So, while most of us were sleeping yesterday morning...

[chitownbelle]

my lord!!! loss.for.words.

[libbygrl109]

I am always so blown away by the elite marathoners. To sustain that pace for so long is just incredible.

[jene]

WOW

[CallingAllAngels]

That makes me dizzy just to think about.

[arch01]

A friend and I had just finished a 15k and saw the news. It really put into perspective how fast the elites are compared to us-we compared how far along he was in the marathon when we finished our 15k!

[texassmith]

I saw that and it's hardly even believable that a human can sustain that pace for that long. I wonder how long before the WR is below 2 hours?!

[taratru]

I just actually gasped out loud. That is amazing.

[kams]

I love that I'm relatively serious about my running/triathlon, and it's going to be a big effort to do my next marathon in TWICE that amount of time. LOL, serious perspective.

[gt7301b]

That is insane!

[texassmith]

Sept 30, 2013 11:15:39 GMT -5 kams said:

I love that I'm relatively serious about my running/triathlon, and it's going to be a big effort to do my next marathon in TWICE that amount of time. LOL, serious perspective.

I was saying that to DH yesterday morning. I'm targeting approximately a 4:00 marathon in January (hoping my final time starts with a 3). About a 9:00 pace, which is aggressive, but doable. This dude just busted out a marathon in half that time. I just can't even imagine!

[clseale]

Sept 30, 2013 9:54:12 GMT -5 @vtcupcake said:

Wilson Kipsang put up a 02:03:23 to become the fastest marathoner of. All. TIME.

sidespin.kinja.com/how-long-could-you-run-with-wilson-kipsang-1423410657/@bubbaprog

That's a 4:43/mi pace. I personally could not run that fast if I were set on fire. But good lord how amazing is that?! So much for elites not getting faster

Americans. They never said anything about the Kenyans. Our country, that particular generation. 

Berlin must be a crazy fast course. Isn't that where the last WR was set?

[IndiaInk]

So awe-inspiring!  I am just amazed at his speed!

Here's a video of his finish.  Some asshole advertising for an escort service ran out in front of Wilson and broke the tape ahead of him!  I want to physically throttle that guy.  

[Wines Not Whines]

Wow! I can't even run a quarter mile at that pace!