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Considered by many to be among the greatest runners of all time, [11] Kenenisa Bekele has employed negative split strategies in many of his races and all of his world records. Most notably, every kilometer in his 5000 meter world-record run of 12:37 was about one second faster than the last. His splits per kilometer were 2:33, 2:32, 2:31, 2:30 ...
Peter Riegel (January 30, 1935 – May 28, 2018) was an American research engineer who developed a mathematical formula for predicting race times for runners and other athletes given a certain performance at another distance. The formula has been widely adopted on account of its simplicity and predictive accuracy.
I finished the race at 3:31:15, booking it for the last 1.2 miles when I realized I *might* be able to hit 3 hours and 30 minutes flat (Boston Marathon qualifying time for my age group).
Former marathon world record holder; holds Australian national record Belayneh Densamo Ethiopia: 7 2:06:50 Held the world record for the span of 10 years. Leonard Edelen United States: 1964 2:14:28 In 1963, he became the first American to hold the world record since 1925. Steve Edwards First person to complete 500 sub 3:30:00 marathons [3]
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Evan Kim, 12, front, runs with family members and a running group to train for marathons on March 10, 2024 in Irvine, California.She ran a 2:58 in the Ventura marathon recently, making her the ...
At the time of his death, Whitlock was known to be the only person over 70 to run a marathon in less than three hours, [2] although Gene Dykes has subsequently done so several times, as has Jo Schoonbroodt. [3] [4] In the rescheduled 2021 London Marathon, Mike Sheridan of Newbury AC joined this list by running 2:59:37, which he bettered in 2023 ...
The marathon-length runs were just the beginning of a challenge Humphreys has set himself to complete this month: running 30 marathons in 30 days in 30 countries. The 33-year-old Briton, who ...