Marathon
Man this guy must have been flying. I am running my first half marathon next month and was hoping to finish under 2 hours. He ran the full in almost that time. Damn that's fast.
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Mutai sets new Marathon Record
Apr 18, 2011 at 5:59 PM
- dwett
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Apr 18, 2011 at 7:22 PM
- drunk49er
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if you want to have a time under two hours, run for distance and not time when you're working out. its better to run 6 twelve minute miles than 3 eight minute miles, so on and so forth. on race day, run for your time, not any faster or slower, and you should do fine.
Apr 18, 2011 at 7:30 PM
- Janitor
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Except he didn't officially set the record.
Apr 18, 2011 at 8:31 PM
- global_nomad
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Because Monday's race had a strong tailwind on a downhill course, Mutai's run is not recognized by track's international governing body as a record.
Apr 18, 2011 at 11:39 PM
- drunk49er
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Originally posted by global_nomad:
Because Monday's race had a strong tailwind on a downhill course, Mutai's run is not recognized by track's international governing body as a record.
it really shouldn't matter. conditions will always vary in ways that may help or hinder runners.