Pacers included a Who’s Who of distance runners, from Olympic 1500m champion Matthew Centrowitz to five-time Olympian Bernard Lagat, who is 44 years old. Kipchoge sped up, taking the projected finish down from 1:50:50 in the last mile. The final pace group shed from Kipchoge so he could run the final 500 meters alone. The bid, similar to Kipchoge’s sub-two-hour marathon attempt in Italy two years ago, featured packs of pacers from an announced group of 41 taking turns, a lead car beaming lasers out the back as a guide and special Nike shoes. Kipchoge said the hardest hours of his life were between 5 and 8:15 on Saturday morning, up until the event began. Then he moved onto his career-long coach, 1992 Olympic 3000m steeplechase silver medalist Patrick Sang. He found the arms of his wife, Grace, watching him finish a marathon in person for the first time, and children. He pointed to both sides of the crowd, slapped his chest twice as he crossed under the finish banner. He flashed smiles in the final mile, appearing confident he would meet the goal he’s had in mind since the Rio Games. Kipchoge, the 34-year-old Olympic champion from Kenya, reached his goal in a non-record-eligible time trial event built just for him. NBCSN airs an exclusive replay of the Ineos 1:59 Challenge on Sunday from 3-5:30 p.m. I expect more people all over the world to run under two hours after today.” “I can tell people that no human is limited. “It has taken 65 years for a human being to make history in sport after Roger Bannister,” Kipchoge said, noting the Brit who became the first man to break 4 minutes for a mile in 1954. Eliud Kipchoge ran a marathon in 1 hour, 59 minutes, 40 seconds, becoming the first person to break two hours for 26.2 miles in a special event in Vienna on Saturday morning.
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