Post #1770608
2026-04-26 14:28 UTC
Holy shit it happened! I genuinely thought it would happen on a stunt setting like breaking2 long before it happened in a real sanctioned race. Amazing! https://www.bbc.com/sport/athletics/live/cjd9xpmnvj3t
Replies (5)
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@Alexerson@mastodon.social 2026-04-26 14:50
@jacob@social.jacobian.org Isn't that what happened with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ineos_1%3A59_Challenge ?
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@greg@masto.gregnewman.io 2026-04-26 14:51
@jacob@social.jacobian.org god damn!! I can't even imagine that!
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@mistersql@mastodon.social 2026-04-26 15:10
@jacob@social.jacobian.org I'm going to have to double my speed to catch up with that.
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@alec@perkins.pub 2026-04-26 15:14
@jacob@social.jacobian.org second place was ALSO sub 2
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@freakboy3742@cloudisland.nz 2026-04-26 22:51
@jacob@social.jacobian.org … and *two* runners broke the barrier in the same race, with one of the runners *in his first marathon*. 🤯