Heart and Sole: Eliud Kipchoge's Sub 2 Hour Marathon - By Kayleigh Simpson
October 12, 2019, will forever mark the day running history was made. Eliud Kipchoge, the most decorated distance runner on the planet, blew everyone away by running a sub-2-hour marathon. In only 1 hour 59 minutes and 40 seconds, he managed to run 26.2 miles - a feat many can only struggle to imagine. To put that into perspective, Kipchoge ran over 26 miles at a pace of 4 minutes and 32 seconds per mile! While this win was a massive accomplishment for mankind, it has stirred a lot of controversy in the running community. Foremost among the reasons for controversy was the shoes that Kipchoge wore. While running his marathon, he wore an unreleased pair of Nike Alphafly shoes. According to New York Times data analysis , the older model of the shoe Eliud broke records in has been shown to increase marathon runners' times by 3-4%. Although this number may sound insignificant, when it comes to running 26.2 miles, it can easily make the difference between a second-place f...