First woman to break 2:10 for the marathon!

[Harpy Eagle]

Ruth Chepngetich breaks women's world record at 2024 Chicago Marathon; John Korir wins men's race

Chepngetich won with a time of 2:09:56. She's the first woman in history to run under 2:10.

chicago.suntimes.com

This is just crazy!

That is a pace of 4 minutes and 54 seconds for all 26.2 miles.

 

[deannalw]

I'd beat that easily if a big ass spider was after me.

 

[luiza]

The problem here is the number of Kenyan athletes that have been banned in the last two years for various doping offences .

The Kenyan record for cheating is awful .

Three Kenyan athletes have been banned for a collective period of eight years after breaking anti-doping rules. The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) has banned marathon runners Alice Jepkemboi Kimutai and Johnstone Kibet Maiyo for three years, and sprinter Mark Otieno for two.

It leaves a very bad taste and and this run is "clean" until proved otherwise .
Shame if this lady is honest and true

 

[MarathonMike]

Ruth Chepngetich breaks women's world record at 2024 Chicago Marathon; John Korir wins men's race

Chepngetich won with a time of 2:09:56. She's the first woman in history to run under 2:10.

chicago.suntimes.com

This is just crazy!

That is a pace of 4 minutes and 54 seconds for all 26.2 miles.

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That is mind boggling! On my best day couldn't break a 5 minute mile, congrats great accomplishment.

 

[candycorn]

some MAGA type will have his manhood threatened by this awesome accomplishment.

 

[Couchpotato]

Ruth Chepngetich breaks women's world record at 2024 Chicago Marathon; John Korir wins men's race

Chepngetich won with a time of 2:09:56. She's the first woman in history to run under 2:10.

chicago.suntimes.com

This is just crazy!

That is a pace of 4 minutes and 54 seconds for all 26.2 miles.

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Im faster than she is.



In my truck.


There has to be a limit to how fast a human can run that distance. I wonder where that limit is and if we arent pretty close to it.

 

[Couchpotato]

some MAGA type will have his manhood threatened by this awesome accomplishment.

Be sure to see everything though your TRUMP lens....

 

[Harpy Eagle]

Im faster than she is.



In my truck.


There has to be a limit to how fast a human can run that distance. I wonder where that limit is and if we arent pretty close to it.

They used to think your heart would burst if you ran a mile in less than 4 minutes.

Heck, it is just within my lifetime that women are allowed to run more than 1500 meters at the Olympics as it used to thought anything further would harm them.

But sure, there has to be a limit, but just when you think we are getting close to it, something like this happens and she breaks the old record by 2 minutes

 

[BackAgain]

some MAGA type will have his manhood threatened by this awesome accomplishment.

Why? That sounds just like you being a lib ho.

 

[Couchpotato]

They used to think your heart would burst if you ran a mile in less than 4 minutes.

Heck, it is just within my lifetime that women are allowed to run more than 1500 meters at the Olympics as it used to thought anything further would harm them.

But sure, there has to be a limit, but just when you think we are getting close to it, something like this happens and she breaks the old record by 2 minutes

It's nuts.

I had to look up the mile time records.

1. Hicham El Guerrouj (Morocco) – 3:43.13 (July 7, 1999)
2. Noah Ngeny (Kenya) – 3:43.40 (February 28, 2000)
3. Jakob Ingebrigtsen (Norway) – 3:43:47 (Sept 16, 2023)
4. Bernard Lagat (Kenya) – 3:43.48 (February 7, 2004)
5. Daniel Komen (Kenya) – 3:43.67 (September 8, 1997)
6. Yared Nuguse (US RECORD) – 3:43:97 (Sept 16, 2023)
7. Noureddine Morceli (Algeria) – 3:44.39 (July 14, 1993)
8. Steve Cram (Great Britain) – 3:46.32 (July 8, 1985)
9. Sebastian Coe (Great Britain) – 3:47.33 (July 17, 1981)
10. Renny Quow (Trinidad and Tobago) – 3:47.80 (August 5, 2009)

Record was set 25 years ago. I know things like that can stand for a long time and then get just shattered by some freak of nature. Even if you could run at 28 MPH (Im using that speed because it's Usain Bolt's top speed) for the whole mile it would still take you 2 minutes and about 8 seconds. I cant imagine someone ever being able to maintain that speed a mile let alone 26. So we have to be close to the limits of the human body.