The Science of How Nike Nearly Cracked the Two-Hour Marathon | WIRED
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- Runners have been trying to break through the 2 hour marathon mark for decades. Here's the incredible science behind how Eliud Kipchoge came within 25 seconds in Nike's Breaking2 project.
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The Science of How Nike Nearly Cracked the Two-Hour Marathon | WIRED
Who else is here after he broke the record in Vienna today
john me bro
I am in Kenya and people were going crazy today in my school my neighborhood and the tv were all taking about him
👌💗💚
History
@@Kevoo. history has been made today
The most obvious variable was the incredible talent of Eliud Kipchoge, a once in a generation athlete.
seer16 yes everyone in this comment section is claiming that Nike is the whole reason this happened but they have to realize that could’ve been done with any brand, and Nike isn’t even a great runnng shoe manufacturer
Who?
LordBrendan have you tried Newtons? They are great and would recommend
Kipchoge is like Michael Jordan then
There's another hope in form of Bekele.
Who’s here after Kipchoge cracked 2 hours in Vienna?
Oh yeah
lol
Yea
me
Me
Beyond sponsorships and all of that, I love the fact that Nike and the runners did all they had in their power to see how far the human body can go
Daniel Ponga, better shoes and adding a pace car tell nothing new about human body capabilities.
Just another infomercial for Nike
I wanna see people fly with steroids.
a------------ that’s a lot of nonsense you just typed out.
@a------------ Not as easy, as efficient. There's a differemce bonehead. They tried to make it as efficient as possible while adhering to the standard marathon regulations.
To say Nike nearly cracked the 2 hr marathon would discredit the athletes
Yes you are
@@mlep257 think again man, that's what this is all about "nothing but run"
@@mlep257 Right, so if had the same training, scientific research and equipment, you would have achieved the same time. Silly boy.
@@mlep257 No you're right, no other multi billion dollar corporation could have sponsored an athlete to achieve this. Only Nike. Rude young man.
Also the PEDs.
Dude wtf, 2 hour marathon is running 13 mph for 2 hours. An average person that's starting in cycling with a nice bike would probably average about 15 mph on a BIKE. The every day person riding a bike would probably average 12-13 mph on a BIKE. He did that on his feet running. That's insane.
Hardcaslte that’s like if I sprinted for 2 hours geez
seeing Kipchoge running live on the circuit is unbelievable. It looks impossible
pretty insane the limits of the human body..
Great point...and most average cyclists aren't cycling for 2 hours either.
As an experiment I measured out 422 metres and tried to clear it in 72 seconds. Felt crazy fast powering along, but was well short of the time.... the thought of going that fast, or faster, for two hours... it's just astonishing!
I think another trick to add to this experiment would be to unleash a wild animal like a lion or bear after him the last quarter mile of the race and I would guarantee you he would've gone under 2 hours.
yeah but if that killed him then he would never finish the race :(
Actually a good point, I wonder what the effects would be of artificially increasing adrenaline
LMMFAO!!!!
@@lostingames5657 Fear of death is scientifically proven to give access to your maximum conditional capacity. Condition describes thereby describes the interplay of strength, speed, stamina and in a wider understanding flexibility. So unleashing this fear could theoretically push an athlete to shatter that 2h mark or the 9 sec. barrier at the 100m dash. However the ethics involved obivously prohibit such an experiment
Eric Gudenkauf or as crazy as this sounds have them put on a bomb like the guy the bomb is set at 2 hours ofc it would be fake bc yk but the guy wouldn’t know it creates the factor of fear but also panic so idk
Wired: Almost impossible to do a 2 hour marathon.
Eliud Kipchoge: Hold my Milk Cartons
Inaitwa Mursik 😂🤣😂😂. But good one man.
Can we just remind everyone that kipchoge is the one who ran this and deserves credit, not nike
JC Quads wired :/
Yea because he could have totally done it without the millions of dollars of research and nikes massive team behind him. Yea I don't think so. There is no denying the guy is fast but without a team willing to spend the money on him there would be no chance of breaking the 2 hour mark
No
@@Arrica101 Well he run a 2:01:39 race this year on his own without all the tech, track and pacers so it could have been done without Nike... So it's Kipchoge who almost broke the record not Nike....
@@njengamuturi4681 He was wearing Nike's...
Between 10 and 4,4 degrees Celsius ideal temperature and 12,8 degrees on race day
eins Thank you mayn
eins THANK YOU!! I partially checked out when they said Fahrenheit.
eins o
You are the type of nigga that I would kiss homosexually, even though I'm straight.
poiice squad im gonna steal that line ..had me laughing
At 0:22 the woman holding the finish line and clapping is Joan Benoit Samuelson. The first women to ever win the marathon in the olympics. 1984.
thats actually really cool
Ah thanks for sharing that, really cool!
Zee Fisher you shouldn’t be allowed to comment
@Zee Fisher what is your problem?
Zee Fisher nice trolling
dufuq their pace for a marathon is faster than my mile's pace
Ethan Bagshaw yeah they have to average running 4:34 miles
Ethan Bagshaw lol yeah, when I heard about the pace I was in disbelief
It's faster than most but your probably not a runner
@@garrettledford1147 no it was about a 5 minute mile
Jack Robinson 120/26=~4.62, 0.62*60=37.2, so I actually highballed it as the average mile time would need to be 4:37.2
Edit: Actually lowballed it, but only by 3 seconds. My bad.
I wonder if this will impact running like the full body fast suits impacted olympic swimming at the Beijing Olympics. The suits were actually banned because they worked so well.
I really doubt anything like this
MotherEric those swimsuits actually caused supercavitation, as in they displaced water and surrounded swimmers in a thin layer of air. As long as the shoes doesn't increase the runner's strength or change air pressure, it will be fine.
I know the whole pressure/fluid dynamics thing is different, but what about the "springiness" of the internal plates of the shoes for lack of a better word?
I think the suits also impacted buoyancy. And the compressive areas around muscle groups were stroke specific meaning the suits were only used for one type of races (i.e freestyle or breaststroke not both). It really is an interesting read if you have the time.
MotherEric springiness in shoes can't compare with the springiness in an actual foot. There's a reason that Nike/Adidas/Saucony, etc always endorse Kenyan runners: because the Kenyans have been running barefoot since birth.
Who's here after Kipchoge broke the 2 hour barrier.?🤯
The man did us proud today.. We have alot of issues but there's no better day to be Kenyan than today🇰🇪🇰🇪
2 has finally been broken!
Today Eliud Kipchoge ran 26.2 miles in 1 hour 59 minutes and 40 seconds!!
Congratulations to him and to everyone who made this possible.
Who is here after he broke the record!!!!!
It's nice that they let some white dudes run with them for a little bit.
nah the establishment wants to breed us out of existance
5:41 kermit?
ay-ay ron wut?
stupid hater, white people play football, no need to run
calm down lol its a joke
Who’s here after Kipchoge just ran a sub 2 hour marathon
Simar yes just copy others lmao
@@kentalpas-taltsepp8824 actually multiple people can come up with the same idea given the same situation
Test Testing yeah, fair. Not everyone tho
Shit i dont even wanna drive 26.2 miles
7:05 ever noticed migrating birds are also often in arrowhead formation..
Well they're more in a V, but good note. Reduced drag for increased distance, same concept!
4:40 Eliud Kipchogae just beat the marathon world record at berlin. Suprised at the accuracy of this video.
He's not saying they missed Kipchoge's world record time, he's saying that they are evidently right about Berlin being a good venue for world records, since another world record was just made there.
He just ran the INEOS1:59 challenge in
1:59:40:2🤯🤯🤯
Get up to date with the rest of the world: Use Celsius along with Fahrenheit.
Rest of the garbage world needs to stop telling Americans what to do👌🏻
Or what?
Maximiliano Villarroel We'll Nike you
or what?? We will send Donald Trump to twitterbomb you LOL.
miker6570 I really am sorry. I sincerely apologize. Actually, I will start pushing for Fahrenheit, Inches and the whole imperial system to be adopted in my country. Again, I am sorry.
Who’s here after it got broken?
just have them run downhill
Stomedy's for 26 miles?
Turd Ferguson yea why not
Stomedy's find me a hill that's 26 miles
PaPa Told Me Too run down a mountain
nike is a company with billions of dollars at their disposal im pretty sure they can figure out how to bulid a hill bruh LOL
Eliud Kipchoge Just wrecked that record. #NoHumanIsLimited.
To anyone who is watching on 2019 mid October he broke the sub 2 hour
Disclaimer: This video was in no way sponsored by Nike.
*slips envelope under doorway*
And today he did it ...12-10-2019
Its October 12th
And HE DID
Kipchoge did it
It's been broken! What an honor to watch Kipchoge run sub2 and an inspiration to every runner around the world.
UPDATE: Eliud has already broken the record... 1:59:40
He finally did it! Eliud beat the 2 hour time! I'm not even a runner and I was ecstatic when I read the news. He had such a great a attitude when he missed it here, and two years later, he makes history. This is the stuff of movies!
downhill, use those kids shoes that have a wheel in the shoe
Even with all the advancements in technology and nutrition, no one has been able to break the 2 hr barrier. This tells me the determining factor in doing this has to be mental. It takes a particular psychological advantage to overcome the final obstacle in accomplishing this incredible feat.
Or you could just have a car going behind you at 13 miles per hour the entire time.
WTF. Who ran? Elius or Nike? He deserves it. Legend
I watched the live stream today. He's an absolute beast. Nike didnt do it. Kipchoge did
Today is the day this all changed. Vienna 2019. 🇰🇪
the arrowhead shape is also the shape birds use when flying in formation
The needed more than 3 athletes trying to break 2. On race day A LOT can go wrong. You can have the science down but the athletes body may just not have it on the day of. If they had a group of 9-12 trying to break 2 I believe they would have been able to accomplish it.
Alexis Romero they only used three runners because there aren't enough runners who would ever be capable of a sub two marathon, they would be a waste of time and money to train with.
Would also be a lot harder to get the same levels of aerodynamics with a pack of runners that size, maybe if they'd ran several tests with 3 different runners each time but it was probably awfully expensive to train just 3 never mind quadrupling the budget to train 12
Donna S there are many more athletes that are capable of it. But on the day of, like I said, a lot can go wrong. I'm sure now that they know what they need to do, they'll give it another shot but with more athletes. Either that or keep on trying with different groups of 3. To be completely honest tho, money isn't an issue with Nike.. they have all the funds. And now that all the experimenting is done (with the Vaporfly 4%) that's funds now available to train the athletes.
theres one problem with that, the 3 they had were the greatest on earth there isn't even enough for a group of 9-13 people
Eliud Kipchoge is probably the fastest marathon runner in the world. It's doubtful anyone could have run faster than him on that day. Dennis Kimetto and Emmanuel Mutai were close to Kipchoge, but on the decline by the time Breaking 2 was launched. Wilson Kiprotich and a few others probably could have been close, but drafting and giving supplies for more than 3 guys would be difficult. Though I'm not sure why they picked Lelisa Desisa for the project. He's amazing but there's definitely a few guys faster than him.
Well this must be one of Nike's proudest moments coz with their shoes kipchoge went under 2hrs
no not with their shoes. it was sponsored by ineos this time
is that why the pace cars time counter is a giant billboard to help with wind resistance.
sorie kondi doubtful
Wouldn't the best course simply be a straight line rather than turns?
Kirk Meyers technically yes but the racetrack meant that they could provide a lot more consistent nutrition/hydration and pacers throughout the course... aswell as the fact that would of had to find a 26 mile straight stretch of road that was as flat as the track that fell in a region with the desirable temperature and that could be closed for the day to allow for the experiment to take place... Monza is a generally pretty long flowing track in terms of corners which would mean the speed difference into the corners will be negligible compared to if they were tight bends..
Find me a 26 miles straight road with no hills in a nice cool location
@@codycuber2015 central canada. every road is straight and flat.
@@codycuber2015 highway 46 in North Dakota, flat and 31 miles
And down hill 😁😁😝
Who else is here after he broke the 2 hour marathon in 2019??
These are the relevant factors below in order of importance. They didn't mention red blood cell count or physique which are much more important than shoes which rate dead last in importance.
1- Athlete (skill, physique, experience, training)
2- Health (nutrition, rest, red blood cell count)
3- conditions (temperature, humidity, course difficulty)
4- shoes.
Nike took in each athlete's lactic acid levels after a certain amount of time of running.
I didn't even notice I was watching this so soon after it was uploaded.
Having said that, the title is slightly clickbaity. The shoes didn't seem to be the main factor in the breakthrough - the pacing formation and co-op drafting were.
AntiChangeling the shoes arent even mentioned in the title
+BROKN Well, Nike is. It's a true title, but I'm pretty sure that people aren't thinking of force-measuring treadmills and specialised pacing and drafting formation testing when they see Nike - they're thinking of shoes.
AntiChangeling
Well, that can't be helped. Nike did the research regardless of whether people think of their stuff when mentioned
I think having Nike in the title is justified, seeing as they are the ones spending money in this program, developing shoes, training the athletes, etc. The shoes definitely aren't their only - or even main - contribution.
Jeez, I said "slightly clickbaity". I didn't accuse them of witchcraft or something.
Reebok has something but just not quite perfected.. When I wore the reebok pump 2.0, it felt like I was wearing socks. The shoe weight made it easy for me to raise my foot up fast.
try the brooks pureconnect
No human is limited
1:59:40
Cool how they used a Tesla to avoid messing with their breath.
They should always use electric vehicles.
Have they thought about removing the laces, to reduce drag and weight? make the shoe custom fit to the runner?
good idea, but that would likely not be a markedable product and this is the whole point of nikes involvement in this.
well yeah, but there could be a retail version that had laces. I meant solely for the purpose of breaking the 2 hour mark
that would be a different shoe, or atleast it would be percieved as such. what I am saying is that the two hour mark means nothing to nike unless some fundamental prerequisites are in place.
i cant even keep up with them after 500 metres lol
Who here after Eliud Kipchoge become the first human to run a marathon in less than two hours!
His official time of 1 minute and 59 second is now immortal.
#NoHumanIsLimited
Funny watching this video 2 years later, congrats to Eliud Kipchoge!
He’s done it
Interestingly, one of the last bastions of 'lone competition' is being corrupted by teamwork....
He did it :)
Kipchoge just broke the world record today! 🙌🏻
Whose here after he just broke the 2 hr record
That clock on the car was no accident! It is comically big! No engineer would have designed it that way for either aesthetic reasons or manufacturability.
they made it big so people could see the time
No they made it big to increase drafting
lol guys you didnt even watch the video
correct, they were looking for every method to "cheat"
Why does he look like he just finished a morning jog?
More like morning walk
Eliud Kipchoge and the other runners cracked the 2 hour marathon. Not Nike.
They should have done this in an indoor facility where they can control the temperature and humidity of the environment.
That would've been way outta budget
The facility has to be huge or it would be way too many right or left turns that can stress one of his feet
Well..... he just broke it🤯
Hmm they would just have to run downhill... like 180 degrees downhill with a parachute😂😂
I feel like we are pegging too much science on kipchoge's win to discredit him. Why is no one talking about kipchoge's shear will, 6 month's practice and the power of mind over matter..?
"...research fund by nike....." I am sure it is not biased at all.
Now I want to see a team race.
I can run at sprinting pace a lot longer on a treadmill than in a race
for me the other way around.
Because there is 0 wind resistance
0 wind resistance and when u put ur foot down on a treadmill it brings it back letting u keep a more steady stride
Your legs technically have to keep moving at the same speed as well and when you actually run your body may not keep the same speed always
because you're not running on a treadmill, you're lifting your feet and the ground moves.
One of his arms is tilted out and rotated a bit. I do this and it always bothered me, until now
5:23 its shameful that even scientists are using Fahrenheit rather than Celsius
2:26 the most perfect stroke form ever
And 2 years later Kipchoge did it #NoHumanisLimited
Really interesting video, will be great to see how far science can improve running times in the next 10 years.
I run in Nike trainers but can't afford the best ones yet 😩
Who is here after Kipchoge broke his own record??
I don't think 4% in efficiency means a 4% increase in speed. A lot of people think that you'll be faster if you put on the Vaporfly 4%, but I believe Nike was trying to say that it will cost you 4% less energy to run with them on. A runner's speed does not increase in a linear relationship with the energy used, so a runner with 4% more energy conserved doesn't make him 4% faster over a marathon, but it definitely helps some, as shown by Eliud's performance.
He beat it 🥳
I tried this with my mate Dave setting the pace up front in his 20 year old mondeo. Unfortunately I had to pull out after 5 minutes due to the fumes
NIKE couldn’t crack it but shout out to the fine folks who helped Kipchoge crack it today!
And Eliud Kipchoge broke the record in 2018. Love Kenya and Kenyans.
Bill Murray works in a lab now?
Kipchoge runs historic first sub-2 hour marathon
"Only Kipchoge came anywhere near breaking 2" and only Kipchoge broke 2.
And he broke it today :)
The way the title is it should be Kepchogi sponsors African man Nike who almost broke 2 hour marathon, because it seems like the company Nike ran it not Mr. Kepchogi. Respect to the great man!
And now Eliud kipchoge just broke the record 🙌🙌🙌👑👑👑
great staff
break 2 will be history soon
Everyone's so worried about the shoe being a beast but maybe the real beast here was just Kipchoge. O_O
The guy said two minutes and thirty two seconds at 0:21 somebody has to do their research
Way more interesting to have brands and teams compete than countries. Super cool video!
My running shoes are $32.
Kipchoge did it!!!
Having a Tesla was smart. No fumes to inhale to off set oxygen intake and such
ELIUD KIPCHOGE BROKE IT A FEW HOURS AGO!!!GOOAAAAT
9:24 those shoes are tennis shoes 😐
David Li Have to have a control in an experiment
I mean to count as a actual world record marathon the time has to be set on a course with a certain amount of incline decline and wind speeds
The person who breaks it will have
Natural talent
Lots of will power
Start training when they are young
Correct clothing
Correct conditions
Brought up somewhere is the mountains of Kenya or Ethiopia
A very good coach
A flat course
A straight course
Only willpower
Aren’t the shoes a % of energy output of the step? Like x% saved energy per stride, not a % of overall time?
How "Nike" almost broke 2. Totally not the runner, Nike. 🤦♂️
Roger Kram
Looks like old Steve Kerr