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Message: [QUOTE="Blakeon18, post: 4392195, member: 35"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/25/sports/eliud-kipchoge-marathon-record.html[/URL] Perfect weather conditions in Berlin helped Eliud Kipchoge break his own world record in a time of 2:01:09...he is a Kenyan...no surprise there. Breaking the 2 hour barrier seems a bit like breaking 4 minutes for the mile way back when. He is 37 years olde...maybe past his prime though his quotes seem to disagree with that. Note: the linked article says he HAS broken 2 hours in the past but that time simply doesn't count due to pace-makers and 'controlled' circumstances...no mention of what those were. Same marathon: women's winner Tigist Assefa [Eithiopian] won in 2:15:37...3rd fastest ever...only her second marathon...lowered her previous time by 18 minutes...yikes!. At 28 that jump in time sounds like she can go [much?] lower. [/QUOTE]