To break a 2-hour mark would require a runner to shave nearly 7 seconds off every mile, achieving a per/mile pace just below 4 minutes and 35 seconds. TOBIAS SCHWARZ/AFP/AFP/Getty ImagesĪnd many in the running community believe we can go even faster. Kenya's Dennis Kimetto sets the current marathon world record at Berlin in 2014. It is at once both insanity, and deeply inspiring. That is an average pace of 4 minutes, 41.5 seconds – for 26.2 miles. It was set by Dennis Kimetto at the Berlin Marathon in 2014.
The fastest time recorded for a marathon is two hours, two minutes, and 57 seconds. Mental toughness or grit is also one of the reasons a few groups of scientists around the world believe they can do something never before achieved in the world of marathon running: break the two hour mark. It seems marathoners reflect a significant level of mental toughness, and that toughness appears to grow into middle age.įor seasoned marathoners, these statistics may come as no big surprise. Yet still, when they hit the proverbial wall of pain and fatigue, nine times out of ten – they push through.Īdditionally, they are more likely to finish if they were closer to 50 years old, rather than 20. They have little idea about pacing, nutrition, hydration or what to do when your glycogen stores suddenly run dry.
For them, a marathon is often the first time they have run 26.2 miles, and they suffer the consequences. While many of the roughly half million people in the US who show up every year at a marathon start line are well-trained, most are still recreational runners. In 2016, around 97% of the starters finished.Įven for non-qualifying marathons, such as Disney or Tokyo, the average percentage of completion hovers around 90%. Nearly everyone who starts the Boston Marathon completes it.
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