What It Takes to Be the World’s Fastest Marathon Runner
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- Опубликовано: 4 окт 2024
- Kenenisa Bekele is one of the world’s fastest marathon runners. He runs 26.2 miles in half the time it takes the average runner. Every year, the world’s top long-distance runners compete in the Berlin Marathon in a bid to break the world record (of two hours, two minutes, 57 seconds). Berlin’s generally flat course means that runners are more likely to break the record there than at most other marathons. And last year, Bekele came up just six seconds short of the record. Now, in an effort to achieve his ultimate goal, Bekele is training twice a day while exploring the limits of human potential and pushing his body to places few will ever know.
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He's not just running one mile at that speed, he's CONSISTENTLY running it for 42km which is just mind blowing and extremely inspiring. Shows how mind > body and he's so real about the sport too
Hitlers Tittymilk whats worse running a marathon or not exercising at all......... the marathon isn't horribly unhealthy u just gotta take care of your body
Kayode Molen ye
His average mile throughout the marathon is 4 minutes and 40 seconds.
How does insane physical achievement translate into mind > body? doesn't make sense to me.
It's not 4 minutes it's like 4:40
This man is a legend. He holds the 5k and 10k world record, and is running out of time to break the marathon due to age. But he is literally the GOAT.
literally
lol
imapieface as
He still has a few more years left in his career and will hopefully break the record at Berlin next year.
I thought the first reply has 2726772 likes.
Anyone watching this in 2019 with Eloud Kipchoge about to break the 2 hour barrier
Literally about to say that and your comment was 1 mintue ago. What are the odds
Here after he broke the 2 hour barrier
He just did break 2 hours
Me
2 hrs 2 min and 57 sec... that is INSANE!!! People I know who are competitive try to get it done under 4 hours.
I got 2hr 57 mins
Christopher Thomson You are very strong runner I got it at 03:20:41 and that after a training program for six months
@Ed I'm a 16 year old, whose PR's are
12.97 sec 100 m
26.98 sec 200 m
1:00 min 400 m
2:20 min 800 m
5:00 min 1500 m
11:50 min 3000 m
20:00 min 5000 m
48:19 min 10000 m
1:50:47 min 20000 m
Do you think I can do a sub 4 hour marathon.
u probably can run sub 4 hour marathon with atleast 3months training
@@ITzYaBoiKingGamingAndMore Thanks, but when I do I'll put in much more training than that. I've recently done a 1:52:43 for a 21100 m (half marathon).
"I want to be the best runner" says the best runner..
This is how you become the best
he wants to be the best ever
uh yall Kipchoge is the best
But Eliud Kipchoge tho
@@sirenwavemtv8334 Bekele>Kipchoge
I really hope he breaks the world record someday.
Kahlil Hernández why didnt he ran the breaking 2?
Kahlil Hernández me to
Kahlil Hernández this guy with a last name I think bolt took the first place
WZTwiggs omg lol auto correct!! 😂😂😂😂 I means usian bolt is the fastest in the world
WZTwiggs meant* auto correct can't get enough😂😂😂😅
2019
Eliud kipchoge has entered the chat
My mom did this marathon and she completed it in 6 hrs. It is so crazy that he completed it in 2 HRS.
They didn't mention how his 10k record is nearly half a minute faster than anyone else ever
you mean 5 seconds faster than the second fastest time.
If you want a really impressive record holder you want to look at Zersenay Tadese, he holds the half marathon record, the second fastest time and something along the 16th fastest half marathon time.
You know that isn't true right? Important to know what you're talking about here.
Eliud Kipchoge. Ran a marathon in 2:00:25 as part of Nike's Breaking2. Tadese was in that same project but ran almost 6 minutes slower.
WZTwiggs this is what I'm saying. This person is just blatantly incorrect, why are so many people liking the comment.
thats like running 104 laps around a traditional track field averaging a pace of 1 min 10 secs per lap to put this into perspective
Do non-runners comprehend how fast and hard he is running for the whole marathon??
Pretty sure most runners don't fully comprehend it either. It's the very fewest who actually run this long for more than a single or two miles, On average he's running a mile in the time 4 minutes and 40 seconds for the whole time. That translates to a 2 minute and 54 seconds time per kilometer or 20.5 km/hr.
Seriously lol. My fastest mile is around 6 minutes and I'm a non marathon runner. I can't even imagine 4 40 for 26.2
Maxwaehrens I know that it is extremely hard to run a mile in 4 minutes. My time is more than twice that amount. I’m in middle school though
skittlebeape most people also can't comprehend how fast bolt sprints.
skittlebeape I'm in tenth grade and run 4:56 mile rn hope to get in 4:30s senior year and when I'm older I want to run at the Boston marathon. The longest and fastest I've ever run was 9 miles at 6:53 pace extremely painful and I ran with just one guy.
Holy he was only 2 seconds away from beating Kipchoge's record at the 2019 Berlin Marathon!!!!!! Crazy Comeback story!!!
And Kipchoge just set the bar even higher with a new WR at Berlin this week.
I got this in my feed after Eliud Kipchoge got 1:59.40 marathon
I truly admire every person who runs a marathon in such fast time.I run too but never achieved anything close. So much respect to him
I am so proud of Ethiopians. I n Ethiopian too. He speaks amharic
Krubell Idk
Amharas are homeless gypsy peasants. The era of forcing other ethnic Ethiopians ended in the 1990's. His generation is the last to be forced.
Krubell Idk Runners in Item, Kenya has beaten this record and was 10 seconds off a sub 2 hour marathon
me too
im ethiopian too
I'm Ethiopian to
Watching this on the day Eliud Kipchoge ran the sub 2 hour marathon!
I'm a 5K 13 year old runner and he is just a huge inspiration to all of us
So inspiring. It's mindblowing the amount of consistent effort it takes to be the best in this sport
Who else is watching this after the 2019 Berlin marathon
me
Noone
2020 marathon I will win
but could he beat forest gump
No.
To beat forest bump you must become forest gump
I just felt like running
ziggyator118 yes
Hell yeah
I see that he runs without earphones. Put some on and he’ll become a god.
Marathon runners need more Respect compared to sprinters ... its easy to be fast for 10 seconds ... not easy to do the same for 2 hours+
well when did marathon runners sprint for over two hours
That is not true sprinters work super hard to and do equally as hard training
Sprinters go wayyy faster for those 10 seconds though
It's two complete different sports; just look at the body of a marathoner and a sprinter- its a completely different set of aptitudes that are put at test in both disciplines
No, sprinters train as much. Their speed is crazy, and the amount of training they put in is huge as well. I think they deserve equal respect.
Eliud kipchoge is all i have to say
Bekele beat Kipchoge on the track and could've dipped under 2:02 and get the WR if he wasn't injury prone
@@flamingored960 It's a shame that we couldn't witness their old rivalry on the roads. I'm a huge fan of both athletes
5ELE FLOM3N it is debatable how good bekele could do, but I personally doubt that he, or anyone else, would come even close to kipchoge right now.
@@redalien75 Indeed, Kipchoge Immortal 2:01:39
Hopefully he will break 2 hours this time!
Kipchoge and bekele the 2 fastest marathon runners. I hope to see them on 2020 olympics. For sure both will.bring the best of each other.
Damn they’re running so fast that a motorcycle can keep balance
Motorbike can keep balance at 5km/hr, i've ever done that
The first time I took notice of him was when he broke the 5k world record. Still mindblown by that, 15 years later!
❤💚
He’s also the 5K and 10K world record holder
RIP Roger Bannister first ever 4 minute mile runner
Wow he’s been training longer than I’ve been alive!
That’s amazing I ran in Los Angeles marathon which was 26 miles (42km) and I ran it in 4:30:00 imagine someone being able to run that in half the time! Amazing. Also if someone thinks 4:30:00 is slow I’ve been trying to be a runner for a long time but my BMI is my problem, I’m 6’3 and weight almost 200lbs
When you don't need the subtitles 🇪🇹
ikr
Steve mamo same I was just listening
Same bro. 🤙🏽🤟🏽🇪🇹🇪🇹
Steve mamo lol
Habasha gang 🇪🇹
Running a marathon is easy, running it at sub 5 minute pace is insane. I run a 5:01 mile and can hold 6:40-6:50 mile pace for 10 miles maybe 13 if I pushed myself. These guys are super human
The sun has gone down and the moon has come up, and long ago somebody left with the cup, the arena is empty except for one man still striving and driving as fast as he can, because he's racing and chasing and making the turns, and thinking of someone for whom he still burns. He's going the distance. He's going for speed.
He consistently run each of those 26 miles in 5-6 min. I'm 12 and i can run 1 mile in 7 min but I can't do it without feeling like I'm gonna die. I can not imagine the pain of a marathon holy crap.
At 2:03:03 his pace is basically 4:42 per mile, even more insane
damn
Anto Gaming 101 now kipchoges the most insane..
@@jonathanw1106 that is correct.
Haha you're slow I'm 12 and I can run a mile in under 6 minutes. Specifically 5:46. JK that's a good time for 12. Respect
There is a mistake in the subtitle at 0:23 his personal best isnt 2:02,03 but 2:03,03
I saw that and I was like “whatt!!! He broke the world record?” 😂
Hey, it's only a minute off, no big deal, right? :P
Drewb18c1 it is a fucking big deal
@Amanuel Bekele I don't speak amharic, I just knew his pb is 2:03:03
If you watch the finishing it 02:02:59
and now there's eliud kipchoge.... he's on another level!!!
Somebody here after kipchoges sub 2 marathon
“| wonder how many hours | have been watching Kenenisa Bekele running.... And every second has been pure joy.
Kipchoge just made Bekele's goal A LOT harder to achieve
Not really
2 hrs 2 minutes and 3 second. That's how long it almost took me to do my first ever 10k (6.2 miles) with ZERO training. This is dude is amazing 😳
*beats 2 hour marathon* what a moment, but then RUclips wants to still recommend this stuff...
Ineos is not real
He crosses the finish line in 2 hours and shakes his head...disappointed.
Kipchoge just ran a sub 2 hour marathon is all i gotta say
Not official dude
@@waterproof4403 how the fuck did u find this comment
@@bambi992 I was scrolling through comments 😂
Imagine if Kenenisa Bekele had ran 3 seconds faster than he did in 2019 berlin marathon. The INEOS challenge would have been a joke
The Kenyans are the lands of the running legends.
But Ethiopia have given birth to the only two kings of running, the emperor Haile Gebrselassie and the new emperor and best runner to have ever lived Kenensisa Bekele.
"Oh marathon running is easy, all you do is RUN"
I hate those people lol.
Well yeah it is, he literally said the same thing in the Video.
Running a good time is not easy though.
Eliud Kipchoge from Kenya is the best Marathoner, he did it under 2 hours... It will take more than a decade for someone to break his record
And you didn’t even mention this man’s 5k and 10k world records ...his speed in those races is mind boggling
I cant imagine running that in 2 hours and 2 minutes
That is some amazing athleticism
I ran my second marathon recently on track to finish in 3 hours and 20ish minutes, but then I got muscle spasms that hindered me so much, that I didn't finish until 3 hours and 59 minutes
Well..Eliud Kicphoge made a new one, its under 2 hour..🎊
I love the way he says Marathon .
No Offense, but Kipchoge is the best Marathon runner of all time.
respect to this man
Eloud Kipchoge: hold my water
I feel bad for him. He was not the first person to run a marathon in less than 2 hours as he dreamed! You just have to feel bad for him!
Wait! anyone else watched "breaking2" on national geo.? The fastest runner there was 2h 25sec?!
That was not an officially acknowledged race by the IAAF, but more of a show experiment to decrease the record time by artificially optimising all possible conditions.
okay thanks
I love how ppl want to take away merit from the Breaking 2 project. Ok yes, conditions were optimized. BUT ppl tend to forget that the athletes STILL had to run the 26.2.
Ozzie Aquino yes Eliud Kipchoge was very impressive at Breaking 2, but if you remove almost all air draft, have a super flat course with no sharp turns, perfect weather and optimize every aspect of hydration, clothing and shoes, it's not otherworldly that Eliud ran a marathon almost three minutes faster than his personal best.
Eliud also has good chances of breaking the record. His record is just 2 seconds behind Kenenisa's.
Eliud Kipchoge (Kenya)
2:01:39 (2018 Berlin)
Yeah
Two years later: Eliud Kipchoge has destroyed the world record.
And kenenisa is 2 seconds behind
@@waterproof4403
And Kipchoge broke his own record by 30 seconds...Berlin 2022...
@@mimid.6675 wow
I can’t sprint for more than 2 minutes without stopping to rest
He is jogging
Jogging is key for distance runners
Jogging 4:40 miles lol
He makes it look so easy
My dad participated in the Berlin marathons, congrats dude
Elias kipchoge is the new one and am a proud kenyan
Didnt knew he his PB was a worldrecord with 2hr 2min 3 sec
Before kipchoges WR the record was held by dennis kimetto with 2:02:57
Bekeles personal Record is 2:03:03!
You haven't heard of Eliud Kipchoge
Great.
Huge Respect N Salute to All Marathon Runners Also.
I Feel that, This Sports is All about Patients, Unbelievable Stamina Etc.
THE WORDS R VERY LESS FOR, THIS TYPES OF SPORTS
Pro at work dawg
When did he run a 2:02:03???
Sup Linkmon lol
I say this guy when my mom did the marathon
he's oromian African And best our hero
good blessing u kenanisa
Bekele is a proud Ethiopian. He's not a bone headed tribalist.
Mofarah is great but Bekele is and will always be the greatest of all time.
Hey mane Mo Farrah is a good runner. But no one compares to Bekele
Hey mane never said u did
Rizza eh now kipchoges the best
Im triggered..... Eliud kipchoge is the best of all time.
And then a man named Kipchoge did less than 2 hrs exactly 1 hr 59 mins and 40 secs.
I'm watching this after seeing Kipchoge run a marathon in sub 2 hours.
What about the guy behind him, He was only like 5 seconds slower
If only Bolt have as much endurance and stamina as Bekele and he'd be the truly fastes Marathon runner, respect for Bekele.
Le Corny its a bit strange to say "if only"
theyre too different talents measured in different races.
i could easily say "if only kipchoge had the speed of bolt, then hed be the greatest runner ever period"
It's statements like these that highlight non-runners.
My half marathon time is 2 hours and 10 minutes. He finishes a marathon before I can finish a half marathon
I feel like the importance of good posture when running is on full display on marathons, when you look at a bunch of expert marathon runners together it looks like they're marching together
Why was he not included in the Breaking 2 project? This is the GOAT!
Kenenisa yegna fikir ❤️❤️❤️
1:32 I live there! And I can see them running every year from my window🤩 2:54 I even saw this part
That’s cool
Welp time to get in my running shoes and increase my stamina and endurance
Eliud Kipchoge is the fastest marathon runner , the GOAT of marathon...
He's the first man to run a sub 2 marathon and is the world record holder..
He just broke his own record by 30 seconds in Berlin 2022.
Kipchoge is also more consistent and has won all of his marathon races other than two.
No comparison here ...may be on the track where Bekele is undeniably the GOAT
I’m a big fan of Bekele’s and Kipchoge’s but I do think it is hard to compare their times - Kipchoge’s Marathon time for London and Berlin improved by nearly 2 minutes after advancements in Nike’s trainers and them having carbon fibre plates integrated allowing a runner to be 4% more economical....Bekele didn’t have this advantage. After suffering injuries and set backs Bekele is no longer in contention with Kipchoge anymore. Both fantastic runners but there’s no doubt Kipchoge’s jump in marathon pb times had a lot to do with the Nike Trainers. I for one though, will be hoping Kipchoge breaks 2 hours in his attempt this October 👍👍👍
I'm about to go to sleep and go for a endurance run once i wake up but i just woke up to watch this video on my notifications WTF is wrong with this world
What aobut "Training twice a day, everyday for the past 15 years."?
Thats great i would love to try a marathon cause ive never been to one
Respect
Bekele is the GOAT
Get updated its Mr kipchoge kenya
He is a hero to us Ethiopian people!
Kipchoge finally edged him out
If I have the ability like him, I will never be late. Ever.
Love you our pride
I am your big fan
17.5 second 100 meter. 70 second 400. For 2 hours.
anyone here after eliud kipchoge broke 2 hours
Like when you are here when kipchoge broke under 2 hours
I cant even comprehend how fast that is...
There are some comments saying "Marathon runners need more respect than sprinters". That is BS. I say, respect them equally.
It is easy to be fast for 10 seconds. What is not easy is to complete 100 metres in that time.
Aw what a jolly fellow
The trick is to imagine your running on hot scolding lava.
I've been running for quite a while... But this guy runs 42km as fast as I run one. Which is still considered fast by most people I know