Jan 1, 2025
Did you know? 🏃♂️ The marathon was inspired by Pheidippides, who ran from Marathon to Athens to announce victory! The first modern race was held at the 1896 Olympics. ✨
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Did you know? 🏃♂️ The marathon was inspired by Pheidippides, who ran from Marathon to Athens to announce victory! The first modern race was held at the 1896 Olympics. ✨
Ed Caesar charts the history of the marathon and attempts to run 42.195 kilometres in under 120 minutes in his book 'Two Hours: the Quest to Run the Impossible Marathon' (Penguin Viking).
Ed Caesar charts the history of the marathon and attempts to run 42.195 km in under 120 minutes in his book ‘Two Hours: the Quest to Run the Impossible Marathon’
This is totally worth a listen. Caesar spent time in Kenya - home of the world’s best long distance runners.
The current marathon world record is 2:02:57, set by Kenyan Dennis Kimetto at the Berlin Marathon last year. Caesar predicts that the 2 hour mark will be broken in the next 20 years. That means running at 21km/hr for two hours (just in case you needed a hand with the maths there). I don’t think I could sprint that fast.
Caesar has lots of interesting facts including an observation on women runners that I quite like: “People seem to improve once they’ve become mothers.”