Fastest ever second half for a women’s marathon.
Second and third fastest ever marathons - on what is not the fastest course.
Is it the shoes?
EPO?
Better training?
Fastest ever second half for a women’s marathon.
Second and third fastest ever marathons - on what is not the fastest course.
Is it the shoes?
EPO?
Better training?
I mean Mary ran the women’s only world record a couple years ago and Kipchoge ran that 2:03 course record 3 years ago. It’s not Berlin but it’s a pretty good course for time
What’s the answer? wrote:
Fastest ever second half for a women’s marathon.
Second and third fastest ever marathons - on what is not the fastest course.
Is it the shoes?
EPO?
Better training?
Short course?
What’s the answer? wrote:
Fastest ever second half for a women’s marathon.
Second and third fastest ever marathons - on what is not the fastest course.
Is it the shoes?
EPO?
Better training?
Also, it as a headwind all through the second half.
Counting both men and women. The world record has been set 10 times at London.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marathon_world_record_progression
I would say better training and shoes. I believe under 2 hours will be achieved somewhere in the world in the next two years. I also believe the ultimate limit will be 1:30. This will be a combination of training (rest being the import factor) and shoes. Very firm shoes at that.
The only logical answer is better training.
Dorritoorphanage wrote:
I mean Mary ran the women’s only world record a couple years ago and Kipchoge ran that 2:03 course record 3 years ago. It’s not Berlin but it’s a pretty good course for time
I don’t buy into this “women’s only” world record. The record is 2:15 unless someone proves Paula was not clean. That is the record. If you recall nobody ran in front of her. She made sure of that. Other than encouragement Paula did it on her own.
In reality wrote:
Dorritoorphanage wrote:
I mean Mary ran the women’s only world record a couple years ago and Kipchoge ran that 2:03 course record 3 years ago. It’s not Berlin but it’s a pretty good course for time
I don’t buy into this “women’s only” world record. The record is 2:15 unless someone proves Paula was not clean. That is the record. If you recall nobody ran in front of her. She made sure of that. Other than encouragement Paula did it on her own.
"Women only" is referring to the pacers. Paula had men pace her to 2:15.
sad el k wrote:
The only logical answer is better training.
Er, yeah, that's the erm "logical" explanation - a bit like when Lance was winning because he was out on his bike "busting his ass for six hours" whilst everyone else was sat at home chomping on their Christmas dinner.
Sub 2 in the next few years.. hopefully
1:30 as the absolute limit.. no
It was good conditions today and the wind was never really a factor. Took 8 minutes off my PB!
And London is a fast course, just a bit twisty-turny in the middle.
Paula Radcliffe's time just gets better and better each year. Nobody looks even close to getting it.
Even if you thought she was doping, it's still amazing... because i'm fairly certain that plenty of dopers have tried to get near that and failed.
Idiot. wrote:
In reality wrote:
I don’t buy into this “women’s only” world record. The record is 2:15 unless someone proves Paula was not clean. That is the record. If you recall nobody ran in front of her. She made sure of that. Other than encouragement Paula did it on her own.
"Women only" is referring to the pacers. Paula had men pace her to 2:15.
When has their ever been a separate category for having pacers?
I know "there"
Shoes are huge. 5 seconds a mile?
https://twitter.com/Scienceofsport/status/1122459549729001472
drtuy wrote:
I would say better training and shoes. I believe under 2 hours will be achieved somewhere in the world in the next two years. I also believe the ultimate limit will be 1:30. This will be a combination of training (rest being the import factor) and shoes. Very firm shoes at that.
The ultimate limit is between 0 and 1 seconds.
who is the idiot? wrote:
Idiot. wrote:
"Women only" is referring to the pacers. Paula had men pace her to 2:15.
When has their ever been a separate category for having pacers?
There isn't a separate category for females being paced with female pacers. Problem is that a group of men can pace a woman to world record pace the entire race. There is no scenario for men in which that can occur. Pacers only last a portion of the race for men. So it's not an equivalent comparison. Hence the separate category.
Obviousanswerer wrote:
Short course?
No. It's point to point and net downhill, so when the prevailing wind is favorable I would imagine that it is "fast".
Rojo, that zoom fly argument is stupid as anyone who can will get vaporflys instead and they are the most likely to be training and benefiting from that choice. Like epo, the best athletes will benefit the most.
I also think the regular zoom Fly wearers are far and few between in a race. My last race, I saw one pair in the top 100. So the sample size is small and those that wear them are slow ass back of the pack folks where fininishing is the goal and not a time.