How to Watch Saturday’s Sub-2 Marathon AttemptWHAT: Olympic marathon champ Eliud Kipchoge, two-time Boston winner Lelisa Desisa, and half marathon world record-holder Zersenay Tadese will try to break 2:00 in the marathon. The current world record is 2:02:57. Breaking 2:00 will require bettering that mark by 2.5%, a huge performance jump at the world-class level.
WHEN: Saturday, May 6, 5:45 a.m. Central European time. In the United States, the start time is 11:45 p.m. Eastern/8:45 p.m. Pacific on Friday.
WHERE: The Formula One race track in Monza, Italy. The runners will do roughly 17.5 laps of the 2.4-kilometer circuit.
Breaking the 2h barrier for the full marathon
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Breaking the 2h barrier for the full marathon
Ordinary folks like me are happy going under 2h for the half marathon. Now we have elite runners attempting to do the full marathon in under 2h.