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Timothy Murray's avatar

Do you think that anyone will eventually beat the 2 hour marathon barrier besides Kipchoge, and also why do you think Kipchoge is still running so well even when he is so old? Also do you think Jacob ingebrigtsen will eventually break the world record for the mile/1500?

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Steve Leitschuh's avatar

The reason is, Kipchoge isn't human...LOL... He did it on a flat course and had pacers breaking the wind in front of him... also on the lead truck it displayed the time... All that being said, it was a superhuman feat and best to your other question... the two hour record will eventually be broken. I have 3 pair of Nike Zoom X Alfalfa sneakers... they make the fastest i've been in 10 years... WORTH EVERY PENNY! Okay... call me vain

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Terrell Johnson's avatar

Great question, Timothy! Kipchoge, I think, is one of those all-time great athletes, like Tiger Woods, Muhammad Ali and Michael Jordan, or Michael Phelps. He clearly lives his life in such a way that's conducive to staying at a very high level of athleticism, with all the training he does in Kenya. I saw an interesting item recently, an interview Roger Bannister gave years ago, in which he said that records are made to be broken, and theoretically there's no bar to someone else breaking that record. Who do you think might break it?

As for Jacob Ingebrigtsen, also a great question! I think the mile record is still held by Hicham El Guerrouj, who set it back in 1999 -- that's a long time ago! Kinda crazy that no one else has broken it since then. But then again... who knows? Again, what do you think?

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