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"Kiplimo ran at an average speed of 22.3 kilometers-per-hour"

I'm not sure I could sustain this pace for 1 minute, let alone 57. Incredible.

whenever someone uses the phrase: "it's not a sprint, it's a marathon", I suggest they go to a world-class marathon and watch the first few runners

these folks are basically at a light sprint

Elite marathoners have the composition of my jog in the park at the speed of my full sprint!

Elite marathon runners are in no way, shape, or form sprinting. It’s just that both are inconceivably fast to the average untrained person. Usain Bolt’s top foot speed was 44.72 km/h in the 100 meters. The fastest marathon was 20 km/h.

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