Eliud Kipchoge's trying the sub-2 hour marathon again this weekend 😊

[roseabi]

Good luck and have fun, Eliud! 😄😄😄

runnersworld.com/news/a2924...

[Setters Half Marathon]

Fun !?😳😱🤔😂 That’s around my 15k time.

[roseabi Ultramarathon in reply to Setters]

I don't think it's gonna be fun 😄

[Setters Half Marathon in reply to roseabi]

Mind blowing!

[David_G Metric Marathon]

Good luck Eliud! That would be amazing 😳🏆🏃‍♂️🔥

[cheekychipmunks Half Marathon]

Oh I hope he does it! 💪🤞👍

[Whatsapp Half Marathon]

I'd be happy with a HM in that time.

[cheekychipmunks Half Marathon in reply to Whatsapp]

I’d be happy with 10 miles in that time! 😅😅

[Lordi Marathon in reply to Whatsapp]

Yep! 01:59:59 is my HM dream one day. A marathon in that time is nuts but I think he can do it!

[HoagyM Half Marathon]

Well I’m not impressed, being able to run for two hours is nothing - I did longer than that on Sunday, and that was only a HM 😉

[pianoteacher Marathon Half Marathon in reply to HoagyM]

🤣😂

[roseabi Ultramarathon in reply to HoagyM]

LOL!!!

[Irish-John Marathon in reply to HoagyM]

😂🤣😂🤣😂

[Bazza1234 Marathon in reply to HoagyM]

Yes - I did a 6+ hour marathon recently - you have to be really tough to do that!!!!

[Decker Ultramarathon in reply to Bazza1234]

You win Bazza! 🙂👊

[AlMorr Half Marathon in reply to HoagyM]

He is an elite hero but the real heros in a marathon are the runners who are out for 7 hours or more, that is a really long day for them

[backintime 10 Miles]

It's on my bucket list too

Joking aside, that is some seriously fast running

[pianoteacher Marathon Half Marathon]

I'm selfishly hoping the weather will be bad and it will be postponed. I really, really want to watch it but I'm at Selection this weekend and I'm not sure the Army would be keen on a request to change the entire schedule so I can watch someone else run for 2 hours 🤔

[Hidden]

I don’t think I would want to be that kind of athlete. Live your life in pain; brief victory then on to the next challenge. Joy is fleeting.

[Irishprincess Administrator Half Marathon]

He has run it in 2:0:25 in an “experimental” run two years ago 😮 It didn’t count as a world record because it didn’t come under IAFF rules 🙄

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Break...

I remember reading about it at the time and thinking, a run is a run is a run. But obviously I’m not an elite athlete 😕

[Sandraj39 Half Marathon]

Would love to see this happen - thanks for the link roseabi!👍🙂

[roseabi Ultramarathon in reply to Sandraj39]

Hope I can catch some of it myself! 😄

[Irish-John Marathon]

I wonder...

If he manages it, will it be like when Roger Bannister broke the "impossible" 4 minute mile, and in the next few months more athletes then did so because it was no longer "impossible".

[Bazza1234 Marathon in reply to Irish-John]

You do know that it has been scientifically proven that Bumblebees cannot fly!!!!

[Bazza1234 Marathon in reply to Bazza1234]

Trouble is that nobody has told the Bumblebees that!

[Irish-John Marathon in reply to Bazza1234]

But if they HAD been "told" - like a lot of us here in the past about running, they probably would have believed it

[Irish-John Marathon in reply to Bazza1234]

Sadly, an urban legend Bazza.

snopes.com/fact-check/bumbl...

[Tasha99 Marathon in reply to Irish-John]

🤣

[Tasha99 Marathon]

He’s not human is he.

[Bazza1234 Marathon in reply to Tasha99]

My thoughts exactly!!! But he does seem like a very humble and loveable human!!!!

[Irish-John Marathon]

Bump

Only seven hours to go!

[roseabi Ultramarathon]

On now

bbc.co.uk/sport/live/athlet...

[roseabi Ultramarathon in reply to roseabi]

AWESOME!!!!!!!!!