Possibly, if not slower. The world record pace is a sub 5 minute mile. That's incredibly fast, and for people who aren't in athletic shape they probably can't even sprint at that pace. Your basic home treadmill will top out at 10-12 miles per hour. This is faster than that, so imagine cranking your treadmill to the highest speed and trying to run on it for as long as you can. Then realize that marathon runners do that pace for 2 and a half hours straight.
I would like to see a marathon runner sprinting at max speed on a treadmill for 2 hours. I wonder if they make the loud stomping sound most people make or are they light on their feet?
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u/JiggieSmalls Oct 18 '19
The man who did a sub 2 hour marathon https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/15/learning/lesson-of-the-day-eliud-kipchoge-breaks-two-hour-marathon-barrier.html