Chasing a two-hour marathon record: an everyday runner's reality check

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On Sunday, 31-year-old Kenyan Sebastian Sawe made history at the London Marathon. He became the first marathoner to break the two-hour mark in an official race, setting a stunning world record of 42 kilometres and 195 metres in one hour, 59 minutes and 30 seconds. Sawe heralded a new era in long-distance running, and just days before his epic feat, a highly interesting study from Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, called Project Marathon, was …