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Viking Chat => Off Topic => Topic started by: BillyStubbsTears on October 12, 2019, 12:57:32 pm

Title: Kipchoge
Post by: BillyStubbsTears on October 12, 2019, 12:57:32 pm: I never thought I'd ever see anyone run a marathon distance in under 2 hours.

Staggering.

As someone just said on the radio, imagine setting the treadmill to 21km/h and running for 2 hours.

I sometimes up the treadmill speed to 20km/h for the final 200m of a 5k run. I am absolutely f**ked after that!
Title: Re: Kipchoge
Post by: IDM on October 12, 2019, 01:14:21 pm: It’s a fantastic achievement in itself, but would be better in an actual race..
Title: Re: Kipchoge
Post by: BillyStubbsTears on October 12, 2019, 01:43:01 pm: Yeah of course, but just doing it at all is amazing.
Title: Re: Kipchoge
Post by: GazLaz on October 12, 2019, 04:42:58 pm: It will be very difficult to do it in a proper race but it will be done one day.
Title: Re: Kipchoge
Post by: big fat yorkshire pudding on October 12, 2019, 05:38:59 pm: I tend to think I'm a decent runner but when you compare it I run a half marathon in 1:33...... staggering pace.
Title: Re: Kipchoge
Post by: glosterred on October 12, 2019, 05:57:44 pm: Running is for those that didn’t get a bike for Christmas!
Title: Re: Kipchoge
Post by: Padge_DRFC on October 12, 2019, 08:55:26 pm: 4 minute 35 second miles for 26 of them unbelievable!
Title: Re: Kipchoge
Post by: 5minstogo on October 12, 2019, 08:57:10 pm: 17 seconds per 100m, 422 times in a row. Phenomenal and an absolute gent. No Human is Limited
Title: Re: Kipchoge
Post by: moses on October 13, 2019, 07:59:58 pm: Parkrun shared some data, that only 5 park runs matched his 5k pace.
Amazing.
Title: Re: Kipchoge
Post by: BillyStubbsTears on October 14, 2019, 10:19:27 am: 14:10 for 5k. Eight and a half times in a row!
That's insane.

I once got lapped on a Parkrun by someone who finished in 16:05 and that itself was astonishing to see. Kipchoge is beyond belief.