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Eliud Kipchoge

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Incredible!

Shame they aren’t counting it as an official record. Impressive feet I just hope he can recreate it at an ‘official’ event so it can be counted.

Mo Farah hasn’t got a chance of winning London with this guy still competing.
 
Ricey said:
Incredible!

Shame they aren’t counting it as an official record. Impressive feet I just hope he can recreate it at an ‘official’ event so it can be counted.

Mo Farah hasn’t got a chance of winning London with this guy still competing.
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Why is it not an Official Record?
 
He was averaging 4.40 minutes per mile and running 100m every 17 seconds! That is absolutely incredible!
 
The Big Dady said:
That is a shame and a bit ridiculous, but I think most people interested in running/athletics will recognise it as breaking the 2 hour Marathon barrier.
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Not really, it was an organised one man advertising campaign backed time trial, 40 odd pacemakers stepping in and out of the “event” to assist. They may as well had an electric car with a damn great windbreak on it to set the pace and shelter him.
Great physical achievement , but not an IAAF sanctioned world record.

I can understand that most people involved in running these days do not race, they run for a time, and this will have a certain appeal.
 
Firestorm said:
Not really, it was an organised one man advertising campaign backed time trial, 40 odd pacemakers stepping in and out of the “event” to assist. They may as well had an electric car with a damn great windbreak on it to set the pace and shelter him.
Great physical achievement , but not an IAAF sanctioned world record.

I can understand that most people involved in running these days do not race, they run for a time, and this will have a certain appeal.
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He had a car in front of him with a laser guiding his route.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1183000894771736578
 
Saw a tweet that said out of the 51M + Park Runs, only 15 have managed that pace but just for 1/8th of the distance. World record or not, it's a remarkable achievement.
 
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