Here is what you should know before the race.īoston is the oldest marathon in the world and is run without pacemakers. He will line up in Boston, the chase of history on his shoulders and the whole world watching with bated breathe as the Olympic Champion tries to conquer the hills of Boston. He has won London four times, Berlin three times including two world records, Chicago and Tokyo and now has Boston and New York to go. Kipchoge, arguably the greatest ever marathoner in the world, has already won four. You may republish this on your own site, provided you credit the authors/Extra Time Media and provide a link back to this article with the text saying: This article first appeared on Extra Time Media.NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 17 – Marathon world record holder Eliud Kipchoge will be chasing another piece of history on Monday evening when he lines up on the streets of Boston, seeking to win his fifth major marathon, in his chase for a historic sweep of all the six majors in the world. Iframes not supported Iframes not supported Kipchoge’s race splits We’re working on getting the graphic to be completely responsive.

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You can toggle distances on and off by clicking on the picture showing the distance. The chart below shows his split times across the 5km intervals across the race. The world records in those distances are: 100m: 9.58, 200m: 19.19, 400m: 43.03, 800m: 1:40.91, 1,500m: 3:26, Kipchoge?s race splitsĭistance running observers will know it?s all about the split times. Right click to download the graphic as an image. The chart below shows Kipchoge?s average pace for 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m and 1500m contextualised with the current world records for those distances. Get the picture? Kipchoge’s distance times vs world records Run for that matter ? just attempt to do 100m on a treadmill in 17 seconds. If you have never run a marathon ? or never Of distance, the gravity of just how remarkable this was becomes even more

His official average speed was clocked at 21.18 km/ph.īut when broken down into bite-sized chunks Running 2:50 minutes per km is enough to make anyone?s eyes water. You don?t need to be a runner to know just how mind-blowing of a thing this is.

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