• saltesc@lemmy.world
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    15 hours ago

    That’s insane.

    He beat Ethiopia’s Yomif Kejelcha, who was running his first marathon and finished in 1:59.41.

    That’s just mind-blowing.

    Imagine running over 21kph for 2 hrs.

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      15 hours ago

      For the Americans, that’s 3.84 football fields per minute; or a football field every 15⅝ seconds.

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      12 hours ago

      My brother runs regularly. I k ow nothing of the world of running. It blew my mind when my brother told me that the professional marathon runner’s pace is faster than my brothers sprint speed…and they maintain this constantly for hours.

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      14 hours ago

      Did I read that right? Did all the first three finishers in this race beat the previous world record? Cause if that happened in a movie I’d think the writers went too far, it’s incredible.

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        12 hours ago

        Probably several beneficial factors came together just right. Good winds, clean air, good humidity, some great new equipment.