Jogging around

Happy birthday to this legend!

🎉 A very happy birthday to the first person to ever run a sub two hour marathon.

🎂 Hope you’re enjoying your day Eliud Kipchoge!

The 2 hour marathon barrier has been broken!
Eliud Kipchoge 1:59:40.2 in Vienna
Incredible performance from an incredible athlete and team!

Tonight Eliud Kipchoge is travelling to Vienna, where between 12 and 20th of October he will be attempting the Ineos 1:59 Challenge - a sub-2-hour marathon!
Will you be watching?

Sub-Two Hour Marathon Challenge | INEOS 1:59 Challenge In October 2019, with support from INEOS, Eliud Kipchoge plans to break the last great barrier of modern athletics - the 2-hour marathon. Register your interest and keep up-to-date with events here.

A record number of gold medals at the World Championships track and field for Allyson Felix, also 10 months after giving birth. Wow!

Olympic sprinter Allyson Felix just broke one of Usain Bolt's world records Not so fast, Usain Bolt -- there's a new World Championships record holder, and her name is Allyson Felix.

Did you follow the BMW BERLIN-MARATHON 2019?
A long time favorite for setting world records, this is one of the fastest marathon courses out there.
The current marathon world record was set here last year at 2:01:39, by Eliud Kipchoge.
And this year, Kenenisa Bekele came close, missing the record by just 2 seconds! An amazing sight in any case.
He finished just before the rain started too, the other more than 800.000 participants pushed through to finish soaked, but happy!
Congrats to everyone!

👀 These numbers are crazy:
7.301 seconds. 2 seconds too many.

Kenenisa Bekele is the tragic hero of the BMW BERLIN-MARATHON missing the world record by just 2 seconds.

Another impressive win- the Rarámuri are the running people of Mexico, traditionally living in hidden canyons, whose lifestyle revolves around running impressive distances. Something to learn from!

Rarámuri runner in skirt and sandals wins Puebla ultramarathon A 22-year-old Rarámuri runner, without any of the modern runner's accessories, won a 50-kilometer ultramarathon in Puebla.

Run & recharge

A very in-depth article on breaking the 2 hours marathon mark, looking into what it would take to shave off those last couple of crucial minutes. A fascinating look into the world of elite running.

Runner's World | What Will It Take to Run A 2-Hour Marathon

Nike is training three top runners in an attempt to break the 2 hour marathon barrier. On May 6th in Italy, Eliud Kipchoge came just 26 seconds short of the goal, with 2:00:25, almost 2 and a half minutes faster than the standing world record.

Two-hour marathon record eludes Kenyan by 26 seconds Eliud Kipchoge ran 26.2 miles in two hours, 25 seconds