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[Music] [Music] welcome to a foggy morning here in Vienna Austria we're in 60 minutes time one man will attempt to go where no man has been before pushing his body and mind to the limit with the aid of scientific research and meticulous preparation Kenya's Elliott Kipchoge a will hope to run 26.2 miles in under two hours and in doing so beat one of the great sporting barriers of our time what light what future this if we abandon the quest to discover the very limits of human injury [Music] I don't believe in a limit that's what pushes me to be human is to constantly evolve Bannister goes streaking forward nine point four seconds to run faster to reach further this 18 year old girl succeeded where man had been scale new heights pushing the human body to its absolute physical and mental limits this is what separates as we strive towards a new era of human achievement and support little mister [Applause] it's opposed to living like us in this one Eliot Kip Cho gay is the world's greatest marathon runner at 34 he's the official world record holder has eight victories in big city marathons and is the Olympic champion from Rio and of course there is that one failed attempt at 159 two years ago in Monza but this is different lessons were learned and no stone has been left unturned in the preparation for this attempt this morning the sun's coming out is burning the fog away and we've already got crowds especially around here at the finish who are all expectant of history being made today in Vienna and alongside me to look forward to and enjoy what could be a very very special day indeed I have two lane Flanagan the American distance runner Olympic silver medallist and crystal Arnold broadcaster from South Africa who knows all about the importance of this to the continent and edy Caesar a writer who well literally wrote the book on the sub two hour marathon what you don't know about it nobody does so it's great to have you all alongside me here but let's start with you and why this is just so significant well the the sub two hour marathon is considered the Everest of distance running something that people for a long time thought was nearly impossible we wouldn't see in our lifetimes and and in the last few years it suddenly hold interview and you know we might see it today and it's very exciting it is exciting but it won't be an I double AF world record for a few reasons yes in order for it to be a world record it has to be ratified by the iwf and there are three factors the first one is Elliott is the sole competitor there's no one else in the race led is the only one who's going to be finishing the marathon today the second one is the fact that he has Pacers that are going to be coming in and out of the race that is not allowed and then the third factor is that he will be receiving fluids via a bike and not picking you up at a traditional table okay and for the African continent crystal this is huge you know he's at the vanguard of distance running a distance running is so important to so many nations on the continent distance running and Africa are intrinsically linked and since 2003 that means world record has been in African hands got Gebrselassie catawba cameto and just from an African perspective I think the continent knows that we are ahead of something very very special it's almost a turning point in humanity for the continent and they hold it in such high regard but it's just as that four minutes mile barrier it seemed unbreakable and Tulsa Roger Bannister defied the odds and since then fourteen hundred also have been able to reach that mark including one of the pacemakers which is very very special but from an African perspective right now there are young Africans watching and just looking to see what human potential looks like waiting to be the next Kipchoge a and it is so important to Elliott could show Gator to have that mantle and to be that role model he is of course the official world record holder and let's have a look then at how the the time has come down significantly from back in the London Olympics in 1908 I mean breaking three hours then it was it was a pretty decent effort I know but if you broke three you've got the you know you've got the gold medal with and that's fantastic and you see here some of the Great's of the sport but Keeler double Olympic champion in 1664 you know you see how the the world record slows up as we get to towards two hours and what that tells you although there you know the hash tag on this event is no human is limited in fact there are limits and that's what makes it interesting let's let's find out you know what the limits are absolutely in the man who is being charged with that is Eliot keep choking it's his job to show us today what the limits are are there any limits and there he is just having a little stretches he's about to get into the vehicle they're staying at a hotel in the center of Vienna and there he is getting ready for hopefully his cab turns up soon because every detail on this has been meticulous I'm sure his vehicle will be along very very soon there are people who a little bit cynical about this and saying well it's not official world record and there's so much technology so much science that why should we care but you could have both hand in hand can't you yes I mean to exclude the other exactly you know there is something artificial about this but that's because they want to see one guy do what no one else has done before it would be incredibly hard to achieve this in an open race and so I think this room in the sport for both you know events like this and also like open races London marathons fantastic and this is fantastic well it's getting a little bit busy around here with the crowds coming hoping to get back themselves a really good spot to see the finish but I imagine down at the start there is a flurry of activity and Razzie joon-young ganya is there for us well thank you gab you have to say being about 30 meters from the start line it's a genuine joy and pleasure to be here as a true lifelong athletics fan and the fog just adds to the mystique and majesty of what will be a historic event we've actually got a perfect view here when Elliott and his team arrive when he gets into that vehicle as you mentioned they'll arrive and unload here and then him in his seven pacemakers the initial team will head over to the start line and behind the start line is where they'll do their final preparations but actually talking about the start line if you see there are eight different pieces of masking tape they've each got a name of an Athena Elliott will be stood in formation and he'll be fourth from the left now to his left we burn adelikat he'll be the captain of that particular formation that he'll take the full brunt of the wind as he runs in a very very important job a 13-time Olympic and World and indoor and outdoor medallist himself what an incredible amount of experience he's got and he will need it as he makes his way and they begin up this freighter roots there an o stone has been unturned here not only is this a flat course but even from the climate and the forecast we've got a very little wind is bit to be predicted for when they actually begin this is also the perfect temperature and humidity and having spoken to paula radcliffe she says it's a very personal thing as a marathon runner it's up to you what you want and these are exactly the conditions that Elliott wanted there's also a very very low chance of rain so it's perfect conditions and it's all just testing itself up to be something incredible but there is only one man really with the cocktail required for making history with the town with the athletic ability with the experience with the consistency I'm of course talking about the Tala clansmen himself led Kip chuggy [Applause] you see the finish line [Music] [Applause] here's the champion again absolutely supreme this is one man trying to run under two hours it has never been done before in the history of mankind he's the only athlete in the world capable of doing this Eliot is the greatest marathon runner of all time he is three times Abbott World Marathon Majors world champion current world record holder Olympic champion he is absolutely the goat of marathon early Earth is extremely consistent in his life and in his in his running very disciplined obviously or unbelievable talented nice humble beautiful person I think especially thing about him is this is incredible working ethic this is a man that 365 days in a year focuses on just running he's carrying with him values that follow us in whatever level in our society or in life and learned something from there could say many times hundred percent of me is nothing compared to 10% of the group I totally bleep in myself believe in my my technical team to live in my teammates believe in my training and not so and that's what pushes me the Puyallup area when you see him runnin when you see how he glides down the course and his humility as an individual and that mental strength that he has a very zen-like character and that strength will be a key part especially when it really starts to hurt but I really concentrate on the time and the kilometers my really thinking is about the right place the right time and I respect that distance 159 challenge it's about American history it's about living like us in this world it's about actually given information to the old world that no human is limited and there he is the Protestant about 1 of 2 on the course with his team warming up his final steps before he will make his way to the start and he is will talk about the Pacemakers a little bit later but he is a figurehead we talked about his importance and what this means to the continent of Africa but we could see even coming through there on his interviews and how he behaves he's he's such a calm contemplating kind of man isn't he he's he's a real ambassador for the sport and his much-loved on the continent he's a household name and Africa revered as the greatest marathoner ever and just to give you a sense of how the African continent is celebrating this particular moment just last week there was a special special service that was held at st. Paul's a Cathedral University Cathedral and they dedicated the entire service to him sang special songs even the choir was kitted out in any US one five nine challenge shirts so all behind him and right now as we speak families are getting together communities are getting together in support of it one in particular at the primary school where Elliot grew up there is a massive screen where supporters are just getting behind this special special moment knowing that we on the precipice of something important but also to be able to have that celebration and the confidence that this can fall the greatest barrier in human endurance and you have been out there as you've trained amongst his training partners you've seen where he lives you've seen what he eats you've seen how he does it just to explain a little bit for us and put us into that whole environment yeah he keeps things pretty simple you know he's a rich man and he lives in a very simple and osteo way for six days of the week he's in his training camp you know they wash from with water from a well you know Elliott mocks him with her with the chores like he is not a prima donna in camp and they also have huge fun it so it's a great atmosphere you know there's a lot of banter and it looks like they enjoy they work yeah because on those pictures we saw that they were quite quiet it law all looked quite serious but you've told us you know before that this is you know a fun environment and it has to be if you're gonna put yourself through what he does they are spending a lot of time together and there are the normal hijinks that you would assume would take place mathletes spend a lot of time together he's won everything he is the current Olympic champion he's the current world record holder but you get the sense lane that he sees this as transcending the sport this is bigger than all of those yeah I look at him as a modern-day Roger Bannister he's done everything there is to do in the sport and this is the last barrier the two hour marathon this would be the stamp in his legacy we don't know how many marathons Elliott is gonna run and I think this heat sees this is his last attempt at going under two hours well you can hear the parties really starting around here the music's starting the crowds are getting bigger we're hoping for about 20,000 later today down there at the start Ramsey Cheney and ganya and no doubt has a a similar environment building around him and he has got with him from the press and communications team Ryan goat I do indeed Gabi atmosphere is very much building here it has to be said the mystique and Majesty as I mentioned earlier is just increasing here and is really saying itself had to be something fantastic Ryan as Gary mentioned you are from London math and events why London Marathon in Austria so I think it's been widely reported that originally the plan was to hold this challenge in London and it was quickly worked out that London in October probably hasn't got the best weather conditions so there was a long search to find a suitable venue Vienna was chosen because it met all the conditions that we were looking for and then as Ilan de mouf events team we were there now come out to Vienna to deliver the course and make sure that operationally are things running smoothly and with that in mind that under math is a well-oiled machine this is the first time it's happened here what challenges has it given you you obviously this is very different to on demand on demand has more than 40,000 people running every year this is just eight runners out in the course at one time this is a closed loop circuit there's there's four circuits there's very intricate details around timing this is a very different project to the London Marathon we've had an amazing team work on this you know for six months now it's been pretty much full on but we've got you know we take pride in being one of the best the best events management teams in the in the world and our teams have have really worked hard to to make sure that no stoners there have been left unturned in and getting this right failure Don the day and just finally Ryan will Elliot do it today I think you will everyone is really positive we've got great belief in him we know we can do he's one London are from four times we believe he can make history no humans unlimited well the historic event is almost a year in the making and while its Elliott and his team's job to do the hard yards to do the thousands of miles it takes to get them to the start line there's another team behind the team you saw Ryan there from the press team and so many scientists and research is making sure that all the meticulous preparation is exact and complete and one of those important jobs was choosing the location we did a pretty comprehensive search and we had some criteria that was set by the performance team and by Elliot himself in terms of what he was looking for and they ranged from some climactic conditions and environmental conditions so things like heat temperature precipitation wind you don't want too much altitude you want not too much time zone change between Canada where Elliot lives and the forest many of those factors came together here and Janna we have a course that over a four point three metres of dead straight road only has an incline of 2.4 meters it is probably the straightest piece of road I have ever seen the quality of the air in the pirata area of Vienna is stunning for humidity we want something like 80% humidity and for the temperature it's a range of around 10 degrees where he feels most comfortable having a crowd is absolutely crucial giving him that encouragement it's gonna be a huge huge boost for Elliot and for all the paces as well they're facing for the marathon we are looking at the one constant space all the way from from start to finish that will be a 250 page per kilometer so 21 kilometers per hour he will start in that kind of pace and tie to to hold on till the finish line and it all goes well maybe increase a little bit the last two kilometers we have the pace car which sets the pace for them we have lasers beamed onto the surface of the road so allows them to maintain their stable position here with Seabees drinks from the bike rather than taking them from a table as it would normally do how much it concerns is actually closely monitored by his nutritionist and will be measuring every time that he takes something from his water bottle and tosses that they will actually pick it up so that he can weigh it and know that he consumed and then managed his intake team is so important in this he surrounds himself with the best athletes the best nutritionists the best psychologists the best training partners Australians is one before but is supporting the desire and the heart without desire and hurt you don't go anywhere so here we are in Vienna the perfect location and that will be run for point three kilometers four point four times with two roundabouts one at either and one 800 meters one 200 meters the hop delay is perfectly flat it's surrounded routed with trees so that will block out any weather that wasn't expected although the wind appears to be non-existent today the leaves are not blowing at all it couldn't be better for Elliot Kip choake this morning this is exactly why Vienna was chosen I mean when you saw that with a window the 10 day window and the weather this seemed to be the optimal day in the window and it was the day that was a preferred date the gods are smiling at the moment yes and I think Elliot is smiling and I think everyone else here too we all want what's best for Elliot to see if he can really push himself you know this try you've had a little run on it haven't you yeah announcer I've blessed my feet with on the ground for Elliot and kissed it and said you know I hope the gods the marathon gods are with Elliot today it is perfect for running it is a brand new surface for most of the course it's 90% straight running there are just two roundabouts one being 800 meters and the second one being 200 meters so there's no momentum lost and crowds are gonna be here 20,000 expected that Kenyans are there already with their flags crystal and that will be a big difference to Monza and that's really important too earlier to have that support have that cheering hear the crowd he certainly knows the power of the crowd and this is such a cosmopolitan crowd hailing not only from Kenya but also the locals have gotten involved I've spoken to some fans that have come from the cold coast and Boston but the reason he knows the power of the crowd goes back to Berlin for that world record he ran the last 17 kilometers solo and the thing that was getting him through those kilometers was the crowd he all of the crowd that it gave him strength and hearing them cheer was music to Xia's and focusing on something completely different his apparel obviously we know technology goes into sportswear and has done for a very long time but we shouldn't underestimate what's going on on his feet and how important though I don't think we should kid ourselves I don't think this would have been possible to try gone to two hours five or ten years ago the technologies developed so fast and you know he's in the latest latest innovation you know he's he's he's in shoes that no one else has you know ever run before and it and it's a you know it's a step change from where we were even two years ago and so we're talking about maybe you know a few seconds which in this context is you know an enormous amount of could be vital okay well an elite group of the world's best runners have been hand-picked to be the Pacers today for Elliott couch okay and they are some of the greatest at the distances that they cover world to record hope world champions Olympic champions out there as well but it's not just who's been selected but how they've been trained to do it that will be key in breaking that barrier the peacemakers are critical for Elliott to run as fast as he needs to Pacers have two functions really maintain the pace for Elliott and create an aerodynamic advantage in the positioning in the formation of the Pacers we've tested almost a hundred different runs and with the computer simulations and numbers of them in the wind tunnel and so we've done a lot of homework into finding the best one for him it's a formation that nobody's ever run in before it's designed completely different because we're trying to protect one runner every lap he's also going to rotate the Pacers twice and so as he comes through the the finish line area he will have a new pace of group that rotates in and out and so that's going to be a significant section for us we have to do it quickly and efficiently the Pacemakers are the world's best standard these are world champions war record holders Olympic medalists some of these pacemakers already trained closely with with Elliott and part of Elliott's team so obviously it's about creating the team and people who's comfortable with they have to be in tip-top shape you have to have the right ability and also earlier desta Trustin this is utterly at random that history I'm Megan Eustace that you need somebody driving me I've been there together for for a very long time each of the formations will have a team captain and that will be the person that dictates the conversation and talk to the other Pacers with within the group Fornelli gap is one of those athletes we've chosen as one of our team captains Turner's in a world class athlete he's an excellent communicator very well respected one of the most important things is to make sure that the pace is going the right way and make sure that the transition later on when other groups come in is going to be smooth as possible this race is an extraordinary race in itself it's kind of a melting pot this is the only race where you can find a 1500 meter run and a marathon runner playing the same role we've worked intensively the last six seven months to ensure that we have every element covered earlier in terms of the selected paces that we've chosen to the attempt the performance going for it is is huge to be the difference between running inside two hours in from running two hours one two hours - let's talk a little bit more about the formation that the Pacemakers will take because it is a beautifully choreographed thing isn't it and it is very innovative ed yeah I think it's gonna be the most striking thing about this attempt they're gonna run in an open v-shape in front of Eliot so Five Guys widest at the top and then two guys behind him and you can see there Bernard legate is going to be right in front of Eliot capture gear in that formation and he's going to be taking most of the hit the idea is that you create a little bubble of air around at 80 okay so that he's not getting any drag or he's getting much less drag than he would do and that there to see is what it usually refers to unlike on a kind of sports caption in this instance you might pick captain but Bernard look at is the captain of that team there are different teams and each team has a captain I guess their job is to make sure that as I mentioned there that this choreographed shape is kept in line and if anybody you know steps out of line there's they'll be given a little bit of a warning yeah I think it's you know it's so precise I was talking to the guy that did a lot of the aerodynamic work he said 12 centimeters to the left or right makes a significant difference and how I mentioned how they're coming in and out that they change over that would be a really fascinating thing to watch it has to be precise has to be perfect it has to be perfect I I make the analogy it's like a NASCAR pitstop instead of exchanging tires were exchanging runners and they have to flow in and out as quickly as possible and not let Elliott take too much of the brunt of the air because as we know he's conserving energy that's why these athletes are here protecting him to conserve energy so that he can break the barrier but the biggest key don't trip up Elliott so be as cautious and careful as possible you absolutely don't want to be that man and that won't happen because you've seen them practicing and rehearsing but this is a truly global bunch of athletes isn't it I mentioned gold medals world champions Olympic champions and the range as well crystal of distances yeah I mean just so varied from about ten countries of the 41 pace Maker's but you speak about those pacemakers they also are some of them so close to Elliot he's trust them there's a sense of camaraderie but also sense of family amongst them and just from the caliber perspective you have Agustin Choga who is such a close friend of Elliot he'll be running those final ten kilometers in that pacemaker set but she had the likes of Paul Ciolino who was a silver medalist at the Rio games is also no acute Kimber who is known for his pace in the longer distances it's such a high caliber class of pacemakers to get him to that mark and the pace just to put it into context if you're at home watching thinking what does that feel like to run at that pace well if you know 100 meters we'll be done in 17 seconds so every hundred meters is 17 seconds so that's an easy distance for you to go out and have a go at and I love this one the average UK man runs the park runs the part runs that take place every Saturday morning at 29 minutes and 8 seconds Elliot kept okay we're on will run every 5k in 14 minutes and 13 seconds which is just phenomenal if you want to know more about the pace and the Pacers and indeed all the details that have led to this event today the second screen might be the place for you here's how you can find it Elliot Kip Joker's challenge can be followed live right around the world on television YouTube and any else 159 challenge comm check your local channel details for TV or go to the INEOS 159 challenge channel on youtube but there's also exclusive second screen opportunities available so wherever you're watching be sure to have any us 159 challenge comm running on a second device because there'll be background content and behind the scenes click during the challenge all signposted from YouTube and some global TV programs as well as Social Feeds there's a platform of user controlled on screen options that puts you in control and lets you decide what information maps Social Feeds and data you want to see with the pictures as this dramatic challenge unfolds so wherever you're watching Elliott's history-making mouth an attempt TV website or YouTube you stay in control of the data and information you want at any us 159 challenge comm I think the word is interact or behind us here the pace car is looking like it's ready to go and actually a lady who jumped on her bike hot-footed it here is the CEO of team in eos Fran Miller thank you for joining us by the way front how are you feeling excited actually it's been such a long build-up so five months I've been working on the project now and it feels like five minutes and five years all at the same time yeah very excited I mentioned you're all as CEO of team in EOS what does that mean ostensibly so I basically look after the cycling team so Jim Ratcliffe is the owner of a America's Cup team which is in your team UK and he recently acquired what used to be Team Sky and it became team in EOS in May and I'm the CEO of that team so seven-time Tour de France winning team a pretty successful team I imagine it's presents a lot of challenges but also must be real joy and privilege to be part of this phenomenal you know and I've done some incredible things in my career and I've but I've always worked in cycling so I don't really know much about running I didn't know much about it when I came in I know a whole lot more about it now and and yeah it really is a privilege actually the more I've got to hear and know and see what Elliott's like as a man and his achievements so far as an athlete it's yeah it feels like a huge privilege and an immense responsibility what can you tell us about the FOB I was slightly surprised to see this were you surprised no I wasn't because we've actually been working on forecasting obviously for the last world really really detailed for the last two weeks then we came in to one week long range forecasting and then as of three days ago we went into the local very high resolution forecasting and we've been working with in a vienna based meteorologists actually head of the Vienna Met Office who last night's broke the news to us well last yesterday afternoon around about lunchtime said I think it's going to be foggy which is one of the reasons we pushed the start time slightly and just finally what will determine success today from a performance standpoint I think from a performance standpoint that Elliott gets out on this start line he has absolutely everything in place there's been no stone left unturned that he feels comfortable confident and ready to put the best performance of his life in and it crosses that finishing line feeling that that's what he's achieved I'm Willie do it I believe you will yeah so do I go what you reckon we shall see Rosie I know one thing for sure this guy here is not going to be able to do it that is the track which is along the course and it is available for the public to have a try that's the pace that Elliott will be going and that poor guy there well he didn't even manage to do a few steps on it that is how quick is going the clock is ticking down you can see the clock in the corner of the screen there the final preparations are underway and in just over well just under 30 minutes isn't it Elliott kept choake will attempt to make history he's already attempted it once he came so agonizingly close could this be the day the softly spoken man from nandi county in kenya completes a superhuman feat he's got a bit of an aura about him everyone looks up to him everyone loves him he is going to attempt to run under two hours from marathon it is very hard for people to understand how difficult it is you tried many many months the marathon you get one chance and so many elements involved people said it would never happen you can't really compare him to the average marathon runner he's the best we've ever had and the best we've ever seen in 2017 in Monza Elliott attempted to break the 2-hour barrier he almost did it and he ended up with two hours and 25 seconds he actually did lift 100% that he was going to do so this time it is not him convincing himself that he can do it but he knows already inside himself that is able to do it the mindset is critical to handle the pain this is a total challenge something that the world has said hasn't been possible it's very hard to maintain a consistent high level fight it's a fight that's something that whole combination from Eliot's that that he has physically psychologically how do you inspire people to think you know what I'm not limited by what the world told me I can do this isn't about what in and possibly about what is possible if he succeeds this should be one of those 14 moments of the 21st century anyone being and what other people didn't it's impossible well there you go that man thinks it's possible he's managing to keep up with the pace at the moment I wonder how long you'll be able to do that for some people having more luck than others out there Eliot keep chogi though you just saw there is a man who has a steely determination and inner confidence and almost a kind of zen-like spirits he's a very calm character and that was the same in Monza clearly that you know the person is is the same it's what's going on around him that has changed does this feel very different to you ad from Monza you were there you saw those preparations yeah I you know they did an incredible job in Monza of trying to control all the controllables but they'll have learnt things from from that experience and you know I think the biggest difference here has been the course you know the course is very straight it's perfect for for running fast on you know there are things that they will not be able to control what happens in an event like this you know there are human carbon-based life forms involved and things can go wrong so you could control most things for your car controller absolutely and you have to have you know what he has inside which is that determination that will that confidence as well as what's between the ears that is going to be the difference today Schilling I think the biggest factor today is the confidence that he is built in Monza he proved he was only 26 seconds away from achieving the sub-2 and then he went on to break the world record and now he's arrived a different athlete and I think the biggest difference is the self belief and but like you said between the ears is meant he's gonna what take him there that calmness that's that's you know constant for him isn't it he never deviates from that demeanor that is it's been a signature of his career since he began and it's that consistency really that has enabled him to have that self belief and that that measured nature that we have grown to love from Elliott and I think what is key for him is this is actually 17 years in the making it's it's his career that has led him to this moment he's kept consistency with his team as well Patrick sang has been there from the start he's physiotherapist has been with him since 2002 so I think all of those elements make up those margins an incredibly grounded man isn't he now for any distance run any marathon runner and the weeks leading up to the event are so important the week leading up to the event is vital when do you tape it down when do you start to change the intake of carbohydrate well when your window for an event is 10 days that must be a very tricky proposition indeed it has been some week for Elliott and his team [Music] [Music] you know in this world there is nothing called angry person but I gonna show you that I am calm and I I really looking forward for for for Saturday [Music] the how to lay still shrouded in mist the fog threatening to clear a few moments ago but it seems to have come back down again and this definitely wasn't on the cards was it this this won't be in the plans edge this is definitely not in the plans you know it is I just saw it it looks like about 90 percent humidity they wanted it below 80 percent so that's something you can't do anything about you know you think you're gonna get the best weather and now you get what you get it's the right temperature I think Elia will probably put this out of his mind and just think you know I've still got enough going for this you know in terms of the conditions that I can do it for all the qualities we've just mentioned about his mental qualities this is where they come into play because you can't panic about anything you're here this is a start line you're going for it you have to be adaptable as an athlete I doubt Elliott is looking at the forecast and saying oh gosh it's 90% humidity I'm sure he's just focused on his preparation and what he's been practicing mentally for the last three months yeah and as we know you know every single detail has been checked he's got an incredible team around him who've looked into every detail they can possibly think of so I guess the final thoughts guys are can he do it crystal one-word yes I mean he's the ideal athlete the ideal conditions hopefully by the time they start and the ideal crowd it won't be easy it's of course a monumental challenge for any human being to achieve but ed do you think he's in the best possible place can he do this I think he can do it I think the marathon is a brutal sport and it can you know it can humble you as well or just once said I really hope that he does it just for him because this is something that he really wants more than anything surely he is such a joy to watch so regardless of the outcome I truly believe he can but regardless of the outcome he's just such a joy to watch thank you so much guys well one thing's for sure we hear and I'm sure you all at home as well wish him all the very best my message is just good luck just give it everything that you and all of the preparation everything has gone into it but ultimately when it comes down to it in the race it all comes down to Elliot and how much he's got on the day and just judging his effort and his body and what it can give to perfection good luck Elliot it's amazing what you've achieved so far in your career but this is the biggest challenge and you have an amazing team behind you and the preparation that has gone into this we all know that you can do it and it's time to prove it to the rest of the world so go for it Elliot good luck the eyes of the world are watching you we believe you can do it have the most amazing run of your life and yet I just want to send you all the positive energy from France from this wishing you all the best and strongly believe that that you can do it there is no limit and nothing is impossible hi Elliot it's Chris here I just wanted to wish you all the very best for the big challenge ahead I believe in you 20 or a freaky sister finally Chiquito 20 [Music] you [Music] good morning and welcome to a foggy Vienna in Austria where in 15 minutes time one man will attempt to go where no man has been before that man Elliot of Kipchoge a pushing his body and mind to the limit with the aid of scientific research and meticulous preparation will hope to run 26.2 miles in under two hours and in doing so one of the great sporting barriers of our time will have been conquered what life what future exist if we abandon the quest to discover the very limits of human injury [Music] I don't believe in a limit that's what pushes me to be human is to constantly evolve streaking forward in three minutes fifty nine point fall seconds to run faster to reach further this 18 year old girl succeeded where man had been scale new heights pushing the human body to its absolute physical and mental limits oh man this is what separates us we prevail as we strive towards a new era of human achievement it supports nothing mr. [Applause] it's about little lettuce in this one Eliot Kip Choga is quite simply the world's greatest marathon runner at 34 he's the official world record holder has eight victories in big city marathons is the Olympic champion from Rio and of course there was that one failed attempt at 1:59 two years ago in Monza but this is different lessons were learned from Monza and no stone has been left unturned in the preparation for this attempt at running a marathon in under two hours you can see behind me the crowds have been here for a few hours they want the vantage spot because up there they're hoping that when he crosses the line the time will start with a one you can see alongside me I have an international panel of experts to reflect the international nature of this eventual aim Flanagan is an Olympic silver medalist distance run of the USA crystal Arnold a broadcaster from South Africa knows all about the significance of this to the continent and Ed Cesar quite simply wrote the book on it the sub two hour marathon of course I'm talking about ed the scale of this event for one man is just huge isn't it the detail and everything that has gone into it if I were Elliot capture gear right now I'd be a little nervous there are thousands of people who just focused on his performance in this race and if he does it it could be incredible the Everest of distance running absolutely and of course this is a record which won't be an eye double AF record but it's so significant to running isn't it it really is up there in terms of a four-minute mile type moment he is the modern-day Roger Bannister this is a huge moment but it won't be ratified because there are three factors factor number one is that he is the only competitor number two is that he has paces that are going in and out of the race and then he's being handed fluids as opposed to pick me up from a table and of course for Africa this is massive distance running is absolutely the sport that everybody follows it's what everybody wants to know about and he's a vanguard of that distance running is intrinsically linked to Africa Africa's dominated I mean since 2003 the men's world record has been in African hands and I think that the continent knows that they are on the precipice of human changing event it's a moment that is being celebrated right now in the continent just to give you an idea last Sunday multiple church services in Hana of Kip show gay with songs being sung by choirs who had shirts that said 159 in year's challenge and right now particularly special events in the primary school in in the village where Kip tiger grew up is actually a massive screen they watching us right now getting ready to celebrate this monumental historic moment well he is an absolutely complete athlete a superb athlete but it's not of course just Elia kept choking he's just at the at the front of a huge team behind him and four point four kilometers away down at the start Raji Jinyoung ganya is with the man who has been the inspiration for putting all of this together so Jim Radcliffe I am indeed Gavin weave between talking about how excited we genuinely are for this that the guys seem ready this is special to him yeah yeah super special yeah I think Elia is very up for it he had a good night's sleep and I just met it many he's looking very cheerful yeah how did this all come about by the way because without you this wouldn't be happening well I've always been interested in in running you know and it's obviously a great it's one of those great sports and you know something that everybody does and we were we were on a motorbike trip in South America having a beer and was you know talking about things really and it popped out the conversation what the result of that is a sense of unity because seeing the guys here I'm an athletics fan it's very rare that you see guys come together just over the fence there we saw the guys come together I think they were all praying together there's a real sense of unity here yeah I think you saw unusual for the all the runners I've met quite a few of the paces and they're really yeah they're really busted about this you know this this whole challenge but it's unusual for them because of course normally it's a solitary some you know they're running for themselves it's obvious but not like cycling where they this cycling group they eat together and they you know the side of the same team so I mean it's almost a different sport for them to all come together and work for a common course and they're all really excited about it and of course in addition to Elliot is a really nice guy so he's a you know that you know they all like him so they're all you know the completely committed to getting Elliott through this you know this remarkable challenge I was just saying before we came on air that I certainly wasn't around in 1968 when Jimmy Heinz broke the 10-second barrier for the hundred meters but we will hopefully be around to see history happen here what would it mean to you oh I just I think I mean it's the less great barrier in athletics I think really about the four-minute mile and 10 10 second animators and then but the two hour marathon is just I mean it's it's unthinkable I think it's superhuman to be able to run at that pace for 42 kilometers 2 minutes 50 per kilometer for 42 kilometers is superhuman in my book it really especially thank you Tom I won't hold you up anymore he said you want to be watching this star and we're not gonna miss it thank you yeah it's a real passion for Jim Ratcliffe and he knew putting this together after he'd met the man himself that there was only one athlete who had the experience the knowledge and the was so perfectly poised and ready to do this and make an attempt today his second attempt and that man is Elliot kept choking [Applause] this is one man trying to run under two hours which has never been done before in the history of mankind he's the only athlete in the world capable of doing this he is three times Abbott World Marathon Majors world champion current world record holder Olympic champion he is absolutely the goat of marathon [Music] Eliot is extremely consistent in his life and in his in his running very disciplined obviously unbelievable talented nice humble beautiful person saying especially thing about the famous it's his incredible working ethic he's cutting within values that all of us in whatever level in our society or in life and learned something from they have to say many times and that person of me it's nothing compared to 10% of the truth I totally believe in myself believe in my my technical team believe in my teammates believe in my Chinese I'm not so and that's what pushes me beyond the body 1:59 challenge it's about American history it's about living life as in this one it's about actually given information to the old world that no you - limited what's clear chalene is that Eliot's desire to achieve this almost transcends the sport he's got the gold medals he's got the world record he you know he would like to win another Olympic game but he's done that already he understands that this is something that will leave a legacy like no other exactly this is a stamp in his legacy he's done everything else there is to do in the sport and I think he wants to inspire the future generation and this is his platform and what does the athletic community think about that I think it everyone's inspired I mean when you're in the presence of Elliott you just feel his presence and his inspiration and his running just speaks for itself and everyone wants to be like Elliott the progression of the marathon obviously he's the man that holds the world record but when you look back to night the early part of the last century and you see it come down from just under three hours to where we sit now people will say well what next how far can it go are we at the edge right now it I think physiologically you know we are pretty close to the edge when you look at the screen and you see how those times have come down you see it slowing up as we get towards two hours and that's because you know the best athletes are not reaching the edge of what's actually possible so yeah we're close let's just see how close absolutely it will be a remarkable achievement now for any distance runner any athlete the week leading up to your event is vital the weeks leading up are vital but it's not tapering down when to change your carbohydrate intake all of those things when you don't know exactly when your race is going to happen well that must throw things into chaos for any team not this team of course today was the preferred date and the weather gods collided and they decided yes it was going to be Saturday the 12th but it has been a really interesting week since they left Kenya [Music] [Music] you know in this world there is nothing : decide but I can assure you that I am calm and I I really looking forward for for for Saturday [Music] [Applause] every eye has been dotted every T crossed everything thought about that possibly could be and is he going to do it well the marathon is a brutal sport and Bill Rogers said it can humble you I feel like he has a very good chance but anything can happen I'll just keep my fingers crossed and the weather the fact that it's foggy today sheelane a little bit foggy than expected you know it's froze another little doubt maybe into the minds and this is not a foregone conclusion no I hope the marathon gods are smiling down upon Elliott today he is such a joy to watch but I think the factors of the you know the weather I don't think it's gonna play into the actual result so dying to see how the formation works how the technology works today it is going to be a fantastic watch I'm gonna hand you over now to our commentator Chris Dennis [Music] while the waiting is over the moment has arrived and there we are on the star line on the Reich's Brooker which straddles the Danube that majestic river that flows through Vienna and they're the first group of pacemakers we'll talk you through them in great detail chilean and ed will be joining me very very shortly and we are just moments away and there he is you know thousands if not millions of people will be going out for a Saturday run today well this could be the most famous Saturday run the world has ever seen and it's all about this man Elliot Kipps yogi from Kenya they're the Pacemakers Bernhard legates is the captain and let's just remind ourselves of the formation of these at pacemakers there are five teams of seven and that is the open V that Ed was talking about with ek Elliott capture G at the heart of it and two wing men if you like behind all guaranteed to take the wind resistance out of Elliot's performance five team captains the first event bernard legate he's 44 years old he's the oldest of the pacemakers in action today the youngest is just 19 years old and this first group will take them through to the first three kilometers the current weather well almost perfect a little bit more humid at 90 percent van was expected and was wanted but to le capture agam Shah will be able to to cope with that so we're into the final few minutes before countdown what on earth is going through the mind of Elliot Kip sugar how quickly how fast is his heart beating [Music] we have liftoff Apollo capture game is up and away and the challenge very easy to say to run 26.2 miles 42 point 2 kilometers in under two hours very easy to say rather more difficult to achieve and they're on their way on the rice Brooker traveling over the danube and they will be heading into the party very very shortly indeed Chilean and ed of join me in the Contra bot center sheelane from the winner of course of the new york marathon just what two years ago in these early kilometers what's most important for Elliot is he is just in a state of flow he's just walking in to the pace really no mental energy is gonna be wasted right now it's almost kind of trying to fall asleep a little bit he's just looking at the back of his Pacers looking at the back of specifically Bernard the got right there they've been practicing all week these formations he's very familiar with these guys he's very comfortable so he's just finding his rhythm settling into pace turning off the brain saving all that mental energy for when it really starts to get tough and her which is inevitable in the marathon so into the second minutes of this extraordinary challenge here and of course the crowd is really building already we're expecting 20 to 25,000 people lining the route it's absolutely perfect it's tailor-made for spectating here the parter the green lung if you like of a vienna the largest park in the capital city of austria is going to be packed here it's perfect there's not a breath of wind we're looking at beautiful or tunnel colors and they make their way ed has joined us also in the commentary box we're going to talk about the pacing in great detail throughout the next two hours ed but just give us a sense of how revolutionary this open V formation is well it just looks like it shouldn't work they're you know they're they're running with this wide front and it's a reverse V and you think well how can that work but everyone tells me that it reduces drag on Elliot and and they've done all the testing that they need to do to ensure that it's actually the optimal formation to men behind of course as we've said and we'll introduce you to the the new teams as they come and go the drop-in dropout function or system is going to be absolutely key so we'll be making sure that we we talk you through that but essentially in terms of formation it's two at the front two behind them then the captain and in this case its Bernhard look at the multiple World and Olympic champion areas sent a picture with all that experience at 44 years old Elliott of course in the white right at the heart of it and then the two wingmen behind and the way they come in and out it will be absolutely key Chalet the magic figure of two fifty something has been achieved it means they're through the first kilometer yeah it's uh I mean they look relaxed like they should right they look amazing absolutely fantastic now here we go look the first kilometer completed forty one point two to go the speed at which they are traveling is quite extraordinary we saw before the the race started the challenge started the treadmill with various people trying to have a go at I have to say I'm sure you're the same I've actually been on a treadmill at sub to our mouths and speed I mustered about forty seconds they had a cup of people standing behind me at the back to make sure I didn't fall off it's going that quick but shall aim let's talk about all the ingredients that need to go into producing this phenomenal feat a lot of people including Haile Gebrselassie of likened it to a recipe if you like for making the perfect cake and I know you've you've written a couple of cookery books yourself so let's just talk over the next couple of hours about the the various ingredients we need to make sure that this perfect cake this sub to our mouth and is achieved and I guess the first thing we need to talk about is the main ingredient a world-class athletes in tip-top condition so as an athlete what makes Etihad so so special well I look at Elliott and his career started as a track athlete he has this background and pedigree of being a phenomenal track racer I believe he's run about 12 12:48 I believe in the 5k he is won 11 of his 12 marathons he's run London four times Berlin three times he's won the 2016 Rio Olympics he has every accolade there is to his name and this is really the last barrier for him but all of that training over his career is setting up the stage for today all of that training is accumulated into hopefully a phenomenal performance and at you you were in Monza like shalay what are the improvement points do you think essentially when it falls down to it that was a terrifically successful experiment it needs to be bettered here in Vienna today what are the key things that need to be improved you think I think the course is slightly better its straighter that hurt you in terms of time I think that this pace of formation could could make a big difference you know they're also wearing the most advanced shoes and that's a difference the intake of carbs which he gets through a drink or a gel that's taped onto the bottle that's been slightly refined so the important thing is that he's not gonna run out of fuel so all these tiny little tweaks are helping the law I believe he's consuming the Morton gels and fluids every 5k and I believe it's like about 250 mililiters is what he'll be consuming right we'll see that then we've just out of picture we've actually got to Valentin Troy who's the the performance manager he's the athlete manager he will be on the bicycle who will be handing the drinks to Elliot and the gels and we'll talk you through that when it happens we're looking for what about 750 or so aren't we for the the first three kilometers when when the the pacemaker teams will change just a quick word about Edie about Elliot Kip Cho gate the man we've heard how humble he is how disciplined how down to earth he is you've spent some time out there what is he like as a person well he's he is humble he also has to have a certain amount of self belief and you know arrogance did you like when he gets into races he knows he's gonna do it so you know you don't win eleven out of your 12 marathons by not having belief in yourself so he has a great and humble attitude to life in general he gets off pretty well with his teammates he muxing with chores you know he's a much loved person in his training camp in around Kenya you know when he's out there today he's the boss which is what he could also get spoiled in town so you know he's just swooped into boss mode he is a phenomenal person as well as a phenomenal athlete and there he is just bunched in behind the Pacemakers the absolute trust between all eight people at any one time cannot be overstated Bernard look out there right at the heart of it the initial captain we'll be handing over shortly to the second team and Eric Kiptyn URI will be the the second captain and there are nine stages all together the formation barring any unforeseen circumstances the formation will remain the same throughout each of the teams and the one constant throughout of all this of course is Elliott himself Elliott capture you there in the white at the heart of things back to Elliott the person I mean you mentioned the fact that he's a man of the people he takes his turn doesn't yet so chopping vegetables and cleaning the toilet seat he doesn't live at home just keep doing the same things that have led him to this point so he's not had his head turned by making a lot of money you know his family living quite comfortable circumstances and he doesn't most of the time so you can you know there are a lot of different athletes that might have dealt with that a different way but his way is just to keep on doing the same simple things that have gotten to this point you mentioned his family Chulainn we've got his wife and three children here today it's a first his wife Grace and they're all watching him live in a marathon in this case a challenge for the first time yeah grace is well he calls affectionately his family his ignition key which is a beautiful term yeah his wife Grace he said is his main supporter she takes care of the family farm and the three children Lynn Griffin and Jordan he finds that his family is his inspiration and plays a huge role in what he's able to do and I believe this is his the first time his family has traveled to come to one of his races so I think he he wants to make sure that they're part of something historical today and so I'm sure they're extremely nervous as a family member watching my family compete it's always easier to be the athlete than actually being the supporting role well 3 kilometers approaching so expecting a change ed very shortly of the team yeah and I for one of you know this formation it looked strange and it's wonderful you know you siege a trainer there with a fabulous sort of 1970 starburst ash but across his face together so nostalgic feel okay this is her you know what the organizers are calling a kind of a K shape or a Y shape or why show us you know we have these two tail Gunners here and we all of it is to do with creating a little pocket of air you'll see on the left of screen there that there's the green laser this is the laser pacer and we are actually at the finish line of course waiting in what less than two hours time now for the crescendo the climax of this race and the the Pacers and Elliot are just about to go in front of us for the first time and I can tell you the atmosphere out on the course is absolutely electric there is Valentin Troy on the bicycle just tracking them keeping a safe respectful distance and we're keeping an eye out here for the first changeover they're going to go past the finish line what will be the finish line that later on in the in the challenge and there is the the laser pacer if you like that is the pace that will bring him home inside two hours and Ed we're approaching the time for the face changeover and as I think shillelaghs was likening here we go gypsy lane talk us through this yeah I was liking it too in the US a NASCAR pitstop we're here we change out tires you know fine-tune the Machine same thing goes here for Elliot he's switching out and getting fresh runners that are hopefully smoothly transitioning into formation so that Elliot can just draft and conserve as much energy as possible well you can see that Bennet look at just giving a little hand clap and he just peels away and edy as a first as a first transition and has the new team taking over team two with Erik Kiptyn ooh now taking the legate role as the captain just ahead of Elliot himself head for you how smooth was that that was pretty smooth and did you see that Bernhard look at hung around there so everyone else in the team dropped out Bernhard Lagarde stayed in front of Elliot - given the protection while the other team swapped in and then he swapped out last sheelane just talk us through one or two of the highlights of this second team here Paul yeah the group so eric shipton newly though he is taking a print of the work today he's going to be doing the second six and eight transitions he's a half-marathon specialist who is the sixth fastest man ever over the half marathon distance he's run a gaudy 5842 time they clocked to win the 2018 Berlin half marathon he's also won the 2018 Barcelona half marathon and the 2019 Lisbon half marathon this man is a specialist like I said in half marathon and so he's going to be doing a lot of the work today one of the constants actually in this apart familiar in that first changeover is that Emmanuel Betts and Gideon kept kata have stayed as the the wingman in the back end okay yeah I was not expecting that I thought the whole team were going to change so just goes to show so they've they've they're doing it they're doing a proper stint here that's you know 10k 28 minutes right 29 minutes yeah yeah so that's that's going a good lick so they're getting a worker we're getting a good view here of the the part that we heard in the build-up to the challenge starting how how important this course is at the moment we're on target we will be bringing you of course the projected time as we go through this extraordinary event 15950 is so far the projected time an interesting hearing from valentine toe who's the gentleman there on the bicycle who will be handling the drinks to Elliott kept shaky throughout this challenge interesting to hear him that chalene say that they're aiming for 250 pays 250 per kilometer as a constant throughout the race yeah that's intriguing to me because you know I I heard that there was talk that you know yeah he's gonna go for sub two but what if what if Elliot wants to run faster will he be able to dictate the cars and the Pacers to go action actually faster than 250 okay we'll see what happens but yeah having a nice consistent pace is optimal for running fast you always want to run consistent all the way to the finish or you want to negative split where you run the second half fast you do the first well one of the big landmarks coming up is the 5 kilometer split the clock approaching 14 minutes as you can see their bottom right of screen and if he's on schedule he should be hitting 5 kilometers in 14 minutes and 13 seconds and as Gabby was saying before we started here just contrast that to what the average person does certainly in Great Britain and throughout Europe in a park run 5 kilometers many people watching today of course will be watching the in EOS 159 challenge and then going out to run a part run themselves so Elliott capture gay should be now hitting the 5 kilometer mark Edie how is he looking I think he looks pretty good but then he always looks pretty good so let's see what you know they say in Kenya the race starts at 35 if he's still looking good at 35 I think he's got you know a great shot but you know one of the towels that you have with Elliot if we can see him is that sometimes he looks with his thumbs when he's very relaxed he looks like he's brushing lint from his you know lapels of his tuxedo jackets perhaps you know you get this beautiful rhythm and you know he's slightly in trouble when he stops brushing lint so you know right now he looks super relaxed and it doesn't look like this pace is hurting too much but let's let's see how he goes absolutely a long way to go and and Chulainn for those people perhaps you've never seen Elliot race before in the final stages when most of us would be on our knees and I think all three of us in this contributes have run a marathon ourselves that's the very time when Elliot breaks into a smile he does it is counter-intuitive when he is hurting most he has a giant smile across his face and people think like what is he giggling at like what is going on here but that's his way of trying to trick his brain to lean into the herd and to try to not recognize the pain that he's putting himself through but that is the tell-tale sign that everyone knows when Elliot is hurting he's actually smiling I also think he might actually do that when he's in a very close race as well sometimes he I remember what he was in this big fight with Wilson Kipp sang and in the London Marathon and he shot him a big smile when he when he took well we talked about Elliot the athlete we've talked a little bit about Elliot the person of course a bigger effect and we go back to a little that metaphor of the of the cake and where all the ingredients are going to make this if you like with a straight piece along the middle which is the the part of the hub tally and they're now going around the smaller of the two roundabouts the list house and in the middle of that is a a former hunting lodge and it was badly bombed actually during the Second World War and then rebuilt in 1948 there it is there is the list house and it's now Chulainn place to to grab coffee it's a cafe in a restaurant and I think we may all be going for breakfast actually afterwards there and maybe Ellie would join us yes I think it's important to note too with these lines that you're seeing in the road that these lines are actually for Elliot that he does not cross over the line because if he did cross over the line he would technically be DQ'd because he'd be running less than the marathon distance so these lines that are in the road or not for the Pacers there for Elliot to make sure he doesn't cross over you can just see the first time that fluid has been passed to Elliot you can see him in the white just shielded by the Pacemakers taking on board the vital fluid and gels that he needed then he's handing it back to valentine Troy and now what happens so interesting he was handed off at about 6 K in the stead of 5k but that may be more just the logistics of getting getting around the actual roundabout but yeah he just handed I believe one bottle maybe a gel we've heard that he's going to be taking in gels and fluids so okay you can see the the recent splits the 250 marking green means that he's on schedule for ass up to our marathon pace 252 and 251 in the red means he's just outside he's been twice on target and twice just outside overall look eight seconds inside it just shows us at even in these early stages just how challenging it is yeah I mean I'd they want to run even splits but it is impossible to run completely even kilometers one after another so what we're talking about here is someone trying to you know get as close as they can to 250 for as long as possible as things stand he is eight seconds in the speed here it's worth virtually just reflecting on this and just trying to put it into some sort of layman's terms he is going to be running or trying to run consistently at 13 miles an hour at 21 kilometers an hour extraordinary we were trying to think last night where we're over dinner about an everyday example of what that speed looks like and in I mean in London where I come from the average speed I think of a London bus and traffic in central London is only about 8 miles an hour have you thought of something that that will illustrate that yeah I mean I same thing I think about you know what a cars would roll through a neighborhood and through my neighborhood and thinking that elegance running as fast as the cars rolling through my neighborhood it's mind-blowing you know I challenge people to go out to their local track and just run one lap 400 meters of the track in 68 seconds I bet you not many people can do that so that just goes to show you know an Elliott has to do that 105 times yes I was thank you for doing the math 105 times yeah we can so we can break this down in so many ways Carly yes one lap of the track if you go down to your local track 68 seconds and he has to do that 105 times and as we heard earlier on each hundred meters in 17 seconds and he will be doing that 422 times let's get a view of the next Pacemakers the next group of Pacemakers team 3 who will take them through 8 kilometers to 13 kilometers are waiting here the captain of this team will be brett robinson and it features all three of the inga britain's this is really a remarkable you know it was very fun to have all through these incre Brits and brothers from Norway in the same 5000 meters you know race and and now they're all part the same team here this is one of the really cool things about this event is that people come from they come from 10 different countries and they're all part of this one project you know the story these brothers is remarkable anyway that they're world-class athletes so to have them all in the same same team is really something yeah it's just came off of the World Championships in Doha where they competed in the 5000 meters and 1500 meters and had got a great World Championships maybe you were hoping to come away with more medals but you know they've extended their season to come here and help Elliot and I think that's tremendous the last K and ascent K was in 248 so we are under prescribed schedule right now yeah just a couple of seconds makes all the difference so we've just given ourselves a little bit more margin for comfort here 10 seconds inside sub to our pace so far man we're heading towards the 8 kilometer mark out just a little update on what we read into the facial expression and the body language of Elliot himself yeah I think he looked smooth it doesn't look like he's hurting too badly he you know there this is will be a tumult of exertion there's just no other way to look at it he's gonna spend two hours working really hard but what he's trying to do is tap down those feelings chalene has actually done this you know at a professional level and one big marathons and I wonder what it actually feels like when you're when you're in this situation yeah these early stages I'm thinking about all about conserving energy because it's inevitably going to get parred but you're always hoping that you're having an on day and that the heart doesn't get heart to the very end no matter what once you hit about 30 to 35 K reality sinks in that you're running a marathon and that you're running very fast and you know Elliott is attempting unknown territory each step that he's taking is towards history he is racing the clock and running towards history so there's a lot of motivation to nail this and get it down in and here we approach the third transition here teen tree just about to take over the captain Brett Robinson and again we'll introduce you to the members of Team three but it's again another very smooth transition day we can say hurricane Henry King to Britain Phillip as well and yeah cop Center and picture sheelane was saying from the World Championships in Doha again marks out of 10 at for that transition the best one yet agree that looks so smooth you know it could be that the fact that three brothers are so accustomed to running together but that looked really smooth and the crowd appreciated it as well you can hear them tapping on the sides they're absolutely fully dialed in so let's introduce it to this certain new team teams three remember there are five teams in total and we've not got one but two but three Ingebrigtsen Chalet just pick out one or two of these for us well so Bret Robinson actually is the team captain he's the Australian oh Henry Stanley Kevin a as well from Kenya there are 15 Kenyans across the 41 Pacemakers there is a Finnick in Ingebrigtsen as well the middle brother and Jakob as well Jakob is the youngest of the three Inga boots and brothers then we also have Bret Robinson who I said is the team captain he's from Australia collection isn't it and we've changed the wingmen at this time we've got to keep the rim and Jonathan career now operating as the the bottom of the Y I think in an absolutely ideal situation they would run it be running a bit closer to each other the wind men at the back apparently that's what what helps you know prevent the wash but you know I think everything is everything looks pretty good here and you know I think the main thing is that Elliot stays quite close to the guy that's in front of him the captain I think that's the kind of key the key part of this of this formation well well let's hear from one of the the Pacemakers let's hear from emmanuel bet who's been talking to our reporter Kristin Allen Emmanuel that formation why does it work so well that's formation is very excellent because when we go in that v-shape it really acids LEDs and gives the petals too hard to attain the 250 mile per kilo meter so I think that stretching is very nice especially towards the target of 150 959 yes heavy given its the best possible chance at the stock exactly I hope everything will go well because I was looking from behind if it goes everything goes like that excellent 15950 9 would be capable smooth was that first transition it was nice everything was in order it was organized the presses are really touching happy there that will be the formation yes it's the information you might know thanks for chatting to us go and recover thank you - bye bye bye bye Emmanuelle yes his work is done for the day because he he took on the first two teams and was one of the two - wingmen so Emmanuel bettors has done a great friend there we've just got a great shot of the heartily the main stretch and is worth just reiterating shall aim that 90% of this entire course is flat and straight you couldn't ask for a more flat and straight road that is prime for fast running anytime you have to make turns when you actually are slowing down so they can minimize the amount of turns the targets I'm holding up pretty well we've been hovering between eight and ten seconds inside set to our pace so far so far so good and Ed the next real milestone will be the ten kilometer mark and except our pace would put him on what 28 26 yeah which is pretty tidy 10k and he's got to do it forward a bit so you might have been rude asking what your best 10k time is my best 10k time is 37 22 I think so I have yeah I would be going some I wouldn't make I wouldn't make 500 meters with these guys sheelane mine is 30 22 from the Beijing Olympics so yep not even close well yeah so approaching 10 kilometers we'll be there in what a minute and a half and just a word about this this wonderful help telly you can see there the chestnut trees that line it provides a natural protection doesn't it as well as being highly beautiful particularly this time of year but any sense of any wind is really protected by these these wonderful chestnut river otter park beautiful but yeah it's it's the trees are literally oxygenating the air is protecting from any potential wind however you don't see any of the leaves moving outside today it is still as can be I feel like with the fog on there you know the leaves on the turn and we're in Vienna it feels like a kind of Cold War thriller you know it's it's got this feeling sort of mystique about it today but yesterday was this gauzy sunshine and it was very beautiful a lot of the families out in the park and people running up and down the hotel and today feels like you know there's something going on Stickle yes well we've got though he's in a bad which is the ferris wheel we may get a glimpse of that at some point during this challenge but that's at the far end and that's the iconic ferris wheel that appeared in the third man written by Graham Greene so there's this historical references all around this course and hats off to the research team who scoured the world we heard that one point that perhaps London was being considered as the main venue to hold this this challenge and as we've had heard no stone was left unturned in terms of searching for the ideal venue I think we can see to succeed today that they've got its spot on here in Vienna it really is the most naturally appropriate venue for this just have a moment here to think about how good this looks take away how fast the help me these guys just look incredible especially when you get that you know the front on shot and you see you know you see these guys running so fast 13 miles an hour and the kind of ease in the stride I think you know Philip particularly in but reality is they've worked so hard to make it look so easy they've just up the pace a little bit we're actually thirteen point three miles an hour and we should also say that we've mentioned how world-class all of these pacemakers are just a sense of privilege to be included in invited to take part you really feel that from the chats we've had with the pacemakers well they definitely are here because they want to be here no one's forced them they're here you know they're here because they wanted to be involved with this and I remember from Monza that feeling afterwards you know it was a near miss there was still kind of a party atmosphere oh for sure when he finished I don't know if you remember but they lifted Elliot and carried him on his shoulders they all idolized and look up to Elliot and I think they look at this as a chance to be a part of history today and you know it's it's a beautiful opportunity to to help someone that we know can transcend our sport one of the things about it is that you know we touched on this a few times you know Eliot is part of a team he does train with other people but when it comes down to it you you start on the you know on the start line and you're on your own this feels more like a kind of Ryder Cup moment or you know it's a team it's a it's a team moment in a in a sport that doesn't normally have teams so they're looking to be a part of something bigger than themselves today I'm also quite fun to run you don't wanna be the guy that messes up but also quite fun just to run with nothing personally on the line for you yourself you're just running for someone else I think actually that might be quite a stress relief it is I mean it's a thrill it's it's nice to have that motivation to run for someone else and really allow them to fulfill their dreams because you helped out that's a great feeling going round the second the larger of the two roundabouts that is the the quarter Stan which is at the northern end of this dog bone that we've described the course hours and the crowds again really thick several deep on all sides and I have to say here on the the Hat tally itself the atmosphere is absolutely electro going to bring you the latest splits per kilometer as soon as we can but so far so good for Elliot capture gay through ten kilometers on sub to our pace and if you're just joining us here I'm wondering what's that funny laser green line that's the line that is guiding the Pacemakers on sub to our pace that will get them inside two hours on 159 59 or even better we hope Celine so 11 kilometers completed half an hour of running so we are a quarter of the way through and he's now fully warmed up and into his running he could say be warmed up by there half an hour I mean all these hoping for the first three quarters of this is to is to keep on schedule you see sometimes the the kilometer splits drift out for a kilometer then they come back I think he won't be too worried about that you know what what you worry about is if they start to drift inexorably but he'll that he'll be thinking right now this is you know he's on schedule and he doesn't look oh no I mean well first of all Elliott is just a beautiful runner and even when he does break down it's very very small increments but the fact that he's within seconds of his gold predicted time right now is not a big factors if we saw that the splits were starting to drift backwards continuously but they're not they're just fluctuating by a second check it faster second on maybe one second slower that's really nothing to worry about right now as long as the overall time is where we need it to be is what is important we can make some comparisons with how he was going in Monza and actually up to halfway he was inside sub to our pace and a half way exactly he was three seconds inside and then at 25k he was still 2 seconds inside even at 30 K he was only 2 seconds outside set to our pace and he admitted afterwards that it was in the final 10k when he really started to feel it and that's when physiologically the body starts to break down and do some strange things and new people it's weird the marathon truly does start it's when you begin the race is 10 K to go and it's all just you know a foreplay to get to that spot where you're gonna be having to race the last 10 K so this is just all setting up the stage this is just the the foundation but the real running and the real race begins this is the undercoat and the primer before we apply the new art later on yes yes what about negative split very much the modern way isn't it in what we could call traditional marathon running where we have a competitive race this is very different here if we believe the information we were getting at the start of the race we're going for 250 KS throughout does that mean that negative splits don't come into it here well I would just I mean I would temper that slightly we say everyone always talks about a negative split as being the best way to run a marathon very few people actually do it you know it's very it's a hard thing to do because you feel worse at the end when you know when you're meant to be going quicker for those people watching who don't know what we mean by a negative okay so a negative split is when you run the second half of the marathon quicker than you run the first half and we're only talking about you know a few seconds here the organisers and a leave himself of you know can't really come to the conclusion that you know an even split the first part the same speed as the second is going to be the most efficient way to do this so you know we'll see what he goes through in half way in but if it's something like Monza you know 59 50s about 59 57 in Monza X and R two to seven so I would think he might be a couple of seconds inside that if he's on he's on schedule he'll as an athlete I would want a cushion I wouldn't from a few seconds under and hope that you know I can maintain or even close faster but um for sure I would want to see something under the 60 Minutes when I went to half way pyro Ian when you run your fastest did you run a negative split yes I dwell actually good question I think I was going for the American record in Berlin and I may have actually positive split to be honest but I think it went out a little too aggressive for my fitness but you have to find out where you're at right like you have to find out what you're capable of so sometimes you have to push that barrier I think this is a little bit more calculated I think they know exactly what he's capable of and that's the whole point we're gonna find out what he is capable of and that's what he wants to know yeah he posted this little thing on Instagram last night which was you know he wants to fit you know it was to find out where the limits are well he's about an hour away from disco and we've talked a lot about why this won't be a world record and again for those people who are just joining us sheelane there are three primary reasons why if he does it today it will be an extraordinary achievement it will be an historic achievement but it won't be a world record just reminders of why that is yeah there are three vital factors here why it would not be considered a world record by the idol AF the first one is Elliott is the sole competitor in this race and in this challenge in order for it to be ratified there has to be more than one competitor these Pacers don't count as competitors the second reason is having Pacers coming in and out of the race also violates the rule they'll be interchanging and then the third one is the fact that the fluids will be handed to Elliot via a bike and not picked up traditionally like in a major marathon on a table so those are the three reasons why it will not be ratified it's a world record and I was reading actually Nora a historian of the marathon distance there was a point at which actually was illegal to take on any fluid within the first ten miles of the race and had somebody done that at that time in history that would have invalidated anytime anywhere weapon yeah the rules have changed in interesting and complicated ways over the years you know there was a race in instant Lewis the Olympic marathon where the guy that won the race was on strychnine which was rat poison you know and he hooked the he was not strictly ushered to the anti-doping tent at that point in 1906 so you know there have always been always been changes to the way that these things are regulated I think the most obvious transgression of the rules is there is there a set information we're about to head to team number four who will take us through the pace making team led by the Swiss Julien founders and they're standing by waiting for what we hope will be another smooth transition so team for standing by and let's see how smooth that transition is here they go sure Lane talk us through this one yeah watching the execution looked really smooth we have in the arm sleeves nice choice today by Lopez lamang who's actually a teammate of mine and I helped coach at the Bowerman Track Club he's a multi Olympian Wow that was a great transition I love that and we have one of our own athletes from Japan in this team yeah Lopez lamang like I said of the Nike and USA the Bowerman Track Club Patrick Tiernan of Australia shadrach Co ik as well it's a truly international team or a yama from from japan you know you're not gonna get a lot of wind break out of shadrach coach he's quite a little guy I'm pleased they didn't stick him in as the cap to him right in front of Elio because he would have got about you know his his chest up would have been that was a consideration massage must be yes I mean but if you were just thinking about that you've got Lopez LeMond right in front of Jonathan Korea one of the the anchor men at the Packer a really long lifelong friend of Elliot Kip sure gate we got a glimpse of a lead capture gear their side on and I wonderful just get a glimpse of his facial expression just to read into how he might be feeling at this stage but we've heard what we've had three or four transitions so far edie generally speaking how pleased value with the way the the pace making teams have come in and come out drop in drop out at school well you know this event was always gonna have a bit of ballet about it and you know you needed everyone to know to know what they were doing what their steps were I think for the most part they've been pretty good you know the the the idea is that Elliot spends as little time out of the formation as possible and if you've got eight changeovers that's ten seconds a time when he's not in formation so well Henrik and Robertson is one of those pacemaking team he's just come off and done his duties he's been speaking or he is now with crystal Henrik it's special as an athletes to be involved but also special as a family of course it was like an everyday workout to me and my brothers trying to stay information that's we normally do in our training and how please receive where you were I think our team did a very good job and we're a little bit surprised that the laser jumped a little bit but not completely prepared for that but other than that I think the turn went as smooth as it could have been and and also I think oh no job well done for her team Elliott's on track what about you and having to extend your season for this event I feel happy to be part of this and and of course being able to participate in the event like this and also helping the marathon improve as an event I feel feel happy to be part of this place when it's been a long season but I'm sure they won't have missed this for the world particularly if history is made today if you're just joining us you're very welcome indeed we could be seeing history unfolding here on the streets of Vienna in the part of this famous park which runs pretty much parallel to the majestic Danube and we are 14 15 kilometres into this challenge it's not a race strictly it's a challenge it's an attempt to run the first ever sub two hour marathon and the man at the heart of it is the man in the white vest there Elliott Kidd chuggy from Kenya this supreme athlete be simply the best mouth and around the world has ever seen he's the Olympic champion he's already the world record holder and he is surrounded by his band of brothers the Pacemakers we got 41 in total 35 who will be active in different teams here today six in reserve if we need them under ed with your writing head on you've described this as something of a Swan Lake affair yes one ladies Chariots of Fire perhaps it's it's it's partly because of the quarry but partly because of the colors you know Elliott's in white and these other guys are in black I just think it you know aesthetically it looks very and you know what I love this but you know the lasers are pouring out there's this place on the road weather weather guys have to find their marks you know imagine having to do all this running at 13 miles an hour you know we're talking about you know a pace that would be crazy for most people even very FitClub athletes to to consider and you're having to absolutely hit your spots 12 centimeters to the left or the right you know you're not doing your job absolutely right in as shallow mentioned there is there are parallel you can see them now on the tarmac those parallel lines in orange which they have to keep the Venn of course down the hub Tyler that's very straightforward but it's actually when they go around the two roundabouts said the other end of this course so that becomes crucial yeah those lines are made for Elliott so that he does not cross over so that he stays in the valid zone for running if you were to cross over one of the lines that would create an invalid race because he would be running a a shorter tangent line than the actual distance of 26 points the through 15 kilometers yet another little landmark has been achieved as they go around the list house once again this time they're going anti-clockwise this is the smaller of the two roundabouts and you can see as chalene has just been saying that although the Pacemakers can go either side of the orange line Elliot has to stay within it yeah and you notice when they're going around these roundabouts they're actually losing the green line and I think that's what Henrique was saying in his interviews that he was a little surprised I think they lose the green projected line when they can't see it just came back on right there so I think it was a little bit of a deception they weren't I think prepared to lose their line so they have to just guess and you know what pace that they're running but clearly it's it's not deviating too far if you've spotted any little bits of moisture on the camera don't worry it's not raining here in Vienna the perfect conditions continue it may be a little bit of condensation if you were with us earlier on you'll have seen that we had some early morning mists which rose really mysteriously and just added to the aura and the sense of excitement here but so conditions continued to be perfect the only slight question mark had just worth reiterating although temperature was almost perfectly the level of humidity was perhaps a little bit higher than we were expecting yeah they were not expecting that a couple of days out and I think you know what when I when I came down here yesterday morning at about 7:30 or 8:00 to run on this track that was perfect in my you know there was open a gauzy a little bit of sunshine it was very still the temperature was exactly right today feels like a different proposition the temperature is good the temperature is good well the Pacemakers continue to do their job and they have been expertly put together and assembled by Spencer Barden who is a very well-known figure in marathon running circles he's the elite director for the London Marathon he's been heavily involved in choosing and training and forming these pacemakers and he's now with crystal is it going to plan so far all he's going to plan so early early days yet still a long way to go but the exchanges have gone very well so far Elliot's on on pace so so far so good rested in the conceptualizing of the formations can you take us through that person yeah so we've done a lot of work in the build-up to this event in terms looking at the formations what was best for earlier what we're giving the most protection out in the course we've come up with a it's not conventional formation we've done a lot of testing with the athletes and the test event and here in the last couple of days but we've got a fantastic group of world-class athletes so they're relishing the opportunity and they're working well in the formation communicate with each other and so far it's all going very well we've seen you communicating with the athletes before and after what is some of the feedback that you get it just some final instructions really just more to relax don't panic if something does go wrong just you know work it through throwing in a situation where the important thing is not to not to trip or trip each other or trip earlier do it just gonna stay relaxed you know maybe something will go wrong hopefully not but the guys are experienced and they know what they're doing and the crucial parts come a bit later absolutely yeah we go when the athletes start to get tired nearly I'd start to get tired in the latter station that's when we need to really really focus on you know what we're doing so certainly the last sort of 10k you know 30k onwards that's when it's going to get gonna get tough but we're we're in a good place suspensive on they're feeling and sounding very confident indeed but there's an awful long way to go and of course the deeper into this race we get the harder it becomes look at that for pacing Chulainn absolutely bang on the money they asked for to 50s and in the last three kilometer that's exactly what they've got beautiful execution of the pace but to be expected these guys are professionals they're setting it up for a lien you're a world-class marathon runner yourself you've won the New York Marathon can you feel do you know what it feels like to run not necessarily to 50s that's at superhuman but if you were running at say threes or three tens or three twenties does your body inherently know what that feels like all you train the body and you train the mind Eliot has been preparing for this moment well his whole career but specifically the last four months there are things he's been doing and training to increase his threshold and to allow him to be a better athlete you know he he I guess at the beginning of the season four months out started doing some gym sessions which he never really done they spanned about two and a half hours three times a week he wasn't doing a lot of mileage ETSU's getting in the gym to build strength in fact they were doing some fun aerobics and stuff dance mixed with lifting and stretching in fact the there's a great video if you go to the in us website where you can see them all step dancing and having a fun time he also upped his mileage from about 118 to 130k to 124 to 120 440 miles I should say yeah so they've been one or two tweaks in the preparation we should just go back from the streets here of Vienna Edie for a moment endure and propel ourselves eight to eight and a half thousand kilometers into Kenya into the Great Rift Valley I think all three of us about the privilege of going up there the conditions clearly very very different there let's just actually let's Park that thought for the moment another transition about to come up we're about to hand over to the next team and this is team five this is the next changeover they'll take them through from eighteen to twenty three kilometres and the captain Chulainn of this team team five a man you know very well indeed teammate of mine of Bowerman Track Club Matt sensuous centroids is one of the most decorated middle distance runners of of our generation and he's current Olympic 1500 meter champion he's 20 29 years old soon to be 30 and a team captain he's a great communicator he loves to talk for sure if anyone knows Matt he's a talker and there he is slipping in blocking Eliot Matt is a great athlete to run behind you so smooth and as an athlete you always like to run run really nice behind as possible they have just one in front of our commentary positioner I kid you not blink and you miss them it was an absolutely read there are something else to watch I love what your much central the traffic right yeah it's beautiful which is so effortless yeah he just came off of the World Championships he ran three 32 in the final incredible we also have shadrach trip to cheer from the USA he was also in Doha Hillary boar in the USA no ha Kip Kim boy of Kenya Jolla ragazza yeah one of two Ethiopians in the team I'm at center it's of USA the captain right in front of Elliot Salomon barega of Ethiopia yeah the 19 year old silver medalist in the 5000 meters in Doha and our last one Moses COEX so it's all change Edie I'm just wondering was that perhaps not the the smoothest of the transitions we've seen today yeah I think that was it you know you saw the way the mat centrists just had in his mind he was gonna shield that he had right from the very first moment so he even shifted across with him that was very cool they seemed to be executing these really well you know what the thing that I look for is I think it's Eric Lipton ooh he's got to do three of these you know he's been asked the best leader a rep session where he does three times 5k at 14:30 you know with the long gap in between let's see how good their changes are the third time you have to do it you know because there's going to be fatigue Pacey's are gonna be getting fatigued so you know the first ones you'd hope would be really good everyone be on their toes the real skill is going to be to do it when you're tired well the current captain of this latest team at center of its is it just started his journey the previous captain Julian Vander's from Switzerland who spends a lot of his time up with Elliott in Kenya he's with crystal mountain is very important because actually any of this suppose just to follow me so he's not supposed to think about anything just follow me and I also have to lead the guys in front of me so if they are not on the line I have to tell them stay on the line go bit more in front and also it's important in the roundabouts because this is a little bit tricky there is no Lane anymore with the laser so I have to keep the right lady so the inside as much as possible so that we don't lose time under on the Box yeah so special to be in this event but running almost to make Elliott's dreams come true yeah it's it's a big honor I think all of the pacemaker so happy to be here it's a privilege and you know for us we are just a small part I mean running 5k is nothing compared to 242 kilometer and I can say it's a big big inspiration and I think is really showing that there's no limit in his mind Julian you have such a connection to Kenya I love your bracelet it says run in Swahili tell us about Kenya the experience of training with you yeah so from here I live in Kenya for now four years I don't not spark-ignition and I have an amazing group to train with we push each other every day and I just like the mentality of the Kenyans it's just so amazing so inspiring and it has helped me to improve so much and I think I just find the right environment for me I just feel like I'm Kenyan now and judging from what she picked up from iliad along this section of the race do you think he's on track yeah definitely is on track for now he's just I think he's feeling easy because he's not even at halfway what are my eyes the focus the concentration and you know if the pacemaker coming and going out it's not easy so yes to be also very focused and I think he will do it it's not even I think I'm sure you will do it thanks Julia Santa Santa Julianne Vander's there and native Kenyan now originally from Switzerland so 19 kilometers completed the next milestone of course will be the 20k mark 56 52 would put him bang on call so we've got a couple of minutes said let's just go back to the Great Rift Valley and what it's like up in El Dorado and their captor back there's the latest splits coming through two 50s and they've just slightly increased their 240hz lane for that latest kilometer um I mean the right on target we'll get our yet says iron on target I think it says I'll under 11 seconds parole will get the real feedback when we hit 20k like you said we want to be 56 49 yeah 56 52 or something there abouts for 20k and 5957 through through halfway so the next milestone will be halfway captain captain GATS at 2400 meters add altitude here we are in Vienna at 165 metres above sea level the conditions up there red very very different just take us there yeah the only similarity really is that earliest training camp is in a forest so he has this very simple training camp that go for long runs through the forest and all all-around dirt roads they come back watch from water from a well you know it really is quite rudimentary the training is quite often quite early in the morning especially the long run they would go out you know it's sort of 5:45 6 o'clock at before sunrise yeah and you know the very fun thing is to follow them along in the you know in the Matar to bus and then watch as the Sun comes up and you've got this huge group of runners many of them world-class you know running their 40k long run you know that's fabulous to watch and should n in terms of diets when they're in the training camp again it's pretty basic stuff but it's all high nutrition yeah it's all high-quality ingredients because it's locally sourced from the land right there they have a diet of milk from local cows they have beet juice rice ugali which is like a maize flour which is a Kenyan staple and occasional meat but it's just really simple food there's not a lot of processed foods so it really allows them to have really great nutrition and I don't it's not that they're trying to have great nutrition it's just naturally the way their culture is well actually I have to say that the beet juice thing I think that might be a new innovation because I don't remember you know from a few years ago anyone doing that but there has been some science since a into the you know the potential of of beet juice so I wonder whether that's something a little something's been introduced just a quick weather updates there was a 10% chance of rain forecast for today and I can confirm that it has just started to rain now so if we see one or two splits and spots on the and the camera lens that is now real rain as they go around the potash turn again they the larger of the two roundabouts at either end of this how to add a course and they are now through 20 kilometres we'll bring you the latest split as soon as we get it but 56:52 shall aim was the target for 20 kilometers and very shortly we will be through the halfway point yeah I mean right yes they did not predict rain but you know Elliot is prepared for anything I don't think that's gonna deter him in any way he probably isn't even recognizing that it's raining there's some great fans trying to lock run along the course on the outside they're maybe trying to capture picture and courage but I don't think he'll be lasting very long out there he goes chanting what a surprise he's disappearing off the picture there is Elliot we've been talking about all sorts of things and of course we shouldn't forget that the man at the heart of this whole day this whole several months years of planning is very odd Kip sugar I'm noticing just a small small gap from him to Matt Center wits and I don't know oh if it was you know him just giving a little space or if he's kind of falling off a little bit it'll be interesting to see hopefully he talks right back in there with Matt so through 20 kilometers to 52 so just outside the desired to 50 paise for a scepter our marathon but the green boxes show that those kilometers were within the target and you can see netting out of all that we are still 9 seconds inside sucked to our pace 159 59 of course is the target maybe even better than that and the next milestone ed will be the halfway mark and a reminder that in Monza two years ago when he had his first attempt at breaking the sub to our mouths and he went through in 5957 yeah so we're looking for anything in the high 59 s is good so let's see I was I was noticing that gap as well too and I was thinking maybe that's just the time you know sometimes they get a bit strung out and I don't think we've seen them from the side right in the turn but it seems to have closed up a little bit yeah he's closed back up to that Center weights it didn't have me a little nervous though just watching them only because you know the data shows that drafting you can serve about 80% of energy as opposed to being out front and taking the brunt of the Ring some people have criticized or maybe had a view about the role of the of the lead car there we can see perhaps that that's adding extra protection and adding to the the the aerodynamic thing but essentially as far as the experts have explained to us the only reason that car is there is to project the laser pacer right so if you look at the aerodynamics if you talk to Robbie Carroll who designed the aerodynamics he said if it were up to me I wouldn't have a car which again is counterintuitive you think a car would help but what he wants is for these front five guys to be hit with his big and energy flow as possible and the car doesn't help him do that so so yeah then it it doesn't seem like that would be right but all the computational flow dynamics that they've been doing have told them that you know the best results would be without a car we are now approaching the second half of this challenge 21 kilometers to NT 1.1 of course is the exact halfway point 42 kilometers 195 meters or 26.2 miles if you like your distances in the old imperial thing and that's the scene here it really is atmospheric the crowd in the parter this set green clearing the conquers off the course of course it's early autumn here in Europe and we are on target and 11 seconds inside the sub to our marathon pace of course the first part of the race the first half is just clicking off the kilometers really and as we've seen and as we say so many times that sheelane it's really after 30 kilometers that the real business gets done yeah that's when that's when the real running begins was trying to see if there was a half marathon split there yet I think this book so put it we'll try to get that a half marathon split but I believe it was under one hour we'll get back to everyone soon well we are 11 seconds inside and I guess it's it's all about conserving energy and getting that balance right between may be having some credit in the bank sheelane in the first half of the race so that if things do get a little bit tough in the latter stages in that last tank a that he's got somewhere to go getting that balance right striking that balance is so so important when it's such a finite race and this is unknown territory literally no human has tried to attempt this so it's there's a lot of unknowns physiologically what Elliott can handle so we may see some fluctuations here and there I do see a little bit of strain maybe on kind of puffing his cheeks maybe doing a little smiling it means he's working hard as it should think this should be hard but I can see some signs that I didn't see about 5k ago that he is he's working yeah I think he's having a little difficult yeah we saw a couple of weeks ago in in Berlin an astonishing run by Kenenisa Bekele who also had a difficult moment in that race and at one point he was over a hundred meters behind the leader and really struggling he had he said a bit of a hamstring problem or a calf problem but remarkably came through that and stormed to within two seconds of Ken over Elliot Kip chuggers world record shortest Russia lane how you cope with those difficult moments maybe a stitch or maybe a little tweak or a twin summer you know it's all about mentally tricking yourself so you know what I've done in races is I'll I'll try to just say okay pick out a lamppost or a tree and get to that point and kind of distract myself from what I'm physically feeling the last K that I guess was 252 we're getting for the 22nd K in the 21st K was 248 but yeah distraction it's all about mental distraction to take yourself out of the moment in a way and sometimes I'll refer back to my training back home and my successful moments where I push through the discomfort in the pain I may look forward to just something as simple as getting to the next fluid station I'll do all sorts of little tricks to get myself through through the rough patches 252 it for the last K yep how high would that figure need to be before you started getting seriously world it just to be sore a feud at the funeral I think it's less than it's less than number itself than the than the pattern suggests so I think he's trying to settle himself down I've just been watching him very closely for the last couple of minutes I think he had a rough patch and I think maybe he's just coming to the let's see the next couple of splits are going to be seriously interesting to watch because that's gonna tell us whether you know this is on or not yeah still maintaining a very very healthy speed here 13 miles an hour needs to be hitting 13.1 of course to consistently get to subdue our pace 26.2 miles the full distance in miles and that's just a home in on here on Eddie cook sugar this is a great shop for us to see the cadence and the way the rhythm the natural rhythm the chalet just give us the the expert view on on what you're saying you just the waist down his heel too but that's what I look for is a nice nice pick up of the legs and his heels coming right up to his butt he's got nice pop off the road when when athletes get tired in the marathon you'll just see that their foot tends to land a little bit heavier and wants to stay on the ground longer we've just got a nice glimpse of them run by so quickly I feel like he's regrouped he looks a lot better his face is showing just a lot more relaxation the thumbs are out the thumbs are out I think that's good news so he's still brushing limp from his lapels so he's as far as I can tell I think he's come through a little rough patch there well that's good news if indeed he has we were waiting for the sixteen to get ready they will take over at 23 kilometers and take them through 228 kilometers and there we are Eric Kiptyn oooi who's having a busy all morning who's back on there as the team captain I'll tell you what that guy's in shape he's having to do serious work out this morning he's going to sleep well tonight okay so we've got Phillip Ingram bitten who's back on for second stint Viktor - mo from Kenya Porcelli mo of the USA Kenyan born of course any born Ugandan rotten wa sahlan mr. gala who's had a fantastic season on the diamond league circuit the extremely industrious Eric kept anui as the captain here and then we've got the Ethiopian settlement barega and encourages the other wingman so they these guys are now you know they know their roles they're working pretty hard especially the guys who are you know up the second time but for most of these most of these guys will be the last time at so you know you're not gonna have to do I think there's only one guy that's doing three yep so so so have you've done - you've done you've done a good stance yeah well this is the sixth of nine teams there are nine rotations if you like so so far so good out here on the course let's go down to Radzi Bradley's got one of the ardent supporters we heard it from him at the top of the program Bradley's with Chris Froome absolutely ardent supporter is the word four times Tour de France champion Olympic medalist as well Chris how much you enjoying watching Elia do this it is phenomenal it is it is fantastic it's just incredible to watch him it looks like he's not even breathing just he's just gliding over over the over the road it's just it's amazing to be here and to be part of this part of this atmosphere and hopefully we'll be witnessing hits history being made today and to that point your Kenyan born what do you think it will mean to the people of Kenya for one of their own to make history it would be incredible I mean obviously Kenya is quite well known already for its marathon runners but to have someone do something as well men momentous is this monumental is this sorry we'll just be it would be such a such a boost for for all all the athletes over there and basically breaking barriers showing that the impossible is is doable and especially coming from such humble beginnings I think it would be inspiring a lot of a lot of people around the world absolutely and coming to yourself in terms of your performance when you're say in the Tour de France where is where does your mind go when it gets hard when it hurts just like any time sure we experiencing now I'm sure he will be reaching that point very soon as well I mean it's it's this is what he does day in day out and it's it's it's what you you almost prepare yourself for that hurt for that for that feeling of desperation that you don't have anything else left so he'll be getting there but he'll you'll be accepting that and and pushing through it that's that's that's what it's all about and then I'm sure I mean I yeah I'm sure Elliot is probably the most capable human being on earth to to deal with that so let's see especially human being thanks - you sound crazy thank you thanks a lot Cruz Chris Froome there of course four times Tour de France winner and very much part of the the in EOS family so much support of course not just within athletics track and field from the running community as well but outside the sport we heard from Sabine Ainsley at the top of the program Patrick Vieira the former France captain football captain all absolutely 100% behind Elliott capture gear as well so we've heard from Chris Froome let's go back to hearing from the Pacemakers we heard from we saw match central it's of course who was the team captain from Team five he's with Crystal Mac you know there's expected to be about 20,000 fans throughout the day just being here for this moment what was the energy like from them Oh amazing I mean there is kind of like an indoor track feeling it's so intimate everyone's like on top of you and they must have been a couple feet away the whole the whole way all the way through the course so it definitely helped carry you to the each leg for sure the 18 to 23 kilometers most important from that leg for us accounts you know I think that we just kind of stay within the 250 kilometer pace that we're trying to run it's so exciting out there the energy is just through the roof it's kind of easy to start one step in the Green Line and get a little sight out there but we're in the middle of the race and we just want your Chokey to feel as smooth and as easy as possible at this stage you're part of history basically how does that feel I mean I still don't think it's set in yet just kind of how honored I am to be here be a part of this I was just telling you earlier throughout that whole five kilometers I was thinking like how how much of an honor it is to be one step in front of chogi trying to take him through this world record itself just for that one leg I think I was hoping to feel a little bit better out there but um I was able to do my job to stay relaxed and again I can't just believe how he's running eight plus cities it's just an incredible human being once their generation happy and I'm just honored to be a part of it before we let you go just one question about the challenges out there are there any challenges that we might note not see and did you feel any rate as a team captain our biggest challenge was making sure we stayed within a line on those roundabouts and so we can make sure he runs the the accurate 26.2 so the other guys in front of him behind us were allowed to go outside those lines but we had to stay inside of it and then the second I think just kind of difficult thing out there that you might not see on the camera is just how loud it is so we're supposed to communicate with each other letting you know slow down pick it up stay together pack it up when we're doing the exchanges like captain in captain out and it's extremely hard to hear out there even when you're like two three feet away from someone so you might have to tap a guy on the shoulder or kind of bump them out of the way if you're trying to make any kind of movement out there but other than that it's been it's great thanks for your time enjoy your cool doc I appreciate thanks Matt central it's their having done a terrific job and you got the sense there of the pride and the honor that he feels in being part of this what we hope will be an historic day lots of chatting just a left of picture they're just out of picture is Valentine throw the athletes manager they're handing now more drinks and more gels to Elliot if he wants them he does take something on board their communication sheelane so so important throughout this process yeah I mean he has such a tight-knit team he has worked with the same coach throughout his career Patrick sang has been and by his side he also has had the same massage therapist and since 2002 Elliot was just a very loyal man and he likes to build a team of people he can really trust around him we've talked a lot today ed about his physical prowess we've talked about him as a person there is no doubting his physical shape and what it naturally talented athlete ears what about his mental state because as far as we know he doesn't actually have a formal mental coach no he I mean he's very much his own coach but you see how strong he is when he gets really challenged in races he saw at the London Marathon this year he was really really challenged by some very strong Ethiopian athletes and you could see his strength of mind in burning them off you know he does read a lot so he likes it you know Paulo Coelho you know he likes the read self-help books you know he's there are lots of kind of business style you know management books in that camp they do a lot of reading those guys when they're not watching Premiership football and so but you know they really try to they really try to improve themselves in that regard yeah he actually has in his home with his family a library full of books and a few of the books that he's recommended I've actually read because as I said if Elliott if it the led thinks it helped him I'm I'm gonna read it too and so yeah he's he's a great source of inspiration for many people in the fact that he's he educates himself and he's always self improving in fact Patrick's saying his coach says I think we're at the point in my career where I actually learned more from Elliott than I teach him interesting here just a final briefing for the next team of pacemakers who will take over at 28 kilometers going through final instructions there is turn Barton who is part of the London Marathon team that is metronomic pace making two fifties all across the board yeah that's beautiful that's beautiful so you want to talk about continuity as well Elliott's mum taught Patrick sang at primary school so this you know this line continues you know they're from the same village but from the same little subset then and equal but Ally you know he has that real connection to his home through his phone and we should say as well that Elliott had not just a very basic and very humble start in life he lost his father when he was very very young indeed infected he was brought up and raised by his mum as a as a single parent you know the youngest of four children it was tough you know here's a guy who like so many East Africans we've heard over the years who used to run to school a couple of miles in the morning back for lunch back in the afternoon back again used to cycle to the local market the nearest town to take the milk from the farm to get it sold this was a hard start in life yeah I don't think he would actually make too much of that because of the type of person that he is but yeah these guys you know who who lead the world in distance running from Kenya a lot of them come from subsistence farming backgrounds and a lot of them have a very rough start in life and you know I think highly once said to me you think you can be a good runner from a good family you know he felt like that kind of background fertilized your talent you know rather than being a hindrance that he felt like he was important for a runner to somehow you know to have some challenges to overcome early night yeah I believe it's there's a calla sing and you know probably because of his upbringing you'll accept running as the joy it doesn't seem like a chore to him he's had an experience to harder things in life so running 26.2 miles was not so challenging when you've been through other things and his mantra very simply hardwork humility and discipline and Dean the routine that we have tried to bring across to you that Ed was describing is very much a monastic lifestyle isn't it ed it's very much run eat sleep and repeat and repeat again and repeat again yeah he just keeps on doing the same thing there's no magic there really is no like silver bullet to getting as fast as pivot I mean you have the talent but you know you have to keep on doing the same thing that's the mantra for all mirror run eat sleep repeat that's what really breeds and produces the best result it was a slight tremor was there a trick yes I just saw Elliott kind of a little trip up in that transition so Posner little Rocky yeah that wasn't that was a little bit ragged you have to say that the transitions from one team to the next they're just coming through in front of our commentary position yet again from left to right as we look out from our commentary position here now once again the speed quite breathtaking and a can't stress enough the crowd out on the course is absolutely phenomenal and let's once again Chilean contrast that to the experiment in Monza where there was no crowd at all it was special invitees only and there was simply no atmosphere yeah there was only atmosphere on the final straightaway and the back side of the track there was no one I mean you could literally hear crickets you could hear breathing you could hear your feet on the road I think we've all know the Elliott thrives off of an environment and the support and the fans cheering he said when he broke the world record in Berlin that when he was running alone the last you know 17 K that it really was the fans cheering that was music to his ears and that what's helped him break that record so this isn't essential we're talking about baking our cake an essential ingredient to the success today because I'm nervous right now because I know it the last 40 minutes of a marathon is going to feel like each ten-minute chunk is going to get harder and harder and he's going to start relying on the entire around him we're now into team seven there there is the lineup for Team seven with Brett Robinson the Australian the latest captain to take over we've got to Jakob Ingebrigtsen as well fresh from the World Championships in Doha we have Stuart McSwain as well again an international feel in this pace making team 41 in total six reserves five teams of seven and they're doing a sterling job apart from perhaps that one transition we saw where there was a slight trip of Elliot Kip chuggy which would certainly not have been in the planning and in the preparation for this but he seems to have recovered very well we got 15 Kenyans seven Americans six Ugandan 'z we've got Australians Norwegians Ethiopians and one Japanese pacemaker it really is a truly international feel one hour 20 in let's go back to our little cake metaphor it's in the oven it's been in the oven for an hour and 20 how's it looking how's the cooking going well I got nervous there for a little bit when Elliot started to look like he was falling off pace from at centre wits and we're in the roundabout section and I felt like I saw some strain on his face so I was definitely a little nervous but I feel like he's regrouped he's regained his composure I feel like every time he gets you know 10 minutes further under the race he's gonna start to build some adrenaline and start to get excited it's gonna hurt he's gonna have to lean into it but I feel like he's setting himself up for some history right now well Jakob Ingebrigtsen is one of course of the three-finger Brits and brothers with extraordinary dynasty of runners from Norway let's catch up with one of his brothers philic Ingebrigtsen is with crystal I mean you tried to double in Doha at the world chess but you doubled here today what would sit like a crossbow things it was a bit easier to do the double here but it was really fun we've been practicing the last couple of days and tried to give some messages and try to talk to each other during yeah during the race but the crowd is so loud that you can't hear anything so you just had to trust your teammates and and help keep Yogi's I say as good as we could in there I think it was smooth so it was it was it was fun to experience the pace and and I get a feeling of what goes into breaking two two hour marathon it's it's an incredible feat if we can do it so it's fast let's talk about the pace I mean fairly even splits what of the consistency when it comes to Iliad yeah I think that's the that's the way to go here to do to go out hard but a be able to maintain the pace and if you strong in the finish you can go even faster but it's if there is a thin line between an incredible racing and and they're like hitting the wall so you need to say you're right at this sweet spot and there and that's the thing it was it's been practicing for many years he's experienced Runner and and hopefully he can pull together today how will this impact you as an athlete in your own career I was thinking about a while running yeah it's the main motivation behind like my Ronnie is to see how fast it can be for different disciplines like this different events so right now is the 1500 and maybe in a couple of years my main focus be the 5k and who knows in 15 years it will be the marathon so it's a it's cool to try road races and get a feeling of the audience like the crowd is really close is done you can sit back and relax like for the rest of us and wait for that moment yeah yeah it's it's gonna be exciting and hopefully to do it after door my season was done so this is my holiday and I'm here running so I was like running a lot finger bits and they're sounding and looking good as crystal was saying his job is done now then we saw just a few minutes ago the last splits for the last few K to 50s all the way round and shalini you've been looking at the positioning on the on the road on the hotel a of Choki and signs that actually he's feeling much better yeah so as an athlete when I'm getting antsy and I want to run faster I will run up on the edge in the shoulder of my pacer and it looks like he was running up on the edge of Brett Robinson there I'm not running directly drafting behind him instead he's on the shoulder which to me means he's kind of like pushing and that last cake is actually showcasing it is a little faster they ran a 248 last K so 2 seconds faster than projected I was just wondering about this you know sometimes he's off on one side and I wonder whether that's to do with what they've been told about where the what little wind there is where it's coming from so now we see what's kind of 12 seconds inside and that's the highest it's been in the race so far yeah projected 1 150 947 isn't it amazing how much better he looks now than he did we can only speculate we don't know how he was feeling if he did go through a bit of a moment sheelane what might that have been you know it could be something as simple as just his drink not settling well on his stomach and you know I've had circumstances in which the fluids are kind of coming up they're not selling well in the stomach and it could be something as simple as that it seemed really early on to see him kind of straining so I'm guessing it was maybe a fluid issue this is the quickest they've been running at any stage during the whole challenge thirteen point three miles an hour and this side on shot let's just go to this again because we see in all its glory Chalet in the the cadence and the natural running style of Elliot Kip sugar he's he's just like but he does he stands out to me he just has the absolutely efficient perfect form for a marathoner you see the the top half of his body it's like a rifle target you know yesterday so still and his legs are doing this work and then you know his core is so strong and straight all momentum if you see they're running ahead of the green line it seems so it seems like they're feeling good this is a critical moment coming up they're approaching the 30 kilometer mark and the time we're looking out for here is one 25 18 they're comfortably inside that at the moment one 25 18 so in about 16 seconds time would be sub to our mouth pays and in Monza he went through in 125 20 more found it's the same guy again he's having his moment in the Sun they're in the gray on the left of picture he wants to be a part of history today and who can blame him we all do we're hoping that Ellicott chogi will be making history today 30 kilometers have been completed and let's just go back to Monza just as a little guy because in Monza he was two seconds outside of sup - our mouths and pace yeah he's he's doing fantastically well I saw a little grimace there so you know obviously it's hurting it would hurt 12 K to go then this is where the critical stage of the race starts if we were in normal marathon conditions and this was a race with lots of other competitors they often say that the racing starts at 30 kilometers normally somebody takes the handbrake off at 30 K yeah that is traditionally when I've been in major championships it's 30 K gloves are thrown down to the road hats are off now now it's the real fighting begins and finale it doesn't have competitors to to be fighting against um but his his race is against the clock today and a race towards history he has to be thinking right now and I'm sure this is a version of what he's thinking if not now when right this is my last chance I've run i've run 30 kilometers you know 12 to go like what other opportunities are you looking for you know this is my shot sorry I think he has to somehow get himself in that frame of mind which I'm sure he does have both of you in your own mind got no doubt that if he's not successful today god forbid that he wouldn't come back and have another go I think this is it I believe this is it I think he's putting everything he has into this moment and I think it's that kind of pressure actually will bode well because he's gonna like you said today's the day I'm gonna do it there's no other opportunity there's no second chances I've done all this work everyone's done all this now it's time to execute so why not now why not me today and if he does do it that's another thing ticked off he will go into history it will be his Neil Armstrong moment and we hope that in the next what just over half an hour we can bring him home to do exactly that where then from there does Tokyo feature for next year solutely so a baby of akela who was the first black African to win a gold medal won the marathon in 1960 and in 1964 doubled Elliot wants to do that so he won him Rio he wants to win in Tokyo you know so if he had the let's just say he does this and he does the you know the Olympic double that would really make him unassailable I think we've just detected perhaps that the slightest mild stroke grimace on the face of Elliot capture key he's just behind Jakob Ingebrigtsen at the moment and we were mentioning earlier on in commentary that when the smile appears sheelane that normally suggests that he's hurting yeah that's the classic Elliot when he is leaning into that hurt he uses as a way to manage the pain and to distract himself but yep there we go I just saw a smile if I were a competitor who did I saw someone smiling I would be very intimidated I know you think that that part of the the grimace and the smile is actually to try and counter-intuitively relax himself relax the shoulders he's talked about it he talked about it after Monza he said I you know I smile when it's hurting and that's you know it's a it's something that if you try it sounds goofy when you try it when you're running but I think it actually does work I believe Elliot he's the world record holder if he says it works you're gonna see a lot more people out and across the world smiling maybe Joe I just hope that yeah I hope that they he can he can maintain that that ribbon because he does look very good store yeah physically everything else is clicking like I said his feet are popping off the ground they're like little sewing needle up and down up and down up and down you see how he's off to one side again a little bit here sometimes you know another tactic that I've also seen is when athletes are hurting they they tend to shift around the roads like they're uncomfortable and they're trying to find a comfortable spot sometimes if there's you know the athlete in front of you the back kick is maybe just coming up a little too close so he just wants to run off the side approaching one hour 31 and a half hours about to click round on the clock we are into the final quarter of this race we have just under 30 minutes to try and get Eliot Kip sugar into the history books here in Vienna on this extraordinary Saturday morning Wow take us into the mind out of what you must be thinking now I have absolutely no idea what my TV think don't you wish that there were like thought bubbles I thought that's forever I wish we could get into the mindset of the athletes I wish there were thought bubbles that would pop up you know I find that in this stage of the race I have a mix of emotions one minute I'm thinking this is terrible it's not gonna go well and then the next minute I'm thinking I've got this on the rock star I can do anything so it's really I think in these moments kind of fluctuating back and forth I think you know he is he's someone who is you know quite relaxed and zen-like person you don't have any he's being talked through something really really extraordinary and he will be emotional there is you know thoughts bubble up thought that you know you think you super Heston bad demon sit on one shoulder and good demons to no good and I sit on the other said I can't tell you he has practiced this in his mind over and over at the last three months as soon as he committed to this proposition and to this challenge in training he has visualized these tough moments and he's pushed through and training and said imagine you're on the streets of Vienna this is the crucial moment this is when you have to execute and push through the pain so he must practice this over and over and I find that actually when I'm in races in a major marathon I take myself out of the streets of that major city and I go back to the streets of Portland wherever I'm training and I visualize myself back in my training grounds in my comfort zone with my teammates with my coach and it brings this familiarity and it doesn't become this overwhelming proposition you know he just had a little conversation with Valentine from his his manager that tells you something in itself [Applause] hurting badly I think that would be impossible so we're still 10 seconds inside the target a couple of 252 s there just to break up the the greenboxes again if you're just joining us the the green box that we've been showing you kilometer by kilometer means that he is on target for that kilometer two minutes 50 for the kilometer is the target pace that we need and that is represented by that green laser that is shut to our mouths and pace and that is the guide which is provided by the the laser pacer car here's the green laser is again the runners go in front of our commentary position there won't be many more times we see them pass and flash in front of our commentary position before the now and the end of the race we're into the last half an hour and the next team here we go the next team this is team number eight Erik Kiptyn Nui is back in action once again and we all see Brett Robinson peel away and this is the penultimate team Chulainn who have got duties between 33 and 38 kilometers you know this is a team that's gonna really need to uh to rally Elliot if he's hurting I think there's gonna be some communicating than rallying him talking to him if he can hear it through the crowd but you know these pacemakers are so intent on helping him and doing whatever they can yeah you see he actually gets a little left Brenda he gets a new team so you sometimes see just a couple seconds comes up the split when he gets um you to him and that's okay is that one of that team one of his lifelong friends one of his closest friends yeah and you can actually saw Augustine I think just saying a couple of words so I don't know whether Elliot heard it but just when they had to change over you saw it you saw him saying something about an Augustine will be here for the remainder of the race closing out with Elliott and I feel like that's by design well this is all about Elliott Kip shogi of course and what a moment we've talked been talking about what might be going through his mind one of the things he might be thinking about is his wife and family grace his wife who has never seen him race live in the flesh before well she is now and she's with Radzi she is indeed Grace I see you watching your husband up on the screen what goes through your head when you see him run you've also bought your three children along as well how are they enjoying it it's a special occasion for all five of you what would it mean do you think for Kenya if Elliott were to break this to our barrier what no you might not say that then yeah they're waiting wait Sam absolutely talking to you I won't take your eyes off the screen any longer cuz I know you want to get out there and support your husband either you have to also say that grace wouldn't normally do things in front of the cameras we're very grateful that you've come to speak to us now Thank You grace thank you yeah thanks very much indeed grace great to see her hair what a moment and what pride she must be feeling and Bradley mentioned her three children and Elliott Street Children Lynn Griffin and Jordan they're all here today as well the ignition keys of his life as Elliott refers limits along the image and one of several memorable lines we talked about the self-help books that he he likes to to read he devours them and actually in all seriousness it would be very easy for some of these lines to sound rather cheesy and rather manufactured but when they come out of the mouth of a lead capture guy they sound sincere and he always measures the importance of each word very carefully yeah he is very selective in his works and as a way in a way it's like he prophetic the way he delivers them and he doesn't waste any words and I think everyone really appreciates what comes out of his mouth because it holds such importance every time he talks we are into the penultimate team of pacemakers one man who's done a sterling job today stanley cabinet from kenya he was part of teen seven and he is with christmas at a crucial part in this can you just give us a sense of before it all started what was the camaraderie like what was it like in the tip it was really emotional we look at Elliott's eyes in the ten and a screen and look at the man is very straightforward you know it's just in this mind you can tell that he's saying yeah I'm gonna make history today and it's happy that you know all of these people are all over here to witness the history and the rest of the world definitely sounds like but Stanley from a an African perspective and what this means for the continent of Africa if it is a taste this means a lot not only the continent of Africa but the wall at large Elliott will be the first human thrown under two hours and this is so inspiring not only to the runners all over the world but to everybody that no human is limited you can go to your goals as much as you have that energy and their strong mind that you want to do whatever you want to do so it's not about running it's about inspiring the wall and everybody else in the world that everything is possible and nothing is limited for you you're sounding confident I sound confident and I I feel confident that this will happen today I believe in L you 100% I believe in the team that we have I believe in the sponsor that you know sponsor these Indians we really believe in what's happening over here because we've been here for a long time just getting ready for this what are the tradition of distance running in Africa how it gave you your base and gives a lead here in Africa running started to be something that's not only sport but everything in a life we do we do it for sports but again we do it for living running us hunting a scholarship I went to United States to study in the University of Arkansas's getting my degree and I was happy because I would have never been able to pay for my school fees school fees in the United States is about $50,000 a year so I couldn't afford that but they give me free education through my running and now I'm still going for regional with Nike so it's been quite a journey but a very incredible journey I love it appreciate it thank you Stanley had a knee there as they go around the list house one more time that's the smaller of the two roundabouts we are approaching 35 kilometers we've got what just over 20 minutes of running to get Elliott Kipchoge a home over the finish line inside the two-hour mark just to stress this has never been done before no it won't be a world record but the whole point of this exercise if you're just joining us was not to break World Records he's already got the world record this was stretching the limits what is the limits of human endeavor and as the hashtag we've been using said and as Elliott says so eloquently no human is limited he wants to do something that has never been done before we've had a man on the moon we've had Roger Bannister breaking the four-minute mile set the 65 years ago we've had Edmund Hillary on Everest all those years ago this would be along the same lines this will be an achievement of that magnitude no human is limited and we are now add into the last 20 minutes of this being a a reality I'm just watching his face here Anna is absolutely fascinating his eyes are like dinner plates he's having to talk himself through this he is telling himself that he's got it you know he's smiling a lot it is like it's like a man who's told himself to dismiss what his body is telling him yeah his body is saying stop he's a man possessed you know he's trying to become a pioneer and a trailblazer right now and it's a threshold so bold and inconceivable yet here we stand at the doorstep with the notion that the human spirit can take us across it and I believe that Monza him knowing that he was only 26 seconds away from breaking the barrier that gave him confidence to then go attack the world record in Berlin where he ran to a 139 and those two performances I think are is what catapulting him for today and making him have so much self belief that he was convinced almost everyone else in the world that he can do it too and I think this is a huge moment your whole career for 20 minutes absolutely right it's right here here are the final team of Pacemakers team number nine they will take them home from 38 kilometers right through to the finish and the captain of course he was the captain in the first team it's Bernard legate and how fitting that the 44 year old the oldest pacemaker in the team the most experienced and a dear dear friend of Elliot should be the captain on the final leg Bernard and Elliot have actually raced each other a number of times and the experience the two of them have they may not be the youngest athletes out on the road but their experience is what it makes the difference Wow I think we just need to take a pause don't we and just breathe I've just edged myself up closer on my seat the butterflies are really starting to accumulate right now and we are on the finish line here we're hoping to call Elliot home and make a little bit of history here I can tell you that the crowds at the finish line are 12 15 20 deep we have a posse of Kenyans who are making an absolute racket we've got Kenyan flags all over the place the atmosphere is absolutely electric and yet again one of the contrasts between the the experience in Monza a couple of years ago and I think you make the point very well sheelane that mentally he said he he didn't know when he went into that Monza experiment how close he would get to the two-hour mark he had no eye at all now he knows and he just sense as that was describing that he knows in his heart of hearts that he can do this yeah he knows that this is gonna open up the floodgates of the future as to what is possible and you know you can't times you can't be what you can't see so he's gonna be an example for all future athletes but not just athletes his messages to the world of you know what are you possible you know what is your what are you capable of doing and what is your possible best self I feel very nervous right now because anyone who's ever run a marathon will know that the last few miles anything can happen and the wheels can come off he looks really good he's hurting you know you just you're just hoping that he's got this ten seconds is the margin for error here I just wonder as where what six kilometers from the end here both of you once he gets into that final kilometer once he can physically see the finish line with his naked eye could you argue that actually it's the next couple or two or three kilometers that are the most crucial yeah I believe the next oh my gosh look at the fans that's incredible I believe that the next few Kay's are really crucial because once you can see the finish line and taste it it's like they say like a horse running to the barn you know and it'll I'll be curious to see as to whether the Pacers are gonna stay on to the very end when will they feel off if you know if he's feeling good enough this is gonna communicate that I'm really curious to see how it unravel last okay yes in Monzer you may remember if you were watching that two years ago they pacemakers peeled away at 42 kilometers to give the the full streets and the full final couple of hundred meters too early to learn we've got two or three different scenarios that have been painstakingly put together depending and rehearsed endlessly and repeated so that nothing has been less to chance and so it depends very much on where we are against the clock as the final team takeover at 38 kilometers led by captain look at there he is pitching to go Bernard look at the five-time Olympian 44 years old 13 World and Olympic medals to his name and he is going to slot into place and Chulainn try and bring Elliot home this is the moment when you're in a track race and you go ding-ding-ding last lap this is what we're going into that was the ding-ding-ding the last lap you know Elliot said last night I don't know where the limits are but I'd like to go there well the sound is deafening here I hope you're getting a sense of that from our wonderful pictures back home there we are we've got fans from all over the world remember a lot of people have travelled from Kenya to be here the eight and a half kilometres we bumped into some people from Utah yesterday they played the trick they'd flown overnight and they were there just so excited to be here yes we bumped into so many amazing fans yesterday but specifically a family from Utah that flew all the way here there's a mother and two sons and I said you know why are you here and they said we love Elliott we've loved marathoning and we are here to support Elliott there are two things going through my mind right now which are firstly we should enjoy just watching this go wrong because we're not gonna get maybe too many more times but to see him like this and the second of all is I hope that he's independent you know even though he's in this tumult of exertion even though he must be hurting so much do you really hope that he's soaking this in in some way the next 15 minutes of this man's life and indeed the Pacemakers as well that particular Elliott get sugar could be life-defining and that is not overstating it this is going to be if he does it an achievement off the scale it's never been done before and I think it transcends running sport and it really truly pushes the boundaries as we've never seen before I think you know the sport of marathon running is watched by not that many people if he does this everyone will know one marathon run or at least you know they'll know the guy that broke two hours zeliha yes Wow and it's metronomic again isn't the Pacemakers have done an absolutely outstanding job from memory correct me both of you if I'm wrong but I don't think we've had a kilometer outside 250 - I think that's - snow as we've heard correct 52 has been the slowest and we've had a 248 as the quickest yeah so they've been really within a tiny window really think about it that is incredible pacing yeah and the position on the on the road as well just to remind you they have to stay within those dotted orange lines up certainly Elliott does as well we've got the laser the green laser which is giving them the exact pace and they've been bang on the money and to do all of that what's running in excess of 13 miles an hour for as long as they've been running is truly sensational yeah this is the work you see that the whole team have done so they've been right on pace all the way through but they put that they've you know they've had this system where the which they've been here to which is this you know the lasers and the formation and it's it's work to treat wherever you're watching in the world whatever your time zone whether it's morning afternoon or evening or the middle of the night we hope you're enjoying we're on the verge of history here folks we cannot overstate this and Valentin throw the athlete manager is there still on his bicycle we've got these giants just inspiring cue Jones there who's a former London math and winner and the course measurer for marathons all over the world he's also on his bicycle they're enjoying the ride I think people think this is this is gonna happen that you can see from the support team there's still a little bit of nervousness on Valentine's to face but you can see from the support team that they think this is going to happen well let's hear from one of the fantastic pacemakers who've done their job Patrick chin and was part of the the last team that were out there and he's been speaking to Christopher of this whole challenge I mean I mean he's a he's a human who lives by that motto I mean two years I mean five years ago this up to our marathon wasn't even consider possible and now you got a guy who's out here and he's cruising around looking like he's not even breathing doing it so you know the motto is it's perfectly suited for this event you know it's something that we all 40 of us want to try and strive forward but yet now he's looking great now my way [Applause] thanks for talking to us Patrick let's keep our eyes sick Patrick there Patrick Tiernan and we've got on the finish line here we've got people who've climbed into trees we've got one or two people who are standing on top of the portaloos the portable toilets would you believe it everybody is craning their necks everybody wants the best possible view here on the hob telly we're standing by for major sporting history here and Ed were into the last 10 minutes we've got 10 minutes to bring him home well I'm starting to feel like those men in bowler hats who watch water palace they're you know they had that privilege of watching that great moment at a flea road and if everything goes well for the next 10 minutes and I'm touching some wood here I think this is this looks now like it's gonna happen you know you'd have to drop you'd have to drop quite a lot of pace over these few K's to to lose it from here it can happen but you can see there's more relaxation on the faces of the people around Elliot and you can see on his face he's still looking pretty relaxed I mean I'm sure he's hurting but he looks quite good yeah I'm sure he's realizing he has 9 minutes of running and you know you tell yourself I can do anything for nine minutes right in front of us we are watching as all the Pacers gather on the other side of the road to cheer on Elliot and I believe they'll be uh hopefully something to celebrate here soon Julian wonders is you know sensibly put on a huge puffer jacket because he's freezing cold they're all jumping around they're taking selfies the whole team are now assembly because they think it's gonna happen well I don't know about you guys but my heart I can feel it pounding in my shirt this morning and we are just sitting here watching and in anticipation licking our lips here 150 on the clock and we have what exactly nine minutes to bring him home what an opportunity here and these final pacemakers with Bernard Allah gasps I think it's so so fitting that then of the guard is the team captain for this final day yeah from the same area where Elia grew up friends forever you know was a part of the last attempt you know the camera artery on that last attempt was massive even though he you know he just missed the two hours I think it's I think it's a gorgeous thing but whenever that's in this final group well forty kilometers will be the last major K kilometer to reach the last landmark and that will be one fifty three forty four is the target and let's just remind ourselves that actually by this stage in Monza he was already starting to struggle and he was already pretty what he already knew that he was not going to achieve what he wanted to he's in much better shape today you can tell physically you can just tell him the cadence of his running you can tell by the support staff and a few smiles that are breaking through I feel like the Pacers feel like they know it's gonna happen he's in a much better place today than he was a month of tears ago we were at ten seconds inside we've just dipped to nine I don't want to worry you folks at home but we just need to keep an eye on that clock because we are ticking ever closer but the cadence looks good doesn't it the shoulders look relaxed if you see that thumbs are gone in he's not peeling is good he hasn't got very far to go I mean he has every right not to feel good I wouldn't feel good but he still looks amazing all things considering and you know in Monza when he started to drift he couldn't pull it back and who could you know once that wants those split start to drift you know you're finished it's like you have a rope tied to these Pacers and once that rope is broken it is so hard to get back on the path and the fact is he's not allowing the rope to swing too too far off of his pacer so the rope is not broken he's attached to this pack and he's going to just enjoy the ride to the finish communications still taking place between Valentin on the left of picture there on the bicycle he's giving instructions out we just saw Elliot just lift his shirt momentarily just to woord to wipe his nose needs to make sure everything is absolutely on point let's just enjoy these pictures and go ahead uh sir let's just enjoy history unfolding here before our very eyes we've had seven successive 250s two minutes 54 a kilometer and anybody who's thinking about going out for their Saturday run Saturday morning or Saturday afternoon maybe even doing a park run of 5 kilometres well just watch and learn this is the master at work here just over 2 kilometers to go this is something that everyone can understand it's a neat number it's this unbroken barrier you know many times when you watch a race oh look at those splits there so even many times when you watch a race it's not immediately obvious what's happening in this you know what's happening this guy has to run under 2 hours and it looks like he's he's bang on track to do that Elya just took his last swag of a water bottle and who knows so you really drink much but there's this it's been proven in science that just squishing the fluids around in your mouth gives you a surge of energy and as if like you're just consuming much but he didn't really drink that much but that was his last water bottle I assume we're comfortably on the last lap here the last loop of this 9.6 kilometer and he's smiling again now people can smile for different reasons mostly cuz they're happy we've said that Elliott often smiles when it's really hurting at what point does that smile chilean become a realization that he's going to do this I would only assume is when the finish line is in that's the only reason to smile because the marathon is an unknown beast and you never know you can never get too confident so even though he may be feeling good or not so good you just you can never swing an emotion too strongly either way but usually the smiling right now I think it's because he's hurting but hopefully there'll be a mixed smile of pain and pleasure at the finish just over four minutes to go and the Pacemakers we are expecting to peel off and let him have the the HAP tally to himself to enjoy the moment an historic moment as we click ever closer to the magic figure of one 5959 as things stand he will be comfortably inside two hours heed how are you feeling from here I feel like a bundle of nerves who thought they were gonna see this in 2019 we haven't seen it yet but who thought that this was possible in 2019 yes there are some you know parts of this which are you know artificial in terms of the Pacemakers whatever it's not a race you see someone sub two in 2019 is beyond the imagination well conversation first started for the sub to effort I said no way no way in my lifetime will I witness the sub two hour marathon I truly did not believe that I would be able to witness something like this the pace car will be peeling away at 41 kilometers and then we'll be down to the Pacemakers themselves to bring elliott home and all being well they will then peel off as well and leave Elliot to run home the final few hundred meters one point two kilometers to go he is almost there he has one hand on history here in Vienna there's great his wife looking on she's never seen him race before in the flesh remember what a moment for her what a moment for what a moment for the children the pace car is gone we've lost the laser he's healing now it's now all down to Elliot and the pace they said in quicker it's racing right now this is this is racing well this is true racing Chulainn knows what this feels like through the streets of Central Park in New York whether it's in Berlin or London but today is all about Vienna today is all about Elliot kick Sergei we're down to the last couple of minutes to bring him home add some final thoughts from you I'm overjoyed but particularly this man has got to do this it's not just the barrier being broken it's something that has existed in this person's head for so long and I'm it's so gratifying to watch watch him achieve that he's almost there he can see the finish line that's the view from Elliot Kip sugar you can see the finish line where we are looming interview 157 and approaching 158 I think we can say with some certainty come on he says come on this is it chelina final to the world who's running as a gift to all of us I feel so blessed to be here today I feel like I hope everyone can hear me smiling through this - microphone right now I cannot stop smiling 500 meters to go he has the help Tali to himself he's the Pacemakers of let him go as that said he is sprinting into the history books here they're cheering him on 400 meters to go let's bring him home this is history unfolding on the streets of Vienna this morning it's a Saturday run like we've never seen before listen at the noise the crowd getting right behind him goodness me 300 meters to go he can see the finish line here dear Armstrong we had on in 1969 we had roger bannister the four minute mile 65 years ago Edmund Hillary the first man to climb Everest in 1953 we have one minute to go Eliot took Joe gay he's on his way here it's mr. limit this humble farmer who used to run two miles to school every day and back he used to go to the nearest town on his bike to sell milk at the local market and now through hard work and discipline he's pointing come on he says Eliot capture game has the hand of history on his shoulder he has lessons 200 meters to go Eliot chip jerky let's keep it on the clock into the final 20 seconds Eliot capture game got his shoulder one 1:40 the unofficial Elliott capture gay storms into the history books in Vienna 159 40 the unofficial time the first band to run a mouth and in under two hours one final lung busting stride for Kip Jogi one giant leap for human endeavor and you know capture he was right no human is limited and now he can celebrate he has done it and to Roger Bannister Neil Armstrong Edmund Hillary we can now add the name of Elliot took sugar Chilean summit applause I would like to just thank Elliot for sharing his gift with the world with us today in the city of dreams he created an absolute masterpiece that will never be forgotten that was absolutely beautiful but last kilometer was absolutely beautiful with his teammates cheering him on from behind he's now been held aloft by all of his teammates there's thousands of people cameras who want to hug him there's a Kenyan flag it's pandemonium this time he's gone crazy you wouldn't Authority just run America no he looks phenomenal there are people crying in the crowd well it was a very carefully choreographed plan for the finish but that's completely been ripped up and thrown out of the window because they capture gate is on he's still got energy how on earth do you have the energy to run like this after running at 13 miles an hour for two hours there you can see the unofficial time we may take a minute or two to make that the official time but 159 40.2 is the unofficial time comfortably inside two hours and the Olympic champion the world record holder the greatest marathon runner the world has ever seen is now in the history books and they are going berserk right in front of our commentary position here we could just see as physios longtime physio hears he is a tough guy who hurts people for a limo he's put his thumbs deep in their muscles and he is weeping [Music] his wife what on earth must she be thinking you choose a race to go and watch your husband race for the first time this is not a bad it's a good one it's a good one I wonder what his kids are gonna say later today dad it was okay it's pretty good we sealed the Kenyan flags here this is such a big moment for Kenya for East Africa and it's incredible that were watching this supreme athlete from from Kenya do this on the world stage there they are his children watching on with great pride and I wonder what Elliott is thinking as well because anybody who's a parent knows that it makes a difference it makes a difference to see and do something in front of your children so it's been extraordinary here we hope you've enjoyed our courage from the commentary box thanks very much to Ed Cesar and two Chilean Flanigan brilliant insight and analysis as always the celebrations I'm sure will last long into the night we're gonna repair somewhere for breakfast but Gabi he's done it and now he can party on the PATA Chris Dennis thank you so much sheelane planning an edge Cesar excellent work there in the commentary booth but look at these scenes out here I can't tell you the joy that is radiating from all of the police makers the any of everyone who has made this possible his coach Patrick he's been with since he was a young boy grew up in the same village and these scenes are joyous out here the family as well Lin Jordan and Griffin the children next to his wife Grace just a little way away from us there they're kind of overwhelmed by what their father and husband has done he has made history he has joined a pantheon of greats humans who push the limits and to be here amongst this crowd and see the reaction of people who are here is just a special special moment a real privilege to see and feel the atmosphere there's a scourge of photographers they're all desperate to get the shot the shot that they know will be the one the shot of their lives potentially and amongst that throng just near me here is Radzi chin yang ganya who is eventually going to get his microphone under the nose of Elliot Kip Cho gay and you can see here Fran Miller bringing him forward and there is Elliot Kip choke a walking just past our commentary and studio physician he's heading over here and may be able to get a little word I was getting wait he's going to get wait at the moment this is a such an important moment obviously for the team to get all these details get all this data in and Radzi is just next to us here as well Elliot's doing the important science he's obviously got to get that data in they need this they need to make sure they know all the details they've got all of the information going forwards because Elliot cube show game will no doubt have another marathon to run any hugs team members of he has the flag the Kenyan flag aloft and hugs more team members Fran Miller there and absolutely wonderful see Razzies gonna get his microphone in under his nose I'm sure any moment now and we'll hear the thoughts of Elliot Kip Cho gay he's a quiet man he doesn't say a lot but when he does it is thoughtful it's considered he's such an intelligent figure real thinker of running and there he is now with rod see hi Elliot Brad sees good to see you Annie but Roger you can have a chat with you if you don't come on this side Elliot if we come this side you you have just made history you've become the first man to ever run as sub two hour marathon you've done it yes how are you feeling I am feeling good because Tech 65 years for for human being Tomac is - in sport after Roger Bannister met history 1954 it took another two to three years I tried and I do not get I know it's the sixth area I have tried I'm the happiest man to run under two hours in order to inspire many people to tell people that they know you - limited you can't do it I'm expecting more of that Elise in this all of the all terrain and applause after after after today I mean what incredible words inspiration doesn't do it justice how hard was that run how are you feeling at the very the most painful part actually I can't see and I can't find the faceting Tuesday when I woke up at 5:00 at 4:52 actually the starting time that's 8:15 it was my high artist the times before the staff the time actually tossed for us but it it was like 30 minutes so it was the hardest time but all in all the races actually put two first kilometers real ahartry it is mid circulator perseverance the dedication if it's a heart run is your pacemakers were fantastic start to finish as well absolutely remember the photon pacemakers are among the best at least ever in the whole world from the Matthews and restaurant of the world Olympic champion for 1500 to all the marathon as a neighborhood that the best I can say I understand thank you for them I understood to appreciate them for accepting to toot the job and together it was not I am not eligible man we met this dude together in before me to see the reaction you had especially from Kenya with you growing up and with a single parent mother your proud member of the Taliban what does this mean so Kenya especially Kenya wanted to earn under two hours in a hotel to tell Kenya mr. everybody can step out to bestow and actually think positively to what's required by papaya human being to and all of them can on akuze life and together we can make at this wall a random wall and after making a random wall to this world you can make this world a beautiful wall and a physical war as a genuine joy talking see it be remiss of me not to mention your wife and your three wonderful children as well though I'll kill my wife and my two children are given me more support I'm happy for them to come and witness the history they will be among those who matter is true I am happy for them and just finally Elliott what image would you like us to take away from this I'm genuinely made me cry watching across the finish line what would you like us to remember about this is a the positivity of sport actually I want to make the sport a clean sport I heard them expose an interesting sport whereby all human fingers can rap and rock up very early in the morning this world a beautiful world you can kick how a most of it this is a spy' yes running it's a privilege talking to you is a privilege watching Iran and on behalf of every Athletics fan around the world yes thank you very much thank you - thank you very much thank you - Talwar thank you that Osawatomie through Facebook those who watched me through YouTube to watch life and I can say actually I am appreciating your time that you sit here in WA TVs P I know of mobile phones behind everything even following it through cute and everything that you have met is - together and together you can make this world a beautiful world thank you very much Elliott you were great before you are now an icon congratulations thank you immortal I think and when he says takes the time to watch me well you've made it a little bit less than it ever was earlier to keep show gay and I think you can add or to read these words it's not just athletics fans I think it's human beings who are in or and enamored and impressed by what we just saw but there's one man that knows him perhaps better than any and that is his coach Patrick Tseng and crystal is with him out in the throng it takes a team Patrick saying you're at the heart of that team that made this possible right now your feelings in words can you describe it to us it's been 17 years in the making I am still in the morning yet to come down to hat I mean really excited I mean happy for him for what he has achieved is actually inspired all of us that we can stretch our limits in our lives and we can do more than we think we can do what was the first thing that you said to him as he crossed that life I said congratulations you've done it and you've you know you've made history was there ever any doubt and what was it like actually watching it from the sidelines knowing that you've done all the work you could have done I watch the rest from the first end and I saw the the spirits of the Pacers and I mean and I will raise them they change over and all that everything was went perfectly right what do you think this means not only for Elliott but for the rest of humanity for the sport it is challenging other young athletes and athletes that are still active that they can stretch and perform better than they think for the humanity whatever level you are in you can move yourself to another level finally what of that time and can that can that be broken of course you know elude us told us that we can the records are meant to be broken so I am sure down the road somebody will come again and say I want to try it but history has been met the first time to run under two hours it's unbelievable what a moment thank you so much thank you thank you for all the people came towards the supporters who came from all over the world to watch thank you very much well I'm delighted to say that Jim Radcliffe has joined me just outside of the studio because you've got to go for do the presentation this was Elliott's dream but it was your dream as well what does it feel like to see it coming to fruition sensational really yeah it's quite difficult to believe it's actually happened because it happened so quickly but that last kilometer where he actually accelerated and he came through on his own I'm gonna I was superhuman really I can't believe you did it I mean I can't believe he'd run the first half if he ran the first half mouth any less than an hour and then he had to do that again the mind boggles for anybody who's just a normal human being and these guys aren't but the Pacemakers the technology and everything that you've added into this mix to see it come off today I mean it's been immaculately well organized everything has to go right to do this but I think he's so nice to see the pace that's being part of this because normally running is such a solitary sport you run for yourself and here they're all running for someone else and they are just so full of enthusiasm these you know the pace guys are all world-class athletes they're the best athletes in the world and they're all running for Elliott they've never done anything like that before Thomas like a new sport for them you know congratulations I know you've got the presentation to do as well thank you so much Jim and well done and well done to you and all of your team because this is the feeling today actually that Jim's right it's a solitary sport but today was about being part of a team whether it was the Pacemakers Chulainn or all the people ed who've been involved in and I think that has come out in the feeling in this crowd well I'm still shaking from the performance I think everyone is either weeping or shaking and crying it's been incredible the image that I'll remembers have been coming up the final straight with the other Pacers cheering and whooping behind him you know this was one guy being propelled really you know he had to do it himself but he couldn't have done it without the rest of them so well the presentation is going to be a trophy which obviously is a one-of-a-kind really because guess what nobody's ever had this up to our trophy before and I think it's really more of a symbol it's a symbolic gesture to Elliott and I know that later today he will take his pacemakers and he will present them with trophies and awards as well because he realizes just how important they were not just in setting the pace but in boosting his morale and keeping him going when it got a little bit tough for him at that it didn't appear to get massively tough as he hides it well as we know but he really is a team man and he's enjoyed the camaraderie of everybody with him what we actually thought that he went through a bit of a sticky patch you know in the middle there and he really had to talk himself out of it so well we have witnessed history it has been an incredible two hours here in Vienna you were part of history before [Music] [Music] you [Music] [Music] so we are here in the it feels a little I was gonna say the calm after the storm but I don't think it has Tania it has its Elena Ned Caesar it feels like there is just this incredible energy out here because the crowds are staying you know they haven't dissipated they haven't gone away when they've seen that incredible landmark broken that two hour marathon broken they've stayed to enjoy the celebrations that's been a celebration Lee there where Elliott kachori being held aloft by his pacemakers has been presented with the trophy by Sir Tim Ratcliffe of any US and these will go on last night when I was with Stu Jim and Dave Brailsford they told me that that's what are you gonna do tomorrow night we gonna do tomorrow afternoon they said well actually Elliot's really want to give his pacemakers something to mark this occasion and you got the sense of a community of running Chulainn didn't you this afternoon when your this morning when you were out there we've been up so early I'm not quite sure what time of day it is yeah Elliot is all about you know the team and contributing to the world and to other people he's always running for something bigger than himself and you know that just goes to show right here this this picture encapsulate that he is all about thanking and appreciating the people that have given to him for this before today yeah I was thinking about just in front of our country box pita his longtime masa his physio who has hurt people very deeply with his thumbs over the years was in floods of tears this big strong man I thought what it must mean to someone who's actually worked with him for such a long time to see this moment children I mean it's incredible to think that it's wife and family have never been to any of his marriage has never been to any of those big city races or his world record and for them to be here today well if you were gonna pick one this would be it for then you know he's daddy to them he's that he's a daddy runs when they see the crowds here adoring him but knowing that they're a beautiful moment with Chris Froome and and he's obviously part of the C Mini as it comes from the world of cycling he knows just what pain is all about he knows how hard it is to push yourself through those moments and there was that lovely bond there lovely lovely color between the pair of them but the Kenyan flags that have been out here today people from all over the world you mentioned Gold Coast earlier on a lot of states as well yesterday we bumped into a lovely family that traveled all the way from Utah from Park City Utah to be here and I say why why you why'd you travel all this way and they said because we want to be here for history you've won a beer for Elliott they're the children Elliott's children who his sons look it looks slightly kind of Bermuda what's going on what is this all about well you all know kids when you are older and you will see that your daddy well this moment is up there isn't it it is up there with the lights of a banister it is up there with the first on the moon we are talking human endeavor and breaking barriers that well they weren't predicted to be done for another 15 years or so in the projections that scientists made but scientists and buried other people around T many us made sure that he had the conditions and everything was perfect but actually what they couldn't determine was the weather and we didn't expect the father we didn't expect the dad but we didn't expect the humidity today and maybe that was another 10 or 20 seconds of the time it certainly wasn't absolutely perfect but it's one that you know it's a sport and it's not a scientific experiment and things go wrong and you know he had to really talk himself through some tough times there it was not us it was not a walk in the park we're in a Papa but it will it he he was really really hurting you could see that he was hurting and he hurt a lot earlier than I thought he was going to he had to talk himself out of already sticky past and yet surely when he crossed the line and then he sprinted back and starts my fighting people it just shows you the euphoria if anybody's thinking about starting running that euphoria and those got the bass of energy and everything that comes with with with feeling great when you run that was you know if he hadn't broken two hours I don't know you would have seen him sprinting around like that you know but he achieves this lifelong bull and that euphoria carried him and gave him the energy to give the high fives run up and down the road I mean I was chuckling I couldn't believe after that type of athletic feat that he could have the energy but it's truly that that surge of energy of just having this accomplishment to his name going again the photographer's as he comes back over they were they were kind of fighting with each other it was like it was like a scrum it was like a proper porosity scrum but they know what they're seeing it's just incredible and they are privileged to being here let's take a little look back shall we guys at the last kilometer which was this is where the celebrations truly started surely he's truly racing against the clock and running towards history and it was so fun to just see him in absolute full flight no one blocking him and to see his beautiful form that he has and to see his wife waiting for him at the finish it was just clear running and you could just see the joy emanating from his body that he was gonna achieve this goal yeah I've just the moment for me was there was absolutely priceless was when everyone split and you could just see them in the background like raising their arms and cheering him on that was the moment where you felt this was really gonna happen and there were people down here at the finishing line but still there lie who'd climbed up trees you know done whatever they could to get the best vantage point well my own personal travesty is that I forgot to press record I was holding my phone I was so emotional and so I have nothing nothing but wonderful memories and I'm pretty sure we might have press a report on the pre-show I'll go back and watch it again and again but it was a real there was just a sentiment and kind of collective in a community intake of breath because everybody here knows that they have witnessed something truly special and as you say when they peel away in a few moments time the Pacemakers which was obviously a preordained an orchestrated move that this is the moment he will go and this is his moment and that was where it became like a racing kind of environment but without without anybody to race just the clock and it was all about the clock today and he was getting the crowd going and he was whooping them up but they didn't need to be whipped oh because they were so with him and they were already at the finish line cheering and singing we had some wonderful singing did you hear in the commentary box there's no it's a fantastic King in singing going on as well there was a party atmosphere and because of the fog it's ever so slightly misty it's even more evocative isn't it and the man emerging from the mist is the man who will go down in history Eliott capture gay and his official time of one hour 59 40.2 an incredible feat that all of this crowd here we'll remember for a very very long time ed you know you've written so much in this area you've researched in this area for so long and we talked about the cynics coming into this who said well he's got pacemakers and he's having carbohydrates and he's doing you know things you can't do to get an official i double AF world's record what do you think they're thinking now they're surely they love this sport they're feeling as joyous as everyone hands well I think that you couldn't help but be affected by the scenes that you're saying sure joy the evident joy now what this work that what this performance will help to do perhaps is to bring the official world records closer to two hours on one day we might get to see that as well but you can't have that without this quest so this is the kind of pioneer moment and then there'll be another pioneer moment but what you have here is the real this gorgeous feeling that running itself is very very beautiful as they say he's behind us just now actually he's just come through the line again and it's like reliving it all over because nobody I think anybody here who hasn't had a cuddle is in line to get a couple everybody's liking him everybody's cheering him on and giving him high-fives and the team members team INEOS who are wearing very distinctive jackets or giving each other lots of cuddles and hugs because although this has been almost a year in terms of conversation it has been about five months absolutely every day back-breaking work in getting this near the project managers working out everything from making sure that the course was 26.2 miles exactly you know you think about it's been a meter short it wouldn't count you know so all those things all those details making sure that every single part of his preparation was perfect the lead-up this week of course you can imagine that you know that's a lot of people to make that come off it's a lot of pressure for Elliott knowing all these people are helping him it uplifts him and it makes him want to work hard and dig deep for all those people but it's also yeah big big team behind him thousands of people are here to make sure every detail is just perfectly orchestrated he would not have wanted to let down anybody today you know everyone's turned out for him and he didn't want to let anyone down and he certainly didn't Iceman the question that Radzi I mean it was an emotional emotional time at a post-race and of course it's not the question that first comes to mind but the question I'm going to ask you too that we didn't hear do you think he has one more big Meriton in him has he gotten olympic games in him I mean you would not forgive this man for turning around stains saying guys I'm done with running 26 points yeah we believe we think he's got the Olympics so so I my feeling is that one of the great African running heroes of baby Buki Leo won two gold medals and he wants to do the same in the marathon he also went back-to-back gold medals and then I think you could comfortably say put your feet up you know enjoy the farm there are loads of running legends around here but one of those Wilson kid Peter is with Radzi let's hear his thoughts about what we've just seen [Music] indoors it still stands the outdoor one but Wilson as a world record holder and a Kenyan one at that what did you make of what Elliot just did no it is one I think yeah you know thinking about my world record making history but this one is really a big history running a marathon this Pete Alou tours coin you know it's unbelievable I cannot even describe because today I was crying you know I've been doing that stress but being here today and witness this record you know unbelievable you know I have know what to say because I know beef jerky I have seen him and I'm here to see the eastery be met today so he's unbelievable for me because you know him personally what can you tell us about his character that results in what we've just seen the way I see his character you know he reminds me when I was training you know concentration training was nothing else you know it's only running I stay in event into training come know driving you eat you sleep you train you sleep and thus really you know the person I miss to see so many at least to do what he said he was doing and being in Eldoret going in deck after the training camp I'm watching him training there and seeing him phenom Ville and down to heart so that's really he touched me it's personal he knows what he's doing and you want to make it free in the world because he makes it look so so easy you almost don't realize that it's difficult could you describe how difficult it is to take your body to place and stay there for me you know I was surprised to see him running let us say every kilometer in 250 you know I think I cannot make it out in there even if I have to run only 800 meters so staying in that's really it's a mental part of it you know this one is a you train day in day out even when you're sleeping it's like you're calculating you know every time you're eating something is like you are counting you know our mini spoon you are taking so it's really a big concentration it takes a lot of energy and it takes a lot of time especially thank you for your time thank you very much his interview earlier talked about inspiring people to run and inspiring people to do things that they never thought possible and the running community of course will be loving this but I think it also transcends doesn't it and people thinking yeah you know what I can I can do that part run or something you start off small and you build a new build and that is the message of any athlete's career very positive outcome of this whole event if more people just went running once a week or something like that that's and that's what he's interested in that's what he wants to use his you know his new prominence for he wants more people to take more exercise he wants to make our running world what would you like to see chirlane be the legacy of what we've experienced here in Vienna I hope that the future generation is inspired and motivated to go chase that audacious goal when he set this goal breaking two hours it seems absolutely audacious I didn't believe it could happen within my lifetime and so I think whatever people have that they're dreaming of that seems audacious just go for it and to just see if it's possible you may not make it but just the journey of trying to make that achievement is worthwhile Jelena and thank you so much has been wonderful sharing this fantastic experience with both of you and of course crystal and Ramsey are still out there as well one man has done what many thought impossible he has broken barriers that are akin to a four-minute mile putting a man on the moon he's done it with a lifetime of endeavor and hard work and that man who's made history today is Elliot kept choking goodbye [Music] you you

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Length: 212min 13sec (12733 seconds)

Published: Sat Oct 12 2019

Reddit Comments

[u/amyrlinn]

I'm going to pin this post since I've removed eight or nine posts about it already. It's here, y'all, you don't need to post it multiple times.

[u/Linkinito]

The any% IAAF is still the same though, as the setup used in this attempt is not allowed in any% IAAF.

[u/Okupak]

Sub 2:00:00 HYYYYYPE!

[u/seva98]

Looks like this run can't be optimised further as it is very close to TAS WR. I can see possible time save of max 5-10 secs.

[u/secar8]

Look at the fucking pace!

[u/malfurionpre]

unofficial run using modded map though. Should be a side category.

[u/antome]

Everyone popping off at the finish line https://i.imgur.com/HEm78hn.jpg

[u/Meester_Tweester]

Sub 2 hype, IAAF sub 2 when