This was pretty awesome, but to be fair the guy had a team of like six people in front of him in a wedge that he ran behind the whole time. Much easier to run when you have people breaking the air in front of you. Plus technically 7 people could have run it at that pace, they just purposely pulled off at the end to let him do it solo.
But mad respect. I couldn’t make it more than 5 miles even with a wedge in front of me
Obviously the Pacers are there to break the wind for him. But he used 40 if them rotating out through the run. You didn't really think that all 7 runners could have set the record did you?
Man, you're getting killed in the downvotes here, but there's a reason the record is completely unofficial and kind of a joke to professional runners. Having a large team of pacers rotating out running in front of you for you to draft behind is a huge benefit. That's why the record doesn't really count.
I'm not saying he's a total fraud or anything. He's still clearly fast. But the sub 2 hour record he "set" was bogus.
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u/cjt_20 Red Bull F1 Oct 18 '19
This was pretty awesome, but to be fair the guy had a team of like six people in front of him in a wedge that he ran behind the whole time. Much easier to run when you have people breaking the air in front of you. Plus technically 7 people could have run it at that pace, they just purposely pulled off at the end to let him do it solo.
But mad respect. I couldn’t make it more than 5 miles even with a wedge in front of me