Eliud Kipchoge completes 2:02:37 and breaks course record in London to win 10th consecutive marathon

By LetsRun.com
April 28, 2019

LONDON – The grandeur that is Eliud Kipchoge continued today at the 2019 Virgin Money Money Marathon as the world record holder has once again presented a performance that, prior to the Kipchoge era, would have seemed superhuman.

Kipchoge used a 4:26 25th thousand to be free from Ethiopians Mosinet Geremew, the Dubai champion 2018, and Mule Wasihun, last year's Amsterdam finalist in 2:04:37, won his 10th consecutive major marathon in 2:02:37, reducing his track record by 28 seconds in 2017 and thus signing the n ° 2 of history. Geremew earned a well-earned second at 2:02:55, the third best time in history and a world record until last September, when Kipchoge ran to Berlin at 2:01:39. Wasihun was third in 2:03:16, nearly a minute less than the previous best time of third place in a marathon (2:04:06 for Tamira Tola, 2018 Dubai).

Let some of these facts come in a bit. Kipchoge has just won his 10th consecutive victory at the Abbott World Marathon Major. A human has just run 2:02:55 and loses a marathon of almost 20 seconds.

British Mo Farah He lost contact with the leaders at the halfway point, but at 35 km he was still at the speed of less than 2:04 (2:03:49) and one minute off the lead, but he did not get it. fainted late and finished fifth in 2:05:39The race

On a day with temperatures in the 1950s and a bit of wind (13 mph on the women's start), 9 men found themselves within a second of the halfway advance (1:01 : 37). 61:37 is a very fast division in first half for everyone except Eliud Kipchoge, the man who has a ratio of 2:01:39 bp, and he did the 14th fastest mile of the race up to this point, 4:32. During the process, Kipchoge passed the rabbit and Farah, who lost contact with the leading pack on the 9th mile before joining him, lost contact with the leading pack for the last time.

After passing the rabbit, Kipchoge beckoned to the other riders with his right hand, as if to say: I take over now, if you want to have a chance to win, you'd better come with me as shown below:

Come on guys, if you want to run fast, stay with me.

For the rest of the race, Kipchoge will serve as an unofficial pacemaker. Not once in the second half of the race, he abandoned his head. And with Kipchoge ahead, the pace has increased. With paid pacemakers controlling the situation in the first half, only two of the first 13 miles were less than 4:40 minutes away, but with the greatest marathoner in history, the pace increased when Kipchoge ran the 14- 18 in 4:32, 4:34, 4:34, 4:32 and 4:39. As a result, at 30 km (1:27:04 – 2:02:28), the leading pack was reduced to four – the eventual top three plus Shura Kitata – 2019 finalists from London and New York.

Even though the pace was super fast, these four stayed together up to mile 23 while the pace slowed down very slightly – 4:50 (uphill), 4:43, 4:51, 4:45, 4:46 .

On the 24th mile (4:42 – 1: 52: 32), Kitata was abandoned, which meant the race was reduced to the last three. Although the pace was still below 2: 03 at 39k (1: 53.37 – 2:02:56), Kipchoge still had two Ethiopians to face. What would he do?

The 40th kilometer and the 25th kilometer of the marathon should be remembered as one of the greatest in the history of marathons, as Kipchoge had a lot in the tank. He traveled the 40th kilometer in 2:42 (the pace is 4.21 miles) and the 25th kilometer in 4:26 to free himself from his rivals, first Wasihun to mark 1:55:10, then Geremew about 20 seconds later.

Geremew did not fade – he remained stable at 2:02 of the high pace until the end – but Kipchoge is a machine. He maintained his supreme form, with a small smile / smile on his face all the way back. In the last 15 seconds of the race, Kipchoge started celebrating by raising his right forefinger with indicator # 1, then his left, before greeting both sides of the crowd, first with his right hand, then with his left, put both hands as he approached the line.

A master craftsman enjoying his exceptional work.

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