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French marathon runner slaps water away from competitors, unsurprisingly finishes without a medalWhatever happened to discreet gamesmanship?...

With A Sub-Two-Hour Marathon, Eliud Kipchoge Breaks Distance Running's Most Elusive BarrierKenyan marathoner Eliud Kipchoge became the first human to finish a marathon in under two hours on Saturday in Vienna, running the 26.2 miles in 1:59:40, a time long believed impossible. The event in Vienna, a “moonshot” race specially planned to provide Kipchoge with favorable conditions, marked th...

Eliud Kipchoge Breaks Marathon World Record By More Than A MinuteThere’s a new marathon world record—and it’s quite a bit faster than the old one....

Nike's Two-Hour-Long Eliud Kipchoge Documentary Was Beautiful

Nike’s Breaking2 campaign was unsuccessful....

Nike Wants To Own The Sub-Two-Hour Marathon

Nike’s Breaking2 project—an attempt to lower the marathon world record by almost three minutes, to under two hours—makes its debut this weekend. Lelisa Desisa, Eliud Kipchoge, Zersenay Tadese, and an army of pacers will take a little over 17.5 laps around the Autodromo Nazionale Formula One race tra...

Eliud Kipchoge Lends Nike's Breaking2 Some Desperately Needed Credibility

Whatever Nike is paying Kenyan star Eliud Kipchoge to crack the two-hour barrier in the marathon, it isn’t enough....

Nike Joins The Quest For A Sub Two-Hour Marathon

In a brilliant height-of-the-Christmas-sales-season marketing move, Nike announced via two breathless press releases, in Runner’s World and Wired, that they are entering the sub two-hour marathon game. ...

Bicycle-Riding Spectator Totally Psyched About Catching Eliud Kipchoge's Hat<em></em>

The men’s marathon traditionally closes each Olympiad, and here’s a spectator riding alongside the leaders who snatches an impressive memento: Eliud Kipchoge’s hat....