How a sub-2 hour marathon finally happened

About this episode

The episode explores how Sabastian Sawe achieved the historic feat of running a sub-2 hour marathon.

Until Sunday, no one in history had run a sub-2 hour marathon. So how did Sabastian Sawe do it? Writer: Jonathan Lewis Producer: Casey Magloire Host: Casey Magloire Episode photography:  Executive Producer: Katie Gunning Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Casey Magloire

Guest: Jonathan Lewis

Topics covered

• marathon
• sports achievement
• athletics
• record breaking
• human endurance

Keywords

• marathon
• sub-2 hour
• Sabastian Sawe
• record
• athletics
• sports

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Observer

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