#113 - Alex Hutchinson - Analysing Eliud Kipchoge’s Sub-2 Hour Marathon
Modern Wisdom
Chris Williamson
4.7 • 4.6K Ratings
🗓️ 21 October 2019
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
Alex Hutchinson is a journalist, athlete and author.
Eliud Kipchoge recently rocked the world by breaking the previously unthinkable 2 Hour Marathon Record. Today we get to hear a full analysis of his performance from endurance expert and previous Modern Wisdom guest Alex Hutchinson.
Expect to learn about the controversy surrounding his new Nike shoes, the course selection, the racing strategy, Eliud's mindset, training approach, pace setters and everything else. Do not miss this one.
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| 0:00.0 | Oh, hello humans. Hope everyone is well in podcast land. Today is an absolute treat. Unless |
| 0:07.5 | you have had your head stuck in the sand, you will know that the last couple of weeks have |
| 0:12.7 | been insane for distance running. Elliot Kipchogay recently broke the previously unthinkable |
| 0:19.7 | two-hour marathon barrier. Did this in Vienna a couple of weeks ago and I needed to get |
| 0:26.5 | someone on who could analyze it and who better than Runners World writer author of endure |
| 0:32.9 | and previous modern wisdom guests Alex Hutchinson. Today's episode is so sick. We get a very |
| 0:39.2 | scientific analysis super in depth. Alex has spent time with Elliot himself. He was |
| 0:44.7 | in a monster for the last breaking two attempt that Nike had sponsored to do with this. |
| 0:50.2 | We talk about the controversy to do with the shoe technology that's going on at the moment. |
| 0:55.6 | An Iron Man record was recently broken. Paula Radcliffe's 20 year female marathon record |
| 1:00.1 | was recently broken and we get to break down absolutely everything to do with Elliot's |
| 1:05.5 | performance. Alex is just a hero. Enjoy this one. Please welcome the wise and wonderful |
| 1:12.6 | Alex Hutchinson. Oh yeah, PS. While this intro music is playing, go and give us five |
| 1:17.6 | stars wherever you're listening if you would. It would make me very happy. |
| 1:36.6 | Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back. Alex Hutchinson has joined us again. Alex, welcome to show. |
| 1:42.2 | Thanks, Laura Chris. It's great to be back. It is timely to talk about endurance and running |
| 1:47.5 | this is the where the like the genesis point of the new world of running right now, right? |
| 1:54.4 | Yeah, it's certainly an exciting time. What do this way? I did Canadian radio this morning. |
| 1:59.6 | I'm talking to you talking to New Zealand radio in a few hours and then Australia a few hours |
| 2:03.9 | after that. So people are talking about endurance right now and hey, I'm happy to see it. |
| 2:08.7 | I bet you are. So for those of you who don't already follow Alex, if you have even the slightest |
| 2:13.7 | interest in running at sweat signs on Twitter, ever since the podcast that we did at the start of the |
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