Humans are not supposed to do this type of thing.
But over the past few years, Kipchoge has made it abundantly clear he is not restricted by the body’s limitations imposed on the rest of the world.
This Kenyan is unique.
The Marathon record has fallen.
Eluid Kipchoge from Kenya is the new Marathon Record holder.
Kipchoge’s time of:
He took 78 seconds off the previous best set by Dennis Kimetto in 2014.
Kipchoge did it while going solo for the last 17 kilometres (10.5 miles) – after his pacemakers dropped out much earlier than intended.
The Kenyan had gone through halfway in:
Kipchoge had just made the single largest jump on the marathon world record since Derek Clayton beat the mark by 2min 23sec in 1967.
A few minutes later Gladys Cherono won the women’s race in 2:18:11, making her the fourth-fastest woman in history behind Paula Radcliffe, Mary Keitany and Tirunesh Dibaba.
For context, his winning time was the equivalent of running every
100m in 17.3sec,
800m in 2min 18.39sec,
or
5km in 14min 24.91sec.
Just think of that next time you head out for a morning run!
Eluid Kipchoge the Bulletproofbodies Team Salute you.
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfwJWZmXQbk
