#INEOS159 #NoHumanIsLimited /wD6clIzHM0- Olympic Channel October 12, 2019 is the first human to run a marathon in less than two hours! His official time of 1:59:40 is now immortal. I expect more people all over the world to run under two hours after today.” “I am the happiest man in the world to be the first human to run under two hours and I can tell people that no human is limited. “It is a great feeling to make history in sport after Sir Roger Bannister,” Kipchoge said. The 34-year-old Kenyan completed the 42.195 kilometers (26.2 miles) in 1 hour, 59 minutes, 40.2 seconds at the INEOS 1:59 Challenge, an event set up for the attempt.Īhead of the event, Kipchoge even compared the feat to being “like the first man on the moon.” Afterward, he drew comparisons to Bannister, the late Briton who 65 years ago became the first athlete to run a mile in under four minutes. But this time there’s an asterisk: Olympic champion Kipchoge performed his feat under conditions so tightly controlled to maximize his success that it won’t appear in the record books. Like the sub-four minute mile, running a marathon in less than two hours had seemed impossible - until Saturday. Powerful, moving, and inspirational, No Human is Limited is the story of a person realizing his potential through hard work and self-discipline, and shows us all that we have the capacity within us to achieve greatness.VIENNA (AP) - Roger Bannister, 1954.

Eliud also draws back the curtain on his intense mental and physical training program, which is made up not only of early morning runs and grueling workouts but also of daily chores, finding ways to give back to others, and sourcing strength from his family, friends, and teammates.

Known by his peers as “the philosopher,” Eliud’s success is the result of his drive, discipline, and steady focus on setting small, incremental goals. From growing up in a single-parent household on a farm in rural Kenya and hauling gallons of milk on his bicycle to sell at the local market, to competing in shorter races before finding his true calling in the marathon, Eliud’s story is one of remarkable perseverance and drive.ĭiscover the qualities that helped guide this soft-spoken champion to achieve a feat that had once seemed impossible. Now, for the first time, Eliud Kipchoge-the only person in history to run a marathon in less than two hours-tells his powerful and inspiring life story. From the greatest marathon runner in history and the person who redefined the limits of marathon running comes an awe-inspiring memoir that proves a positive and unwavering attitude can lead to achieving the seemingly impossible.

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