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Post by Cast no shadow on Oct 12, 2019 8:19:40 GMT
Wow
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Post by wagsastokie on Oct 12, 2019 9:06:09 GMT
Well quite an achievement A large step for sports science A small step for mankind Yes all credit to the athlete but to compare it to roger banisters achievement is hyperbole at its best The Kenyan had inios behind him a team of sports scientists the correct nutrition brought to him on a bike so he didn’t have to slow down the best running shoes the course was specially chosen to only have a meter and a half gradient ( done by four laps ) And a team of elite pacemakers assisted by a car with lasers showing where they should be at any given time The Kenyan is a professional athlete Now to bannister on the day of the race he used his lunch break he put carbon on his running spikes After completing his shift as a trainee doctor got on a train to oxford for an athletic meet AAA’s v Oxford uni The race only took place because the wind dropped sufficiently for times to count and was run on a cinder track One of the pacemakers dropped out because he didn’t know he was racing and hadn’t brought his kit A true achievement by an amateur athlete with little help By all means the Kenyan is a great athlete but in this day and age it’s easy to unfairly compare with past achievements |
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Post by Timmypotter on Oct 12, 2019 12:09:57 GMT
Well quite an achievement A large step for sports science A small step for mankind Yes all credit to the athlete but to compare it to roger banisters achievement is hyperbole at its best The Kenyan had inios behind him a team of sports scientists the correct nutrition brought to him on a bike so he didn’t have to slow down the best running shoes the course was specially chosen to only have a meter and a half gradient ( done by four laps ) And a team of elite pacemakers assisted by a car with lasers showing where they should be at any given time The Kenyan is a professional athlete Now to bannister on the day of the race he used his lunch break he put carbon on his running spikes After completing his shift as a trainee doctor got on a train to oxford for an athletic meet AAA’s v Oxford uni The race only took place because the wind dropped sufficiently for times to count and was run on a cinder track One of the pacemakers dropped out because he didn’t know he was racing and hadn’t brought his kit A true achievement by an amateur athlete with little help By all means the Kenyan is a great athlete but in this day and age it’s easy to unfairly compare with past achievements Not hypobole at all. Banister still had 2 pacers who would themselves go on to very successful athletics careers. John Landy went sub 4 only 2 months later. Over 4500 sub 4 miles have been run since. In the next 100 years I guarantee that there will not be 4500 sub 2 hour marathons. This morning Kipchoge ran 26 4:35 miles in a row. Mind blowing www.ineos.com/inch-magazine/articles/eliud-kipchoge/the-training-camp/ |
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Post by wagsastokie on Oct 12, 2019 12:57:58 GMT
Well quite an achievement A large step for sports science A small step for mankind Yes all credit to the athlete but to compare it to roger banisters achievement is hyperbole at its best The Kenyan had inios behind him a team of sports scientists the correct nutrition brought to him on a bike so he didn’t have to slow down the best running shoes the course was specially chosen to only have a meter and a half gradient ( done by four laps ) And a team of elite pacemakers assisted by a car with lasers showing where they should be at any given time The Kenyan is a professional athlete Now to bannister on the day of the race he used his lunch break he put carbon on his running spikes After completing his shift as a trainee doctor got on a train to oxford for an athletic meet AAA’s v Oxford uni The race only took place because the wind dropped sufficiently for times to count and was run on a cinder track One of the pacemakers dropped out because he didn’t know he was racing and hadn’t brought his kit A true achievement by an amateur athlete with little help By all means the Kenyan is a great athlete but in this day and age it’s easy to unfairly compare with past achievements Not hypobole at all. Banister still had 2 pacers who would themselves go on to very successful athletics careers. John Landy went sub 4 only 2 months later. Over 4500 sub 4 miles have been run since. In the next 100 years I guarantee that there will not be 4500 sub 2 hour marathons. This morning Kipchoge ran 26 4:35 miles in a row. Mind blowing www.ineos.com/inch-magazine/articles/eliud-kipchoge/the-training-camp/I will of course give the guy all the credit in the world when and if he does this under race conditions |
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Post by Northy on Oct 12, 2019 16:24:34 GMT
He's run a marathon distance, not a marathon.
Ive run the Vienna marathon and there wasn't newly laid tarmac and banked corners for me 😁
Still some achievement though.
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Post by RichieBarkerOut! on Oct 12, 2019 16:41:30 GMT
I see no difference between this achievement and that of Roger Bannister, in fact I'd go as far as saying that the sub 2 hour marathon distance is a greater accomplishment. Sports science has evolved massively since Bannister's time, yet the sub 2 hours time has never been challenged in a race. Running at 13mph for 2 hours is extraordinary by any standards.
It's not an official world record, but it's finally proven that a human can achieve that time in that distance, this will only encourage athletes to attempt to reach the goal in race conditions.
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Post by yes on Oct 12, 2019 16:44:01 GMT
Not sure how anyone can take any credit away from him.
The pace he ran at is unbelievable. He had to have the mental strength to do it, that us what makes him stand out for me more than anything.
Slightly gutted that he did it before my sub 3 attempt next week, if I do it I'm not even in the same hour any more 😂
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Post by dutchstokie on Oct 14, 2019 10:12:48 GMT
Sorry but for me, this has got a whiff of the 'Lance Armstrongs' about it....
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Post by wagsastokie on Oct 14, 2019 10:20:47 GMT
Sorry but for me, this has got a whiff of the 'Lance Armstrongs' about it.... Makes you wonder doesn’t it I see mo farah ran his slowest marathon ever in the same race the women’s record was broken I wonder if he’s missing his old coach |
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Post by wizzardofdribble on Oct 14, 2019 14:06:08 GMT
I thought I'd done well running the last Potteries Marathon in sub 4 hours  |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2019 15:09:09 GMT
Impressive feat, no doubt about that. But the whole thing left me feeling cold, if and when it gets done in a race situation it will truly be one of the greatest sporting achievements of all time.....
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Post by supersimonstainrod on Oct 14, 2019 18:34:02 GMT
It's a phenomenal achievement by any runner's standards,but for a 65 year old....😉
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