– Sports scientist Ross Tucker evaluating Eliud Kipchoge‘s 2:00:25 marathon run, estimating that it is worth 2:02:15 to 2:02:30 and that a legit sub-2 “is still a way off.”
LRC How Far Did Eliud Kipchoge Really Run in His Breaking 2 Attempt? Kipchoge’s incredible 2:00:25 clocking wasn’t achieved because he ran less than 26.2 miles – the course may have actually been seven seconds long.
LRC Are You Ready For Some Saturday Morning Track And Field? 2017 Shanghai Diamond League Preview: Olympic Champs David Rudisha & Faith Kipyegon Open Their 2017 Seasons, Plus Jebet-Kiyeng Round II In The Steeple On Saturday morning, it will be time to turn off the cartoons and tell the kiddos they’ll be watching track as the Shanghai DL starts at 7 am ET. Americans Katie Mackey, Cas Loxsom, Stephanie Garcia and more will be racing.
Results: Justyn Knight (13:17) Takes Down Edward Cheserek (13:24), Tiernan Wins 10k, Hasan 5k A 57-second final lap got Knight the big win. NCAA XC Champ Patrick Tiernan (27:29) won the 10,000 and got the scalps of Mo Ahmed, Shadrack Kipchirchir and Hassan Mead (Callum Hawkins and Jake Robertson DNF), Eric Jenkins won the 1,500 (3:38), Anthony Rotich the steeple (8:36), Chrishuna Williams won the 800 (2:02), and Sifan Hasan won the 5k (15:13). In the “B” 5,000m, Matt Centrowitz ran 13:48 and Drew Hunter 13:49. *IAAF Payton Jordan Recap
LRC Breaking2 Falls Short, But Eliud Kipchoge Runs An Astonishing 2:00:25 It won’t go in any record books, but Kipchoge showed once again he is the greatest marathoner of all time. We try to break down his remarkable run.
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*Form Analysis:What Could Nike Scientists Do To Better Manage Fatigue The Next Time Around?
*Pat Butcher:“So, Superman is not a big, chisel-jawed white Jewish guy from New York, after all. He is a weedy little black guy from 3,000 metres up in the Great Rift Valley in Kenya.”
*RW:Processing The Aftermath Of The Sub-2:00 Attempt An interesting note is that Kipchoge unexpectedly used the new Swedish sports drink used by Kenenisa Bekele and the rival Sub2Hr project.
*IAAF:Eliud Kipchoge A “Happy Man” “I hope next time people believe it is possible.”
*NY Times:Eliud Kipchoge Runs World’s Fastest Marathon, In Nike’s Special Shoes
*WSJ: Nike Marathon Stunt Fails To Break Two-Hour Barrier
Part II: LRC A Day With Olympic Marathon Champion Eliud Kipchoge, Part II: A Look At Kipchoge’s Spartan Training Camp & Why He Is Part Of Nike’s Breaking2 AttemptWhen we visited Kipchoge in Kenya as he was in the midst of training for his sub-2 attempt, he was confident, “I will run under 2:00. The gap, that’s about thinking, that’s psychological.”
Part I: LRC A Day With Olympic Marathon Champion Eliud Kipchoge, Part I: A Tuesday Morning Track Workout Later this week, Eliud Kipchoge will attempt to become the first human to run 26.2 miles in under two hours. 7 weeks ago, we traveled to Kenya to try to figure out what makes him so special.
Video:Workout Of Champions: Watch Kipchoge’s 5 X 2k, 1k Track Workout In Kenya
We take quick look at last week as we're really busy getting busy for a big week this weekend.
Full Doha RecapLRCRonald Kwemoi Announces Himself In The 3K, A Historically Fast Women’s Steeple, A BOMB From Thomas Rohler In The Javelin & Much More As The 2017 DL Season Kicks Off In DohaTrack and field’s opening day did not disappoint as the women’s steeple was historically good, we’re excited about the men’s 5,000 for the first time in years, and a new21-year-old star won an event in just his fourth attempt at the event ever in his life.
LRC Caster Semenya Destroys Genzebe Dibaba In Much-Anticipated 800 Matchup It looks like only a court of law can stop Semenya or Wambui this year.
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We take quick look at last week as we're really busy getting busy for a big week this weekend.
LRC Agents Federico And Gabriele Rosa Answer Our Questions About Doping In Kenya After Jemima Sumgong’s “A” Positive TestThe Rosas have suspended everyone in their women’s marathon group (Olympic, Tokyo and Paris champs). They say they are fighting the scourge of doping in Kenya and before Sumgong’s bust had started blood testing their own athletes, and kicked two out for suspicious values.
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