London Marathon - under two hours

bobmunro

Sabastian Sawe becomes the first man to break the two hour barrier in a competitive marathon- 1.59.30 (and the guy in second also breaks it!). Kipchoge's under two hours was a demonstration event with huge assistance, but this is an official WR.

Unbelievable achievement - one of the greatest athletic challenges achieved. Historic.

Many congratulations Sabastian - in absolute awe.

ForeverAddickted

Amazing achievement, bet he finished and walked casually off to the pub as well

Spare a thought for the guy who finished second, also until 2hrs... No one will ultimately care about him

cafc_se7

Unreal! 

guinnessaddick

Set a treadmill at 21kph ( max most will go to) and try to run for 30 seconds on it.

That's what he did for 1 hour, 59 minutes and 30 seconds.

North Lower Neil

Incredible.

Up there with the four minute mile as a landmark running moment.

MarcusH26

That's absolutely incredible. A record I didn't expect anyone to ever beat without controlled conditions. 

Off_it

I wonder how many people on here could run 100 metres in 17 seconds.

Just one 100 metres.

Now imagine running at that pace for 26 miles - or the equivalent of running 420 x 100 metres races back to back, all at roughly 17 seconds a pop.

Amazing.

Still, if the DLR isn't working then needs must ......

carly burn

Off_it said:

I wonder how many people on here could run 100 metres in 17 seconds.

Just one 100 metres.

Now imagine running at that pace for 26 miles - or the equivalent of running 420 x 100 metres races back to back, all at roughly 17 seconds a pop.

Amazing.

Still, if the DLR isn't working then needs must ......

Id probably struggle to do that in under two hours!

Friend Or Defoe

That's the sporting achievement of the year sown up. 

Rothko

After covering the first half of the course in 1:00:29, Sawe moved through the gears to complete the second half in just 59:01.

Only 63 men in history have run a half marathon as quickly as that - with Sawe's own personal best standing at 58:05.

His splits continued to quicken as he chased down his target, clocking 13:54 for the five kilometres from 30-35km, and 13:42 for the 35-40km stretch - an average pace of 2:45 per kilometre.

Leuth

Collins' fanclub all just quit en masse

usetobunkin

You can’t drive the course in 2hrs. Up there with the 4 minute mile 

North Lower Neil

ForeverAddickted said:

Amazing achievement, bet he finished and walked casually off to the pub as well

Spare a thought for the guy who finished second, also until 2hrs... No one will ultimately care about him

On debut as well!

AFKABartram

Kajelcha is an amazing athlete and that sub 2 for 2nd was his first ever marathon. First marathon and would have broke the WR

Gravesend_Addick

I'm trying to comprehend how you can run 26 miles in under 2 hours.  Can't get my head around it.  Mad

jimmymelrose

Cheeky shout out to my wife who ran the Nantes marathon today for the 4th time. I took the kids ( my eldest celebrating his 18th birthday today) there by train for the 1st time and surprised her near the finishing line.

stop_shouting

When the adidas pro evo 3’s come on the market, they will be the hottest shoe in history. 

palarsehater

@bobmunrohttps://www.adidas.co.uk/adizero-adios-pro-evo-3-shoes/KH7678.html

ForeverAddickted

stop_shouting said:

When the adidas pro evo 3’s come on the market, they will be the hottest shoe in history. 

I remember about six years ago, when I was still long distance running and there were some Nike shoes designed to try and break these Marathon records - Only about £150 so decided to get a version of them, and you could just feel how much more comfortable it felt to be able to run faster in them

mart77

My daughter Caitlin was one of the stories featured on the BBC and the eagle eyed will spot a Charlton shirt on the wall while she’s on the treadmill. Well done to all the runners and support peeps out there today 🙌🏃🏻‍♀️

stop_shouting

ForeverAddickted said:

stop_shouting said:

When the adidas pro evo 3’s come on the market, they will be the hottest shoe in history. 

I remember about six years ago, when I was still long distance running and there were some Nike shoes designed to try and break these Marathon records - Only about £150 so decided to get a version of them, and you could just feel how much more comfortable it felt to be able to run faster in them

I expect that Nike will be moth balling their alphafly 4 prototype of the back of this.

JohnBoyUK

incredible achievement and the perfect negative split.  Awe inspiring to witness that this morning!

(along with the fella interviewed running with the fridge, what a bloody legend!)

rina

even Kiplimo in 3rd came in ahead of the old world record, a truly remarkable race

Dazzler21

guinnessaddick said:

Set a treadmill at 21kph ( max most will go to) and try to run for 30 seconds on it.

That's what he did for 1 hour, 59 minutes and 30 seconds.

Actually, running on pavements and roads is even harder. Insane achievement. I'm still proud of my 3:30 😂

swords_alive

Gravesend_Addick said:

I'm trying to comprehend how you can run 26 miles in under 2 hours.  Can't get my head around it.  Mad

Call it 2 hours. Then divide by 2 to get miles per hour and it's 13mph. Not that fast really as I expect most on here could run at about 20mph if they had to.

carly burn

I had to work today but popped down to Blackfriars after at around 7 pm. It was the bit I struggled with when I did it 10 yeas ago!
It was the last knockings and some really struggling bodies trying to push themselves round. One fella was really going through it with tears in his eyes. I gave him a big Clap and shout and hopefully helped push him towards the finish line like those that gave me that final push when I did it.