For clarity, that's a 4:34 mile / 2:50 km. ie hauling ass. The vast vast majority of cross country runners in high school can't maintain that pace for 3.1 mil

For clarity, that's a 4:34 mile / 2:50 km. ie hauling ass. The vast vast majority of cross country runners in high school can't maintain that pace for 3.1 miles / 5 km. How a human maintains it for 26.2 I have no idea. Another perspective: the world record 1 mile time, which is essentially a 4 lap sprint, is 3:43.13. So these athletes run at 81% world record mile pace for 26 miles.