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Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography & More

The Two-Hour Marathon (Redux)

Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography & More

Gary Arndt

Education, History

4.7 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 25 January 2024

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Eliud Kipchoge is unquestionably the greatest marathon runner in history. He’s won an Olympic Gold Medal, holds the world’s record, and has won 12 of the 13 marathons he has ever entered. However, there was one accomplishment that had been out of reach for Kipchoge and every other marathoner: The 2-hour marathon. On October 12, 2019, Kipchoge managed to break that barrier under some very special circumstances. Learn more about when behind the breaking of the 2-hour marathon on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.  Sponsors BetterHelp Visit BetterHelp.com/everywhere today to get 10% off your first month ButcherBox Sign up today at butcherbox.com/daily and use code daily to choose your free steak for a year and get $20 off."  Subscribe to the podcast!  https://link.chtbl.com/EverythingEverywhere?sid=ShowNotes -------------------------------- Executive Producer: Charles Daniel Associate Producers: Peter Bennett & Cameron Kieffer   Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere Update your podcast app at newpodcastapps.com Discord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFh Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredaily Twitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretrip Website: https://everything-everywhere.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey everyone this is Gary as you know I'm out of town this week so instead of doing an

0:03.6

encore episode I'm doing something a little different. This week I'll be

0:07.1

running full encore episodes as they were originally released and then at the end

0:11.0

where I normally read review I'll be providing an update to the episode.

0:14.4

So make sure to stay tuned all the way to the end of the episode.

0:18.0

This episode was originally released on September 6th, 2020.

0:22.0

You might notice that the sound is a bit different

0:24.1

as my recording setup at the time was very different

0:26.8

than it is today.

0:28.2

So with that, enjoy the incredible story

0:30.3

of the two-hour marathon. Elliot Klibchouge is unquestionably the greatest marathon runner in history.

0:39.0

He's won an Olympic gold medal, holds the world record,

0:42.0

and has won 12 of the 13 marathons he has ever entered.

0:45.9

However, there was one accomplishment that had always been out of reach for Klimtogi and every other

0:50.6

marathon, the two-hour marathon. On October 12, 2019, Klytchengue managed to break that barrier

0:58.3

under some very special circumstances. Learn more about what went behind the breaking of the two-hour marathon on this episode of

1:05.2

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1:49.0

There are certain milestones in running that have become famous because they correspond to nice round numbers.

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