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What are the other reasons? I'm not familiar with running, I assumed it was the rotating team.
by quchen 4y ago
What are the other reasons? I'm not familiar with running, I assumed it was the rotating team.
- michaelt 4y ago[1] says that as well as the 41 rotating pacemakers, there's the lack of open competition and the delivery of water by bicycle. Guinness recognises it as "Fastest marathon distance (male)" and "First marathon distance under two hours" despite these factors. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ineos_1:59_Challenge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ineos_1:59_Challenge
- caminante 4y agoThe parent above is "gatekeeping" by saying that even though the runner ran the fastest marathon, it wasn't an IAAF-qualified marathon. Kipchoge currently has the WR for both. The whole controversy for the "fastest marathon" is they kept cycling fresh/new runners during the run for Kipchoge to draft off of and conserve energy. These pacers (like the aforementioned runner in the HN article) provide an aerodynamic boost.