This would be 2019 kipchoge or present as he seems to still be in his prime.
how close could he get to the 2 hour mark
This would be 2019 kipchoge or present as he seems to still be in his prime.
how close could he get to the 2 hour mark
The conventional wisdom was that Boston `11 was worth at least 3 minutes vs a record eligible course, if not more. That would put him easily under 2 hours.
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very fast
I'd say around 2h01:30
I think you're all underestimating how good Geoffrey Mutai was. That's the guy who ran 2h05 low in NY later that year, still a course record.
Mutai's pr from berlin was 2:04:15 which is 1:13 slower than what he ran at boston
if we use the same crude comparison, we get Kipchoge at 2:00:26, basically the same time he ran at Monza
well yes, but that was 1.5 years later, when he was clearly not at his peak anymore (still very good, but not quite the same, and btw Kimmetto could have beaten him that day).
the Geoffrey Mutai from NY 2011 (2h05:05 CR) was certainly mid 2:03 caliber in Berlin at the very least (probably more like a 2h03 low). Let's just remember Makau had run 2h03:38 in Berlin that year (WR) and few would agree he was as good as Mutai NY 2011.
So yes maybe Kipchoge could've run 2:01:10 or so but I'd be inclined to agree he would've run Boston 2011 similar to his WR in Berlin.