Run ONE Lap At Kipchoge Pace And WIN £50 | WR Marathon Speed Challenge

“I have 4 kids, so when it comes to crushing dreams and aspirations, I’m about as good as you can get” 😂😂😂😂

6:20 props to jess. Putting yourself out there isnt easy. Love her effort. She knew shes not the fastest in the group and still did it and allowed for it to be posted online. Go jess!

Damn as a 400 runner i have respect for all these guys, that lactic at the end is a killer!

That 1:08 1 lap is easy....The breakdown of his marathon into 1 mile, 5k, 10k....**mind blown** That man is alien.

I know Mark mentions he’s tall all the time but it hasn’t sunk in until seeing him next to a bunch of normal sized people.

Looks like Jenny did manage to do Brigid Kosgei pace (2:14:04 marathon is about 76.25 second 400m pace), so probably deserves an honorable mention for that.

15:09 -- you can see Kipchoge in the background. He completed an easy 5k during the challenge and is on his way to km 6. ;-)

Crazy to think he runs at that speed 105 times around that track. MAD! Great video - Love seeing these types of challenges.

R.I.P to Kelvin Kiptum You will be missed, and so young too :( Godspeed on your next marathon in the world beyond ✊🏃

Thank you for acknowledging us below average athletes!

1. your joke about "crushing dreams" is just epic. and 2. thank to jen for standing up to the life guard. being a scrooge is no fun 🙂

From high school, I have always had huge respect for 400 runners. We knew it took a special kind of grit to hold it together for a complete lap. Great going guys.

Thank you for bringing up that less fast people are doing MORE. I have been working with some athletes who have "unimpressive" numbers, and what I have come to realize is that these athletes are pushing harder than some of the fittest people I have been working with.

😂😂😂😂😂 “when it comes to crushing dreams…..” 😂😂😂😂😂 As a father myself, I can relate.

This was a great watch. As an erstwhile 400m runner back in school, you could tell none of the participants had run a 400 seriously before. As you say, if you're not a sub 50 sec athlete, the reality of running it is that you're trying to stay at 90-95% of your top speed the whole way round. It's just not possible to sprint at top speed for that long. Also should be said they'd probably all gain a second by wearing spikes rather than trainers (you couldn't pay me to run any distance in Air Force 1s!) Would be fascinated to know how the 11.2 100m runner would do in spikes and with a bit of guidance/training. A sub-60 400m with no warm-up or preparation is really nothing to be sniffed at.

Bro I was not expecting a 75 out of the first one! That was fast as hell. Props to her for that

In high school, we ran multiple 400m laps in under 60 seconds for practice with 1 min breaks in between each lap until we failed to be under 60 seconds. After 10 laps, the break times were cut to 30 seconds in between each lap. I ran the 800m, 300m hurdles & 400m. I forget sometimes how crazy in shape I was back then & what regular people run certain distances. I don’t think I could run a sub 60 second 400m once right now & now I’m ashamed.

Putting this in context, Kipchoge is 5'6” and weighs 115 pounds, does everything right and has trained forever.

I now need to go to my local track and attempt this, after watching. Just can't comprehend how you could keep that pace for 5km, let alone 42km 😂

5:01 'Your second thirty seconds takes you thirty-eight seconds' 😂 Another great video btw, Mark