Early this year, elite runners Eliud Kipchoge, Zersenay Tadese, and Lelisa Desisa became the first to try running a sub two hour marathon in Italy. In order to accomplish their goal and break the two-hour threshold, the trio must maintain an average pace of 13.1 miles per hour.  To put this lofty goal in perspective, the current world record is 2:02:57 (or 12.786 miles per hour). For these elite athletes, who wore a highly customized (and highly controversial) pair of Nike shoes for the challenge, completing a marathon in less than two hours is doable. After all, their bodies are trained for it. They also have the necessary equipment to pull it off and they did it under ideal … [Read more...]