After his marathon debut in 2014, Kenenisa Bekele was headhunted to be one of the athletes to prepare to break 2 hours. Pitsiladis approached the 2 hour barrier through a collaborative effort at various universities, but his project ultimately stalled and stopped growing. Yanis Pitsiladis, the foremost expert in genetics in East Africa based at the University of Brighton formulated the sub 2:00 concept. It all started at the 2013 Great North Run (Half Marathon) between the all-time greats, Haile Gebrselassie, Kenenisa Bekele, and Mo Farah.

However, the power of Eliud's incredible marathon performance and the emotions of the participants in the tribute radiated enormously.In this episode of the Art and Science of Running Podcast, we discuss the history of the Breaking 2 project, the Ineos 1:59 Challenge, collaborative coaching, the evolution of footwear, fuelling, pacer formations, world marathon records, doping, mechanical doping, and more. The participants thereby supported the running & health initiative The Daily Mile Austria in schools and kindergartens.ĭue to the Covid-19 conditions the event was very small. On 12 October 2020 we celebrated the VCM Tribute to Eliud, the first anniversary of Eliud Kipchoge's historic marathon at the INEOS 1:59 Challenge in Vienna.Īt the original location in the Prater Hauptallee 200 runners gave their best for 1:59:40.2 hours and tried to run as far as possible within this time. Anyone and everyone could try to run 100 metres in 17.02 seconds or faster, beating Eliud Kipchoge's marathon record pace over a short distance. On the same day, we held the 'Beat Eliud!' running challenge on Prater Hauptallee. On 12 October 2021, display plaques were unveiled at the finish of the run, telling the story of the INEOS 1:59 Challenge. The challenge is this: Run as far as you can in 1:59:40.2 hours, alone or in a team of 2 runners. Exactly where he ran into the history books and our hearts in 2019. On 12 October 2022, we stage the third VCM Tribute to Eliud.

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