The 2 Hour Marathon Barrier has Been Smashed
Marathon Training Academy
Angie and Trevor
4.8 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 30 April 2026
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
In this episode Angie and Trevor discuss the watershed moment that just happened at the London Marathon when two runners smashed the 2 Hour Barrier in the marathon. Sabastian Sawe of Kenya ran 1:59:30 and Yomif Kejelcha of Ethiopia finished 2nd in 1:59:41! How did we get to this moment and what can we learn from it?
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| 0:49.0 | Pum-Bum-Bum-Pum-Pum-Pum-Pum-Pum-Pum-Pum-Pum-P Hey, hey, welcome to the Marathon Training Academy podcast. |
| 1:09.5 | Number one podcast on Marathon Training since 2010. |
| 1:12.9 | I'm Trevor. |
| 1:14.0 | And I'm Coach Angie. |
| 1:15.5 | In this episode, we discussed the watershed moment that just happened at the London |
| 1:19.2 | marathon when two runners broke the sub two-hour barrier in the marathon. |
| 1:24.8 | And don't forget, you can get all of our back podcast episodes in the podcast |
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