World Record Progression: The Marathon

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[@lol-gb5vt]

1st. rip Kiptum

[@ogorangeduck]

R.I.P. Kiptum

[@RedPilled100]

😢Rest Easy champ 2:00:35 is mind blowing...just insane

[@dannyk5772]

Cartel got him 😞

[@anjilala]

Some people love scandal too much, will believe anything that fits their need for drama.

[@stanstan-m9b]

cartel

[@wayando]

RIP ... 🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪

[@Mclarenboy100]

The fact that Ronaldo da Costa had the audacity to *cartwheel* after breaking the WR by 45 seconds is ridiculous, just as ridiculous as that cameraman missing the whole thing.

[@happyscorner3177]

Yeah I agree it was insane

[@gabrieldodds9081]

Kelvin Koptum will go down as the biggest what if in sports history

[@mike04574]

one of

[@payrysdoscs4903]

That's a massive category to be at the top of, but I won't argue that.

[@jamestremblett1875]

Sammy Wanjiru is on that list.

[@renerpho]

@@jamestremblett1875 Definitely. The similarities between the two are striking (same age, same country, similar potential, and a tragic and unexpected death). I was a bit surprised that Wanjiru wasn't mentioned in the video (or did I miss it?), but I guess it's a video about the marathon WR, and Wanjiru sadly never got the chance to break that.

[@Number69]

George Best retiring at 27 (drinking away half that time), Seles getting stabbed on court coming into prime.... there are so many who missed with war years, boycotts and injuries too.

[@djbidd007]

The Summoning Salt of the running world

[@mheurtevent1]

Would be fun to hear "and then he had this run..." cue the music

[@stuffbenlikes]

@@mheurtevent1 And that new world record was set by... Matt Turk.

[@awesomeguysuncle]

This dude has been great at 'analysis' content for a while now

[@werdwerdus]

RIP Kiptum, definitely a future GOAT contender 😢

[@Joshy-]

Abebe Bikila being able to get a world record while barefoot is something I'll never be able to wrap my head around. Such a good runner.

[@neilchambers470]

The perfect video to listen to while i fall asleep

[@RedPilled100]

Absolutely😂

[@jkfjsfaugueyfhsdfjfafajjgu6769]

I thought those exact words before i fall asleep

[@grashoprsmith]

DITTO

[@500ccRabbit]

This guy has such a great voice

[@turnoverbros]

I literally could recall some of the information in this even though I slept through it, perfect video to listen to while sleeping

[@lexington476]

This is a fantastic video. the history of marathon and marathon race records is not something you really think about much. thanks for putting this together.

[@turnoverbros]

This video was so informative that I literally was sleeping and still comprehended this video. Good work on this!

[@noahcalderon]

My running coach just died on a layover to europe, and when I heard right now about Kelvin Kiptum it reminded me of my coach and how we never know what life is gonna through at us 😪rest in peace to them both.

[@sunnygames4948]

Great video! RIP Kiptum

[@hitchikerspie]

Gosh that was a gut punch, I'd completely missed the news of Kiptum dying, RIP to a legend

[@Bebs_]

Holy sh*t this channel’s underrated!

[@kangaroo967]

This is one of the most well-researched videos on athletics I've ever seen! Loved it, thank you for taking the time to make it

[@willd3526]

This was fantastic! Any chance of one of these for the women's record? It has a very interesting origin story and I'm curious to know the progression

[@brianmessemer2973]

Thank you for honoring Kiptum. Great video, I enjoyed it.

[@baileyayyy5085]

after the first record was so slow I was feeling hot like "damn maybe my times will keep up for a bit" and it just immediately jumps to sub 3 lmao

[@payrysdoscs4903]

Nothing to do with WRs, but you mentioned in the beginning that some people enjoy competing in multiple marathons a year. That reminded me of Slovakia's Zdeno Chara, a 24-year NHL (hockey) veteran who, in a 12-month stretch from April '23 to April '24, completed EIGHT marathons. His PB of 3 hours, 11 minutes, and 4 seconds came from his most recent race at London '24, just 6 days after he ran the '24 Boston Marathon. What's even more impressive is that he stands at an insane 6'9", weighs 256 pounds, and is at the age of 47. That's pretty neat! 😎🆒️

[@EdvardShevchenko]

I knew nothing about marathon runners and their records before watching this. That last part hit me hard. I got all excited for Kiptum’s potential, before that ending knocked me down.

[@marypagones6073]

Thank you for this wonderful video! It’s fascinating how running the marathon at a competitively fast distance is so difficult, even for top talent-almost more of a struggle than a 50k ultra marathon, with an expectation of a slower pace (and usually on trail).

[@Bert_Fromarketin]

just stumbled across this page..youtube suggested videos got one right this time!! EXCELLENT DOCUMENTARY!! RESEARCHABLE INFO!! well done..going to binge watch these...

[@janai1420]

I love this video! would love to see one talking about the women runners in the marathon world!!

[@BobBob-uq2by]

I’ve been waiting for this

[@harrisonthegr8526]

The goat is back 🙏

[@primalbeer]

Great video! Little hurt that you showed the Düsseldorf marathon Elevation graph instead of the Rotterdam one at 54:28

[@AJaguar1]

Thanks for this documentary/Research RunnerBoi

[@inglesconrichard]

Fascinating!

[@Honorary_dodo]

If only Kiptum hadn’t died

[@When_Disaster_Strikes]

Great video! Thanks for taking the time to put this together! ❤️❤️❤️

[@chadi0902]

Very well put together documentary. Nicely done.

[@natologic]

I am going crazy or is there Super Mario 64 sound effects in this video?? I can hear "Here we go!" at 52:07, "Ha-ha!" at 52:27 and maybe one more. Great video as always?

[@yijuntey]

curious what the race nutrition was like back then. I don't think gels were a thing, so maybe they took juice or fruits?

[@dkphysique007]

Awesome vid. Well researched👍🏻

[@bharatmahaan2991]

This is a great video... I've been an average(level 4 marathon runner) and these guys never fail to fascinate me...

[@mydogsnameislucy768]

Man that news reporter hit like a ton of bricks. I didn’t know the story…

[@RodrigoPatarroyo]

Beautiful video, thank you so much for Share this great job

[@dannyhicking]

Awesome video. Enjoyed the long form documentary style

[@user-ch9di6by3b]

Best youtube running channel!

[@talantt3385]

New Runnerboi video, this is a great day

[@roccofishtaco4946]

I love your long form videos. Its so nice to be able to just put these on in the backround while doing homework.

[@polygon586]

Excellent video. One slight omission in not covering the pro circuit times from 1908-1912; which were not only years ahead of IAAF-approved amateur times, but were set on more reliably measured and non-point-to-point courses. (Due to being run on indoor tracks, which were much easier to measure than a long and sprawling road course. Technically they were slightly short of today's full distance due to a quirk in how American tracks were measured prior to WW1, but road courses in that era could be off by a lot more.) RIP Kiptum :(

[@Nepomuk.]

Great Video.

[@antoniohysell8077]

Where is Sammy wanjiru at on this list ? He broke records , 2:06: 32

[@JohnnyRunsForFun]

He’s the definition of “what if” but may kiptum rest in peace, we all know he’s up there above

[@nro337]

What a video. Long live the legends

[@k1ngn1ko]

Amazing video

[@Onscheli]

Such an amazing video

[@bobabola3399]

Love the video and channel

[@yijuntey]

people who has never ran a marathon or even a half marathon won't understand how impressive it is to even complete one in those stiff and ultra-thin shoes in the 20th century. Nowadays even the cheapest running shoes have at least a good chunk of midsole/outsole and is pretty comfortable to run, the shoes back then barely had any shock absorbing midsole.

[@klooger28]

So why was the chicago course suddenly legal for the recent records, was it changed to be longer? that part didn't seem to be covered in the video, otherwise a very entertaining watch :).

[@brandonm8901]

When does he say it wasn't legal? It might have not been before 1984 before they held the Olympics there and really opened it up to international athletes, it doesn't specify. I thought the 3 records that were set at Chicago were all ratified

[@klooger28]

@@brandonm8901 Well I guess im asking why the more recent records were ratified, when he gave the reasoning that the older records weren't ratified because the course was too fast.

[@brandonm8901]

@@klooger28 I'm asking which records at Chicago weren't ratified because I can't find in the video where he says there were any. The three records set at Chicago have all been verified

[@klooger28]

@@brandonm8901 seems it was the new york marathon, my bad

[@rssla4537]

Great video, thanks a lot! just interesting, these early runners, did they take some dops? i guess, nobody got tested by this time?

[@solberg2310]

Bro i this vidio is SOo good ❤

[@aidanmatthai7152]

babe wake up the runner boi dropped

[@afrobuddy4801]

I hope you can cover the 100m world record progression

[@sjoerdglaser2794]

I have to applaud your effort to pronounce Rotterdam the Dutch way. My Scottish married in aunt still pronounces it worse after 15 years here.

[@EdsLand]

R.I.P. Kevin Kiptum You will never be forgoten

[@LuisGonzalezRGG]

Wake up babe new RunnerBoi video

[@sidthorat]

I like how time sponsors have changed over the time from Longines to Garmin with Timex in between..says something

[@1rcplummer]

R.I.P.... 😢 🙏🏽❤🙏🏽❤🙏🏽

[@laggypirates]

One of the craziest things about this is just how fast guys were running a century ago.

[@backstein972]

26:05 lol, was/is there a wheelchair marathon aswell?

[@books2118]

Kipchoge just inspires me so much

[@soppies1032]

amazing video

[@k.s.nichols4060]

I'm not a runner, but these videos are awesome. Dumb question: what percentage of serious runners run a whole marathon without walking periodically? The best I've ever done is running 19 minutes or so without stopping.

[@joshuaolayanju9658]

Generally people don’t stop unless something unexpected happens

[@joelmacinnes2391]

"Serious runners" as in competitive/high level athletes, almost all of them - unless they blow up because of a bad racing strategy - but if you just mean people that enjoy running and do it almost every day, a lot of them wouldn't be equipped to take on a full marathon

[@RumHutProductions]

How have we not gotten any better in 60 years?

[@paulfhoffman]

I have seen no evidence to suggest that the Rotterdam course on which Derek Clayton ran his 2:08:33 was short. Jim Alder, Bob Moore and other world-class marathoners were in that race and none ran faster than their seasonal best on that day.

[@FatAlbertVEVO]

HEY HEY HEY, I LOVE RUNNING

[@QuickZ_]

Amazing times, before most of the science behind how to prepare, before gels, with poor shoes. Puts the influencers today to shame for pushing the "you need these gels, and these specific shoes" etc etc.. Just get out there and run.

[@DavidEssig342]

@RunnerBoi your next video should be the WR progression for the 10,000m. You have done the 5,000m, mile, and now the marathon. How about the 25 lap race?

[@Павел-и5б3ц]

Спасибо. Недавно искал в интернете статистику по рекордам мира в марафонском беге.

[@KenWangpiano]

Kiptum's death is so unbelievably sad. I have no doubt he would've ran sub 2 at Rotterdam. When will the world see another such talent?

[@furycapricorn9957]

Why don’t some courses count for records?

[@BurgerBear7]

Some don’t count because their net downhill is too much I’m pretty sure

[@zackmitarotonda]

point to point courses (like boston) can be net downhill making them faster than any possible looped course

[@furycapricorn9957]

@@zackmitarotondaI see. Thanks

[@JohnnyRunsForFun]

Running a 2:15 min marathon without shoes is crazy

[@BillSheerin]

what resources do you use for the world records i want to see the lost of people?

[@madinawairimu8676]

Where is Samuel Wanjiru?

[@oliver1784]

as a finnish person, we all good but you pronouncing that finnish name kinda sounds like a finnish man 15 vodkashots deep trying to do the same xdd much love though, really great video! ❤ edit: oh no I should have realized there would be more xdd my language is just fucked to pronounce

[@wayando]

Kelvin Kiptum ... RIP 🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪

[@TigerT242]

They made speedrunning a real thing

[@cdgui267]

RIP Kiptum 😢

[@joelmacinnes2391]

Yeah you won't need to update this in your lifetime

[@RumHutProductions]

How did they run under 3 hrs in those leather shoes

[@drake1600]

O.G. Speedrunners +respect

[@johndef5075]

I'd love to see the footwear for 1826!

[@mojojojo9458]

Jamal Browner has pulled an unofficial 500kg.

[@RumHutProductions]

How in the world did that guy do that in bare foot

[@grandmastermario3695]

Not even 57 years ago men broke the sub 2:10

[@iq_by_0303]

Part 2 in 2124

[@szymon6207]

So Start Weapon Reset time is 0:00:00 ?

[@RumHutProductions]

How did they run under 3 hrs in those leather shoes jesus

[@idkanaccountname]

At one point in time, marathon records were reasonable…then the Kenyans showed up- I know that’s not accurate, but it’s still kinda funny

[@julioalvarez9650]

Internet historian vibes here.

[@oakenstake4948]

Kiptum 🥀

[@szymon6207]

Rest in Peace

[@pizzastock111]

running

[@szymon6207]

So wheelchair's coming ?

[@grantintocontent8361]

Looks like 1800s are the fastest

[@YogSoth]

Why wasn’t Kiptum in the thumbnail? Kipchoge is the goat but this is a video about the WR. Seems really disrespectful.

[@bradymaher9657]

100th view nice

[@zerotwoisreal]

sub 2 hours is impossible. fate will kill anyone who gets too close

[@BrianTorres-theRunner]

kipchoge already did it.... and kiptum had the same physical fitness so he would have done it eventually

[@lowzyyy]

I think Kiptum is murdered. We will never know the truth

[@ultrarnr4454]

Please learn how to pronounce the names of these places correctly and the people

[@charliehorton5070]

The commentary on this documentary is wrong. When Steve Jones from Wales broke the world record marathon time in the 1984, it was not his marathon debut. Why don't you people do your homework first instead of just uploading a program that is not the facts. Steve Jones had run a previous marathon and he had to retire with a foot injury after I think 15 miles.

[@RunnerBoi]

I stated that he pulled out of the same marathon the year before due to an ankle injury, and that it was specifically his "proper *full* marathon debut", signifying it was his debut in the sense that he had recorded an official mark in the event instead of a halfway-ish DNF. It's an important clarification to make imo for the video and you either glossed over it entirely, or just misunderstood my wording. Also for future reference, no one likes it when you try to give what are seemingly innocuous corrections to people in this type of tone, especially for a video that's an hour long.