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Running against the Impossible: ELIUD KIPCHOGE (THE WORLD’S FASTEST MAN)
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he Autodromo Nazonale Monza is a historic race track located near the city of Monza, north of Milan, in Italy. This race-track has witnessed the cutting edge of automotive competition, with the likes of Lewis Hamilton, Nelson Piquet and Michael Schumacher having raced on the asphalt. This is hallowed ground for competitive racing, and Nike’s special projects unit led by Sandy Bodecker, knew this when they selected the 1 and 1/2 mile Formula 1 circuit, to host ‘The Two hour attempt’.
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The Two hour attempt is centered on the possibility that with enough preparation one could run a marathon (about 42 Km) in 2 hours or less. This attempt has been branded as ‘Breaking2’ to signify the attempt to breach the two hour mark. Over the years a few individuals have come close with a time of 2:06:05 being set in 1991, following which a famous paper was published by an American Physician named Michael Joyner in The Journal of applied Physiology. The
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