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Podcast: Inside Exercise
Episode: How did Kipchoge break 2 hrs for the marathon?! With Dr Andy Jones
Description: Dr Glenn McConell chats with Professor Andy Jones from the University of Exeter in England about the incredible Eliud Kipchoge and what it took for him to break 2 hr for the marathon distance. Professor Jones, who has an exception research track record, conducted a study with 16 world class marathon runners to determine what factors are required to run a marathon in 2 hr. He then used this data and other information he had to choose which runners would attempt Breaking2 in Monza in 2017. We discuss this attempt and Eliud Kipchoge’s eventual breaking of 2 hr in Vienna in 2019.  Andy outlines the...