Kipchoge celebrating his victory in the marathon of Tokyo 2020 The men’s marathon at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, postponed to the summer of 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic,… Read more »
Start of RIo 2016 Olympic marathon (Photo by Tasnim News Agency, CC BY 4.0) The men’s marathon at the Rio 2016 Olympics was held on August 21, the final day… Read more »
On these dates it is typical to look back on the year and do balance on what we have achieved in the last 365 days. In this post we will… Read more »
Photo by Calpower (Pixabay) In October 2019 Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge ran for the first time an unofficial sub-2h marathon in Vienna, as part of the Breaking2 Project. But everything started… Read more »
Because of Covid-19 the London Marathon 2020 was firstly delayed from April to October 4th, until it was decided than this edition would be uniquely for elite runners. With the… Read more »
To answer this difficult question, we have checked historical records and considered the following marathons and achievements: World-record (WR) performances. Olympic Games and World Athletics Championships marathons: first 5 places…. Read more »
Drafting Bekele vs. Kipchoge We are highlighting the main findings of a recent article that has examined the drafting strategy of Kenenisa Bekele in the Berlin 2019 marathon, where he… Read more »
