When the messenger Pheidippides ran from the battlefield of Marathon to Athens to announce the Greek victory over the Persians in the 5th century B.C., he did it without shoes. His time was not officially tracked. Millenniums later, at the London Marathon on Sunday, Sabastian Sawe and Yomif Kejelcha became the first to break the…
When Eliud Kipchoge ran a sub two-hour marathon seven years ago, it sparked an explosion of national pride in his home country, Kenya, as the culmination of more than half a century of distance-running dominance. But there was an asterisk. Mr. Kipchoge had run without competition and with a series of pacemakers, so it was…
At the finish line, Sawe held up sponsors Adidas’ latest ‘supershoe’ with his time written along the side, acknowledging the technology which had assisted him. The Adidas Adios Pro 3 shoes, available to purchase for an eye-watering £450, weigh just 99g – 30% lighter than the previous model. The company claims they deliver an 11%…
Sabastian Sawe made history at the London Marathon by becoming the first athlete to run a sub-two-hour marathon in a competitive race. The 30-year-old Kenyan crossed the line to win in one hour 59 minutes 30 seconds, more than one minute faster than the late Kelvin Kiptum’s previous record of 2:00:35, set in 2023. The…
