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What it takes to run a marathon under two hours: pacing, drafting and conditions

12 planned pages · 16:9All use cases

Page plan · 12 pages

Written for: Members of an amateur running club

  1. 1

    Running 42.2 km in under two hours: what it takes

  2. 2

    The pace per kilometre that goal demands

  3. 3

    Earlier attempts and what they taught

    Bar chart: Fastest marathon times, record-eligible and not. Source: Sawe breaks two-hour barrier with 1:59:30 world record at London Marathon · checked 2026-10-10

  4. 4

    Pacers in a rotating formation

  5. 5

    A guide line on the road

  6. 6

    How drafting saves effort

  7. 7

    What shoe research can and cannot say

    Column chart: Energetic cost of running at 14–18 km/h, 18 athletes, shoe mass matched. Source: A Comparison of the Energetic Cost of Running in Marathon Racing Shoes (Sports Medicine, 2018) · checked 2026-10-10

  8. 8

    Fuel and fluids on the move

  9. 9

    Course shape and weather

  10. 10

    Why the 2019 Vienna run was not a record

  11. 11

    What the official record rules require

  12. 12

    Lessons for your race pace: a faster second half

    Column chart: Half-marathon splits in the London 2026 world record. Source: Sawe breaks two-hour barrier with 1:59:30 world record at London Marathon · checked 2026-10-10

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