the original comment messed up an already unfunny meme.

[@zemienten61]

Wired: Why It's Almost Impossible to Run a Two-Hour Marathon Eliud Kipchoge: Am I a joke to you?

[@pacinpm2]

The most important factor: you must be from Kenya.

[@DeclanHiggins__]

Żółć A Kenyan running just broke a 2 hour marathon

[@gokublack3231]

You predicted the future

[@duricojhonacet.8011]

You sir, is a time traveler

[@kimmoseh2733]

True I'm, this dude is my neighbour

[@evallyhood254]

🙌and you predicted the future,akenyan did it

[@rayhutcheson3294]

to be fair, running on a tredmil and outside are completely different

[@jetman1895]

Usually when athletes run on a treadmill are for research or correcting the form

[@dubstepforever99]

ye true, you can get seriously hurt on the treadmill.. if you crank it up too much and doesn't hold the pace or do one bad step you will be flying off the treadmill hurting yourself.

[@uhohspaggetios3015]

It's so different.

[@rxonmymind8362]

Correct. In my unofficial unscientific estimate running on a treadmill is only 65% comparable to pavement. But the treadmill & elliptical are awesome to keep the heart muscle pumping during inclement weather when you can't get outside.

[@jazzabighits4473]

treadmills compensate for your weight so well i agree

[@CaptainOdin1]

Thought I was watching Vox for a moment there.

[@SquatSimp]

Emperor Odin Wait this isn't Vox?

[@fridasofiaochoa9989]

Emperor Odin same

[@rohithkumarsp]

I Thought VICE

[@stuartdavidson9560]

Rohith Kumar tğiuùjyýjkh

[@stuartdavidson9560]

v

[@dot346]

Whos here after finding out Eliud kipchoge accomplished this?

[@henny01]

:')

[@jakobschultz1663]

Just a heads up if anyone is interested: on October 12th there is another attempt at running sub two hours in Vienna.

[@footballworld1651]

It happened

[@jakobschultz1663]

@@footballworld1651 yup :D

[@nate3143]

Jakob Schultz he did it

[@cameron_a9116]

I'd like to thank wired for covering this. It's not often that mainstream media gives a sh*t about running (other than Usain Bolt every four years lol)

[@treyjara4350]

cameron_a911 W

[@lukes1233]

cameron_a911 I've noticed that too. One of the most underestimated sports😩

[@storrho]

lucas _sch As i recall running is one of the (if not the) the oldest sports around, so i wouldn't ecactly call it that.

[@lukes1233]

Storr Hoek It just seems (especially in high school) that endurance sports never get as much recognition as football, soccer, etc. even though the practices and events are much harder, and usually year round.

[@RealDarkFilm]

Because you have to run to play those sports. Basically running is not a sport, its an exercise

[@xXEVERLONEDXx]

Why aren't any of y'all naruto running?

[@TheBeanMan00]

There's no wind so they don't need to be arrow dynamic

[@joetyler835]

Tan Hoang Naruto ended..

[@Ryu62Alpha]

Because its the worst way to run, and terrible for your back

[@SchmegmaOnToast]

Crazy knife Found Ricky's(Trailer Park Boys) KZbin private account.

[@deshaun1280]

Nick Moore it does not help you run better at all actually..

[@laurenwheeler8219]

We are now just 25 seconds away

[@gurmeharsingh730]

1954 Roger Bannister breaks the 4-minute mile 1969 Neil Armstrong walks on the moon 2009 Usain Bolt runs 100m in 09.58 October 12th, 2019 Eliud Kipchoge runs a sub two-hour marathon

[@gonzalezm244]

Gurmehar Singh moon walk was much more so an engineering achievement than the other mentioned individual achievements. Not that it’s not historic lol, just don’t think it’s in the same category

[@iamchillydogg]

"The marathon is a sprint" - Kipchoge

[@Cv56789]

This doesn't explain why it is almost impossible to run sub 2. I got more info on how it would be possible. Not going to happen anytime soon!

[@MrSaxophoneGamer]

Christophe Vautier Actually it is looking like the 2 hour marathon will be broken very soon, maybe even within the next one or two years.

[@Cv56789]

I disagree.

[@soupsandwch]

it did explain it. To make it under 2 hours all 3 variables, vo2, lactate threshold, and running efficiency have to be at pretty much peak-of-human-limit levels.

[@Cv56789]

No this video explained how elites perform better than your average joe and what they need to accomplish sub 2. No talks about how it's "Almost Impossible" It's click bait my friend.

[@randall172]

they explained why the theoretical limit was 1:58:58, when he took the highest V02 levels, lactate thresholds and the best running economy measurements, and combined them.

[@Crlarl]

If you want to be a villain number one You have to chase a superhero on the run!

[@JTNRAO7]

hahahaha

[@videojudgedude11]

That's running at a 4 minute and 35 second mile pace for 26.2 miles... It'll take a freak of nature if that is ever gonna be achieved.

[@rajitrajpal7703]

Kipchoge.

[@vponnuru]

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[@uncleruckus7229]

Eliud kipchoge: hold my beer

[@chinmaybiradar3288]

He doesn't drink beer🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@thepatbackexperience4573]

Even Uncle Ruckus respects the marathon goat

[@itsmythkick]

It's basically impossible Kipchoge:Hold my water

[@stevocanuck]

I went for a 10 minute jog 3 days ago and almost passed the fuck out. Couldn't handle the pain.

[@footballscholarshiptoharvard]

Stevo Canuck do more of that and you wont

[@stevocanuck]

Jose this is the result of not running for 4 months. Ran 16 times in the month of January and haven't ran ever since.

[@Fifth_Ace]

Stevo Canuck I went a full year without running once and when I came back I managed to ko 3 miles.(yes I was hella tired) stop putting up excuses for the fact of your bitchiness.

[@takecare9150]

Jose bitchness 😂😂 got his ass

[@SkeletonHands6969]

^^^ and I am 140 llbs and bench 200 x4 without ever lifting a bar in the past year. Cool story bro im 100% sure that it happened.

[@noahduran1891]

All Eliud Kipchoge has to improve is one second less per mile and he will get it

[@wokewatch8508]

crazy right?

[@grantfischer6040]

Nah he basically said himself that was his best possible race

[@yoyomyg7330]

@@grantfischer6040 he's going to try it again soon in another project hopefully he does break 2 hours this time lol 😂

[@grantfischer6040]

WARRIOR FIGHTER PAHLAWAN hey Man U right... doesn’t mean me quoting Eluid was wrong

[@chipmunk449]

That's crazy, the science behind it is quite interesting.

[@harrislam]

science exists in almost everything, even seemingly unrelated things, when you evaluate it at its highest level

[@Not_what_it_used_to_be]

Harris Lam that statement doesn't really make any sense, considering science is the method we use to collect information and form conclusions about the world, it's not a thing that exists independently of us.

[@harrislam]

+Later Activity You are right, but what do you say when you see a fat dude running a lot slower than a sprinter? You don't tell him his running posture was bad, he had baggy clothes or bad shoes, you would just tell him to lose weight and exercise more. While there is also science behind that, it's not the same kind of analysis. In my previous reply I meant "in almost all fields, experts start applying advanced scientific analysis when evaluating the highest level of competition/profession." But honestly, I think my previous statement wasn't all that ridiculous. It was a lot cleaner than this one if you ask me.....

[@Not_what_it_used_to_be]

Harris Lam I don't understand what you're trying to say tbh

[@KateWatry]

HI I am a college runner and just made a video about transitioning from summer to winter running and would love for you to check it out and let me know what you think! Thanks! kzbin.info/www/bejne/f32qoaiDa9aMqac

[@oliviama9173]

Video: a two hour marathon is impossible Eliud kipchoge: hold my shoes

[@forbz558]

Time for "How Eliud made it possible to run a marathon in under 2 hours"

[@nyasha_duri]

You were right!

[@RaytheonNublinski]

I wanna buy some Nikes so bad right now. Can't figure out why.

[@jinkianlee]

gg they did well in marketing

[@TheToyotaMann]

nike is made by slaves.

[@hiyoryan3901]

Congrats, you just fell into their marketing trap.

[@Vacated204]

OP was being sarcastic. You're now the dumb one.

[@jackrol6857]

Bullet Tooth Tony I don't cuz I'm whering them right niw

[@Pitchoo973]

when you are running after your food you can run a two hours marathon

[@Vuyanzi93]

Pitchoo973 What do you mean by running after your food?

[@mateomembrila7115]

Lulu Abs when you want food

[@untrainedmechanic]

Lulu Abs, primitive humans would have to run after an animal until that animal would give up.

[@stey]

Oh damn that was dank

[@buzzcut13]

Yup. We couldn't out sprint them, barely out strength any, but we sure could out endurance them until they just couldn't go anymore.

[@rydergarrigan7985]

Vox: It's nearly impossible Eliud: Well yes, but actually no

[@21MilesAhead]

the only marathon I run is from my room to the kitchen to get some soda and chips

[@gabrielebacchieri]

Your house is huge

[@aristotelian3183]

“wHy iTs aLmOsT iMpoSSiBlE” Eliud: wrong

[@aristotelian3183]

queeditchable well, I do. Just wanted to make a joke. Nerd.

[@PandaLikesTofu]

1:33. Tony, fix your fucking form.

[@jctai100]

A lot of countries in Africa and the carribean have people who as children run around in their bare feet, building up OVER TIME the small intrinsic muscles in their feet and calves as well as other supporting structures. This obviously greatly enhances their running economy.

[@kotieerwee2593]

Wired "Running a sub 2h marathon is impossible. Eliud Kipchoge "Someone hold my beer"

[@gobeyond3226]

Did they say that?

[@thereasonofficial9254]

Kotie Erwee almost impossible

[@eddie_ad2050]

Who's here after watching Euclid Kipchoge run a 1:59:40 on the marathon on Oct 12?

[@rassclartindeairblud5335]

Yep

[@akashkhot47]

Title exists Eluid Kipchoge : Am I a joke to you?

[@hotgamerbabe3574]

He just did it

[@holdenheras2745]

lol the race just finished, he was 23 seconds too slow

[@iode9999]

Jonytheman 25*

[@ConnorCu]

Jonytheman that's still amazing though

[@iode9999]

Jonytheman read the description it says 2 hour not sub 2 hour

[@iode9999]

Jonytheman not the title though

[@weir-t7y]

Buddy coulda sprinted to the end and made it

[@f14u2]

this is just Native Marketing for Nike

[@sensoukami]

Hardly...there was barely any mention of Nike....and the information they were presenting around V02 max and what not was informative.

[@youzuko]

randomname not this video, but the sub2 attempt. that is one kind of marketing strategy to improve their brand name.

[@bennybing8653]

Exactly. It gets people talking. Plus its great advertising for the Nike Zoom VaporFly Elite, which Eliud Kipchoge, Lelisa Desisa and Zersenay Tadese will wear while attempting to break this barrier.

[@alal1322]

Hey... advertizing pays for the whole of KZbin and most of the free content on the web... sad but true fact is that few people would drop a cent on every video they watched on KZbin like its one of those handle turning movie machines folks used to get at amusement parks ...lol, funny image though.

[@epatrono33]

True

[@woopwooppingpang6460]

1:35 wtf is this guy doing😂

[@TheKingOfGreatness]

woopwooppingpang reminds me of naruto 😂😂😂

[@CarlosMendoza-kj2uz]

Someone must have told him to “punch-it”.

[@fugue3823]

Trying his best

[@crex-pd1vv]

he is being beta

[@itsyaboireturns3122]

He runs like a titan

[@winstonkenyon8722]

Elliud would have actually broken 2 hours if it was 50 degrees faranhite on the day since it was 55 degrees faranhite on the race day. It was predicted that he could have knocked 20 second off putting him nearlly at 2:00 on the dot.

[@florenceaoko8207]

Everyone: No one can run a marathon in less than 2 hours Kipchoge: Hold my milk!

[@mitchellknuth8805]

Kipchoge: Hold my lactic acid

[@themanwithnoname9578]

That's not milk lady 😜

[@manofgod7622]

Who said that?

[@CarlBaravelli]

When on KZbin you are reaching out to an international audience and not just an American one. So it would be nice to report distance in both miles and kms

[@sandrovva]

Who's here after its been broken by Kipchoge!

[@omarmoataz]

Eliud Kipchoge: Hold my beer.

[@cathalodriscoll7740]

Who's watching after someone ran a sub two hour marathon In Vienna

[@ΓιώργοςΣτεφανίδης-υ3ρ]

*Who's here after Kipchoge run under 2 hours???*

[@TheDropForged]

Wasn't he only 23 seconds late? Regardless that is fucking amazing.

[@Dyge]

he was like 120 minutes late

[@yoursfinest2834]

A guy ran a 2:00:24 today what a coincidence

[@stephenlaw8451]

LOL thats literally what they were talking about in the first 10 seconds of the video. That's the event nike was holding, trying to get Eliud Kipchoge under 2 hours

[@Markonim]

Its called blue character effect. If people see blue characters in a string of black text they are more likely to interact with it.

[@VMR8648]

Fennec- Ummm quiet a few! Google Rich Roll, this guy reached peak performance AFTER AGE 40!! And after beating drug addiction! Google Dr. Ruth Heidrich. Reached her peak after 30-35 AND after beating breast cancer. Eliud on the other hand probably has been working out since he was little, nothing too miraculous. Much more miraculous performers than him exist.

[@jakelepak8548]

Stephen Law it wasn’t just Eluid they were trying to get under. There were 2 others.

[@gustopher6500]

@@VMR8648 nice try but you won't rich-roll me

[@bobjoe2228]

“they have double the vo2 max values of mere mortals”

[@marnotto8269]

*kipchoge enters the chat*

[@miertul]

0:29 "Now 13.1 miles per hour is obiously NOT an International Standard Unit"..... People, when will you start counting like the rest of us?

[@JsForLyf23]

Who's watching all these "Why it's impossible to run sub 2hr videos" to comment that EK just broke it?

[@mothereric8774]

I'm interested about if running will go the ways of swimming. In the Beijing olympics many records were broken by people who usually were not usually doing so, this was due to crazy "tech suits" that were stroke specific and actually increased your buoyancy. These were later banned from future olympics due to their disruptive nature. I'm wondering if running will go the same way with fancy shoes and such.

[@cameron_a9116]

Breaking a world record in a running event is a much bigger deal than in swimming

[@mothereric8774]

How so?

[@quintinbassett9467]

cameron_a911 that doesn't relate to the question at hand. He's asking if it's likely that shoes(or possibly clothing) will be engineered that could manage such a huge performance boost in athletes.

[@SirChaiinsaw]

I'm sure with the way technology is headed we'll have shoes that propel you forward much faster in the future, and i hope they'll be Nike's so we can still look good :p

[@dho]

funny you say this because one of the whole reasons nike is such a big player in this is that they created a shoe just for this event. there's another huge nike sponsored video about it; not sure how you missed it. this marathon was done in the most efficient shoe they were capable of creating. it does make a difference, but only at the top level. endurance sports aren't pay to win, but dumping money into the most expensive gear does help marginally.

[@HumamBahoo]

so basically, this is video starts with a clickbait and ends with an Ad and you can't figure them out both until the end. perfecto

[@CertifiedDeadMemes]

And just like that, this barrier was broken

[@JAY_Model_1]

Kipchoge: I'm about to end this man's whole career

[@ethanlehman7110]

Strange how the horse riding cultures of old never evolved into these super efficient runners.

[@elitekid2311]

Nobody: Eliud Kipchoge:*I'm about to end this man's whole career*

[@Officialgoat236]

Kipchoge : Hold my sweat.

[@McMxxCiV]

Good thing that title contains "almost", because Eliud Kipchoge just did it.

[@wolfhowl684]

Everyone now: well this hasn’t aged well Wired: we said almost

[@johntrussell7228]

The Fitnessgram PACER test is a multistage aerobic capacity test.

[@Wisdumb1984]

Nike: Just do it. Eliud Kipchoge: Just did.

[@dommitchell1050]

Eliod Kipchoge:Well yes but actually no

[@evilfish6741]

This whole series is fantastically done, I love it!

[@thanhquanky]

Kipchoge made the history today

[@alexlikaboss7252]

While where you hit on your foot while running may not have any consequences for races, if you heel strike you are much more prone to injury

[@wokewatch8508]

wrong

[@nolanmcbride7493]

*Eluid Kipchoge has entered the chat*

[@OCUBOX]

Do you know how MUCH PRACTICE these guys did (do) to gain such efficiency? You're saying it like they magically have those abilities naturally.

[@They_Hit_The_Pentagon]

Well part of it does involve what your born with

[@loriskaufmann9575]

@@They_Hit_The_Pentagon nope it doesn't, look at Julien Wanders for example

[@They_Hit_The_Pentagon]

Loris Kaufmann what I mean is that your genetic build can help For instance being. Taller definitely helps

[@loriskaufmann9575]

@@They_Hit_The_Pentagon well eliud is 1.67m tall, having longer legs definitely helps, being tall just adds wheight you don't need

[@They_Hit_The_Pentagon]

Loris Kaufmann yes but it also means you have more muscle

[@Youraveragekenyan]

Elias kipchoge : so I took that personally

[@jacksonzeng4025]

Why it's almost to find an almost impossible episode without it starting with why it's almost impossible

[@waeon]

1:32 dude runs like a little kid 😂

[@dmitri4005]

with the case of footstriking that only plays a role in running economy many other things are stride length (which many pro runners have to be very long), arm movement, and the vertical tilt of the torso relative to the hips. If you go rewatch the footage of the average runners compared to the "elite" runners you will see a differnce in the smoothness of their form and overall biomechanics/running economy.

[@wokewatch8508]

kudos

[@tahersaif8931]

Breaking 2 hours in a marathon is impossible Eliud kipchoge: who decided that?

[@kelvinsang1535]

Eliud Kipchoge just smashed the INEOS challenge in 1.59.40

[@AhmedSaeed97]

Eliud Kipchoge just broke the 2 hour marathon record! Incredible

[@Sai-iz3ep]

Who’s here after kipchoge’s inhuman sub 2 hour run

[@hsterts]

"They have double the VO2 max of mere mortals" kek this is the best description

[@Adam-cb3qo]

Well, it's not imposible anymore after todays Eluid performance.

[@greene.apples]

the people in these "almost impossible" videos are real life super heroes

[@MooMooMath]

Nice video Thanks Interesting note on running economy. I coach cross country and coaches agree that vo2 and lactate threshold are important but have different opinions on the importance of running economy. I personally feel that a forefoot striker with a cadence of 180 steps per minute will have a lower chance of injury than a heel striker. However, it does get tricky when you go to a XC meet and see the different running forms of really fast runners. An interesting study would be to analyze runners who have run high mileage for long periods of time without injury (10 + years) and look for the common themes.

[@youtubersingingmoments4402]

I find it interesting that measurements for both time and distance are pretty much random concepts made by humans. There's just something so psychologically powerful about round numbers in our measurement systems; I bet this feat would have stayed unbroken if the term "marathon" meant 30 miles or if "hour" meant 70 minutes.

[@MOFFS]

Who else came straight here after reading the news about Kipchoge running it under 2 hours? 😂😂 what a great achievement!

[@lukemate2783]

Imagine still using Miles as a measurement of distance and not kilometres like the rest of the world

[@xamrelpmek7193]

Hduf Lolly I think you mean greatest country on the planet

[@adairgonzalez2424]

@Hduf Lolly I'm American and I agree

[@aheslam93]

Im surprised no one has done a “hold my bones joke” yet...

[@TrucPhamThachThanh]

12th October: When impossible turns possible

[@alansamuel2454]

Why will WIRED always set the barriers for athletes?

[@EnnTomi1]

I cant afford a Ferrari, but I can become one. damn.

[@captainwonderbar1657]

"Why it's almost impossible to sit through an entire WIRED video."

[@Sultan-lv8sj]

Wired - It's Impossible . . Kipchoge - Hold my Nike

[@HelloThereGeneralKenobi.]

I just came back to report that Eliud Kipchoge just ran an 1:59:40 marathon. It happened in Vienna