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Kenyan runner Eliud Kipchoge achieved an historic milestone — becoming the first person to run sub-2 hour marathon … EVER!!!
Kipchoge completed the monumental feat Saturday in Vienna, running a 26.2-mile path that was specifically charted for this attempt, and as such … isn’t technically viewed as a sanctioned marathon course. Because of that, this new time won’t be recognized as a world record — but still, the guy can say he did it … clocking in at 1:59:40.
BTW, he holds the official world record for a marathon time at 2:01:39, which he set in Berlin just last year. He came up short on this very same challenge — dubbed the INEOS 1:59 Challenge — a couple years back, finishing at 2:00:25.
What’s crazy about this latest run is that Kipchoge actually beat his goal by about 10 seconds. If you do some math … that’s about 4.5 minute miles all the way through.
Situation on the ground in Eldoret Uasin Gishu county as @EliudKipchoge approached the finish line🎉🎉💪💪 #Eliud159 #NoHumanIsLimited @MichKatami @iaaforg @INEOS159 @humphkj pic.twitter.com/ac2NbCACzy
— NOC Kenya (@OlympicsKe) October 12, 2019
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He’s been described as the greatest marathon runner in modern times, and it looks like the waiting crowd congratulated him as such. There was a massive celebration once Kipchoge crossed the finish line … very well deserved, to say the least.
Well done!!!