Laser beams, an army of pacesetters & special Nike shoes: How Eliud Kipchoge ran the first sub 2-hour marathon

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Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge carved out his own piece of history by becoming the first person to run a marathon in less than two hours in Vienna on Saturday, with every element of the run being scrutinized considered beforehand. The Ineos 1:59 Challenge, as the effort was called, was an orchestrated attempt designed for Kipchoge to run the course in Vienna, Austria in under two hours, with a pace car beaming a laser on the to the track to indicate the required pace of 2:50 minutes per kilometer. The 34-year-old never went slower than 2:52 per kilometer at any point in the race.  Also on rt.com

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