unless you are an elite marathon runner, you can't keep a 4:00 minute mile pace or whatever they round it up to for 26.2 miles and definitely not a 20.8 or even a 13.9 km/h pace
@Buzzardheart Absolutely! Currently the best marathon runners in the world need perfect conditions and a vanguard of pacemakers to even approach the pace necessary for a 2 hour marathon! It's a huge landmark in running which some argue may never be reached!
I double checked the clip 4 times, the 20.8 km/h video started at almost 0:29, and faded away around 0:40. The runner had total of 31-32 steps. If he can do little bit more than than 6.6 ft a step with 32steps/11sec pace(174.54steps/m), it can be accomplished: 6.609ft/per step x 174.54steps/min x 120 min = 138435ft = 26.21875miles
This guy looks pretty smooth at 2hr marathon pace. What is his PR for the marathon? I made a bet with a friend that a 2 hour marathon would not be broken for 10 years (that was 8 years ago). If I had to bet again I'd say it'll be another 10 years at least. However if someone does it they will probably be dirty or on a net downhill course with a tailwind.
@Vo2maxProductions Something gives me the feeling your going to win this bet, and while I don't see sub 2 happening my any means it will be interesting to see what Mutai, Kipsang, and Co. can do in London.
Now does your friend win if its a world best or does it have to be a WR?
Funny to notice how he gets lower to the ground with higher speed. You could draw a straight line at the top of his head. Nice running form! Hopefully next year I'll be about as fast as the first from the left.
Sorry, I can't help on the song at the moment. YouTube has done something to AudioSwap. I can't find the piece of music attached to this clip any more.
@brucedeo1981 Thanks for your comment! We did take the treadmill's readings as a given, but it is a treadmill in a University Biomechanics lab and used frequently for measurement and experiment so we have no reason to doubt its accuracy. How do you know the video above is too slow? It's actually quite hard to judge speed along the ground from step frequency. The height of the runner and their stride length all determine someone's speed along the ground.
@PaintrainX The pace of running was controlled by the treadmill (Kistler Gaitway) according to the speeds on the video. The running speed may appear lower due to the efficient gait of our test subject :-)
ridiculous
lobelia2 2 weeks ago
Need more Steroids
USA4thewin 3 weeks ago
That's only what it looks like on a treadmill. Treadmills are extremely inaccurate. A 2-hour marathon would look a LOT faster than that.
aaardvarkkk 4 weeks ago
How tall is this man may I ask?
Creamtea110 1 month ago
thats all wrong where are the up hills, down hill ,,, headwinds, slip streaming.
USA4thewin 1 month ago
@buzzardheart a marathon is 42 km so if you are going 20.8 km an hour u r going at about a 2 hour and 1 minute marathon so ya they can keep that pace
TennisPlayer1922 1 month ago
No, no 2hr marathon has been achieved. Within a few minutes, though.
mezner09 1 month ago
unless you are an elite marathon runner, you can't keep a 4:00 minute mile pace or whatever they round it up to for 26.2 miles and definitely not a 20.8 or even a 13.9 km/h pace
Buzzardheart 1 month ago
@Buzzardheart Absolutely! Currently the best marathon runners in the world need perfect conditions and a vanguard of pacemakers to even approach the pace necessary for a 2 hour marathon! It's a huge landmark in running which some argue may never be reached!
CSERSheffield 1 month ago 3
@CSERSheffield yeah I give this 2 hour record another 2 years.
slomo8888 1 month ago
@slomo8888 It will be broken in 2015 according to many expert statisticians. These dudes aren't guessing either. They know what they're doing.
MrGuitaristMatt 3 weeks ago
this is out of date - two hour marathon was achieved =)
HariVIyer 1 month ago
I double checked the clip 4 times, the 20.8 km/h video started at almost 0:29, and faded away around 0:40. The runner had total of 31-32 steps. If he can do little bit more than than 6.6 ft a step with 32steps/11sec pace(174.54steps/m), it can be accomplished: 6.609ft/per step x 174.54steps/min x 120 min = 138435ft = 26.21875miles
sodog168 1 month ago
This guy looks pretty smooth at 2hr marathon pace. What is his PR for the marathon? I made a bet with a friend that a 2 hour marathon would not be broken for 10 years (that was 8 years ago). If I had to bet again I'd say it'll be another 10 years at least. However if someone does it they will probably be dirty or on a net downhill course with a tailwind.
Vo2maxProductions 1 month ago
@Vo2maxProductions Something gives me the feeling your going to win this bet, and while I don't see sub 2 happening my any means it will be interesting to see what Mutai, Kipsang, and Co. can do in London.
Now does your friend win if its a world best or does it have to be a WR?
LMaster1 3 weeks ago
@LMaster1 I'd give it to him if it was a world best - as long as the runner who does it is tested and comes out clean (no EPO).
Vo2maxProductions 3 weeks ago
20km/h.........kill me
johnking010101 2 months ago
@johnking010101 XD i can barely do 10 minutes :(
TheNecromancer077 1 month ago
Funny to notice how he gets lower to the ground with higher speed. You could draw a straight line at the top of his head. Nice running form! Hopefully next year I'll be about as fast as the first from the left.
Elantry 2 months ago
Sorry, I can't help on the song at the moment. YouTube has done something to AudioSwap. I can't find the piece of music attached to this clip any more.
CSERSheffield 2 months ago
where can i find this amazing song??
2dtrack 2 months ago
I doubt the 20.8km/h speed.
Maybe the treadmill is not accurate or calibrated?
Check Haile Gebrselassie video running in the treadmill.
He is surely very efficient in terms of gait, but speed really shows!
I am amateur runner, goaling for 3hours. My intervals are @ 20km/h and I am moving way faster than that!
A very very nice video nontheless!
brucedeo1981 3 months ago 2
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@brucedeo1981 No that I am seeing it again, i maybe was wrong.
Nice video!
brucedeo1981 3 months ago
@brucedeo1981 Thanks for your comment! We did take the treadmill's readings as a given, but it is a treadmill in a University Biomechanics lab and used frequently for measurement and experiment so we have no reason to doubt its accuracy. How do you know the video above is too slow? It's actually quite hard to judge speed along the ground from step frequency. The height of the runner and their stride length all determine someone's speed along the ground.
CSERSheffield 3 months ago 11
@CSERSheffield
I have already made a comment to my first post. I maybe was wrong after all.
The height of the runner, plus his nice form, plus the fact that we dont see a moving backround as a reference point, might be misleading.
It was just an impression I had, but an impression can be fooled by various factors!
brucedeo1981 3 months ago
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Thokko 1 month ago
The comparison in style is nice, but the speeds in the vid are bogus. The insinuated pace of a 2 hour marathon is more like 15 km/h.
PaintrainX 3 months ago
@PaintrainX The pace of running was controlled by the treadmill (Kistler Gaitway) according to the speeds on the video. The running speed may appear lower due to the efficient gait of our test subject :-)
CSERSheffield 3 months ago 6
2 Hrs * 20.8 Km/h = 41.6 km. A marathon is 42.195 km, so it should be 21.0975 Km/h.
lunastraw 3 months ago 11
@lunastraw Excellent point, also noted on our blog (Engineering Sport) post containing the same video. Blame my lazy calculations!
CSERSheffield 3 months ago
really excellent comparison
Augmen1 6 months ago
humm the 2 hour looks easy :)
9894351513 10 months ago