1:59:30! The Sub Two Hour Marathon Falls To Sabastian Sawe
About this episode
The episode discusses Sabastian Sawe's historic marathon performance and its implications for future races.
Kenya's Sabastian Sawe has absolutely obliterated the two hour marathon barrier, winning the London Marathon in 1:59:30. In this emergency podcast, Mike and Ross talk about a truly historic day that saw two men go under two hours, We discuss a performance that is astonishing not only for the final time, but the matter in which it was constructed, with never seen before splits over 5km, 10km and half-marathon. We also talk about the credibility of the performances, given Sawe's documented funding of a more intensive anti-doping programme, and wonder whether this will open the door to many more sub-2 performances in the future? Show notes The article on Sawe's more intensive anti-doping programme Sean Ingle's article on Sawe's performance Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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