![]() ![]() ![]() a specially-designed pair of Nike shoes believed to be able to provide a 4-5 percent improvement for runners.Īdmittedly that’s not quite approaching the level of a lunar expedition, but it did involve millions of dollars and was unlike anything seen before for an athletics event - even in the world of modern sport, where science and technology seem to play an ever-increasing role.Kipchoge is a name of Kalenjin origin meaning "of the store (he was born in or near a granary)". energy gels handed to Kipchoge from a bike to avoid any need to break stride a start time carefully chosen and in conditions deemed most favorable by meteorological experts a troop of 41 world-class pacesetters, rotating in groups and in the perfect wind-reducing formation a laser-guided route to maintain the perfect pace around a spectator-lined course chosen in Vienna’s Prater Park for its favorable gradients Indeed, the extent of planning that went into the event on Saturday was staggering in its painstaking detail: Kipchoge agonizingly fell 25 seconds short in attempting to break the two-hour barrier at the Monza racetrack in Italy two years ago, but this time he and the organizers left absolutely nothing to chance. □□ 1954 Roger Bannister breaks the 4-minute mile□□ 1969 Neil Armstrong walks on the moon □□ 2009 runs 100m in 09.58□□ 2019 runs a sub two-hour marathon #INEOS159 #NoHumanIsLimited /HMXnxRohE3- INEOS 1:59 Challenge October 12, 2019īut of those feats listed above, it may well be Armstrong’s famous moon step which is best compared to Kipchoge’s sub-two-hour mile, given the level of technological groundwork that went into it. ![]()
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