 "Eliud Kipchoge is the holder of the official marathon record too, which stands at a minute over two hours. This is astonishing because with all of the assistance he received in Austria this month in the unofficial attempt, he was only able to shave o")
The Kenyan runner Eliud Kipchoge has become the first person to run the marathon in under two hours. He did this a few days ago at an event in Austria, which other runners thought was the greatest exploit in their sport. Commentators, who were former distance runners themselves, said this feat was akin to the man landing on the moon. I thought at first that this was stretching it, but perhaps it isn’t.
Kipchoge ran the event by himself in full, but there were pacers helping him along. This was a phalanx of half a dozen men who were positioned just
