“Prepared”: Eliud Kipchoge
CONDITION Spotlight on “Prepared”: Eliud Kipchoge Materials Clip: Vienna, Austria course for the INEOS 1:59 Challenge Clip: Preparation in Kaptagat for Challenge (please start at 12:40; run time is 5:17) Introduction A marathon is a race 26.2 miles long, and Eliud Kipchoge, a 34-year-old runner from Kenya, has won 12 of the 13 marathons he’s raced in. This number of wins includes 8 world marathon major race titles and the 2016 Rio Olympics marathon title. In 2017, Kipchoge was part of a 3-person team to run an unofficial marathon at a Formula 1 racetrack in Italy, complete with a crew of 30 pacers and a pace car. What was the goal of the Monza project? To break the 2-hour time frame for 26.2 miles. While the other 2 runners were unable to maintain the pace required, Kipchoge finished the race in 2 hours… and 25 seconds. When Kipchoge won the 2018 Berlin marathon, averaging a pace of 4:38 for the 26-plus miles, he also set a new world record for this event, coming in at 2 hours, 1 minute, and 39 seconds. He eclipsed the previous world record by a stunning 1 minute, 18 seconds. He followed up this win with a victory in the 2019 London marathon, clocking a 2:02:37, the second- fastest marathon time in the world. Days after this event, he announced his goal to break the 2-hour barrier in October of 2019. Preparation for the INEOS 1:59 Challenge Kipchoge has been training for months to prepare for the run planned for Vienna, Austria, in a time window starting October 12th.
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