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She’s beauty she’s grace 3rd NYC Marathon done, 12 more to go 😭🫰 (Time to rush home to watch the pro broadcast)

I am still getting used to the Superblast so I'm in no position to run in carbon plated shoes but one day I'll be ready (when my running economy is better, my muscles stronger, and I can pull off a 3:15 marathon without carbon plates)

too bad, I tried the pro evo 1 and my shins are not strong enough to sustain the carbon plates LOL

Sabastian Sawe and Tigst Assefa set their respective marathon records in adidas’ newest shoe, the ADIZERO Adios Pro Evo 3 👀 The shoe is adidas first ever sub-100-gram super shoe and is set to release April 27 for $500 🗓️

there were also a few women who were running with their (non-bib) male partners and all I wanna say is that, ladies, the men can survive without a babysitter for 2 hrs lol

BOOOOOOOOOO MEN SUCKK!!!! BOOOOOOO these times aren’t even that impressive and there was LITERALLY another half marathon happening in Brooklyn today, why not go run that one and let us women have fun??

Whee matched my time to Sawe 🥺 🫶 (I waited like an idiot for a few mjns before crossing the finish line lol)

Sorry for all the carb RTs But it’s good to remind people carbs are an amazing thing

Details about how Sabastian Sawe fueled on race day, according to Maurten

How did Sabastian Sawe fuel during his 1:59:30 marathon world record? The Maurten team has shared his fueling plan. The Maurten research team was embedded with Sawe’s team in Kenya for 32 days across six trips between last and this April. They were training his gut to absorb that load by mimicking race-day protocol in training. The hydrogel technology they have developed over the past 10 years now allows athletes to absorb 90–120 grams of carbs per hour without GI distress. In addition to that, sodium bicarbonate is also used, essentially a blood buffer since it neutralizes the lactic acid buildup that causes the burning sensation in muscles during high-intensity effort. Sawe used both of Maurten’s products for it on race day. Taking the bicarb early is deliberate since it peaks in the bloodstream roughly 60–90 minutes after ingestion, so the timing of 2+ hours before the race would put peak buffering capacity right at the start. Sawe told the media in the press conference that he had two pieces of bread and tea with honey as his breakfast before the race.

Des Linden has been pretty busy this April. On Sunday, Linden averaged 7:02 per mile to run 3:04:24 at the London Marathon while pacing a friend, capping off a total of 220 miles of racing this month. Six days prior, she ran 2:35:49 to finish 30th in the women's division at the Boston Marathon, and a week before Marathon Monday, Linden completed the six-stage, 168-mile Marathon des Sables through the Sahara Desert. runnersworldmag.visitlink.me/AQuDBj 📸: Courtesy Brooks

For those wondering if we can trust this new 1:59:30 marathon world record by Sabastian Sawe since there have been so many Kenyan runners caught doping and using performance-enhancing drugs in recent years...it’s always hard to have 100% certainty, but credit to Sabastian Sawe, his agency and his sponsor (adidas) for doing their best to be transparent. Some context for folks: Adidas included a budget in Sawe's contract to provide funds to the sport’s anti-doping organization (the Athletics Integrity Unit) of about $50,000 to test him. Basically, they wanted to prove he was clean, as there was growing confidence that he would break the marathon world record of 2:00:35 set in 2023 by the late Kelvin Kiptum. They also wanted to avoid the doubt of Ruth Chepngetich breaking the women’s marathon world record in 2:09:56…and then having that skepticism validated when she tested positive for a banned substance. Sawe was reportedly drug-tested 25 times (this included blood and urine) in the space of two months in the lead-up to last fall's Berlin Marathon and that’s a pretty high number. He was not tested as frequently before this race but his coach Claudio Berardelli confirmed that the Athletics Integrity Unit sets the testing regimen and that he is on a higher frequency of testing than other athletes in 2026 because of the additional funding being provided.

Yomif Kejelcha running 1:59 in his marathon debut

We have no words 😦 After going out in a shade under 2:01 pace for the first half — on track for a time only Kelvin Kiptum had ever managed — Sabastian Sawe absolutely dropped the hammer over the last 13.1 miles in London this morning. His 5️⃣9️⃣:0️⃣1️⃣ split for the second half of his world record run is the fastest half marathon ever run inside a full marathon. It would also rank just outside the 10 fastest half marathons run in the world so far in 2026 🤯

Sorry I’m waiting in line so the RTs continue

HISTORY HAS BEEN MADE 🫨 Sabastian Sawe becomes the first person ever to break the 2-hour barrier in official race conditions, storming to a historic 1:59:30‼️ @KejelchaYomif, on his marathon debut, also breaks 2 hours with a stunning 1:59:41 and @jacobkiplimo2 clocks 2:00:28, also faster than the previous world record 😤

Watch the finish of Sabastian Sawe’s incredible new 1:59:30 marathon world record. The two-time London champ covered 26.2 miles in 4:33 mile pace, including splitting 59:01 for his second half and running 4:16 pace from 40k to the finish.

WHAT A DEBUT 🤩 Yomif Kejelcha lives up to the pre-race hype and then some, running 1:59:41 for his first ever marathon to finish second in London behind newly-minted world record holder Sabastian Sawe. Kejelcha and Sawe pushed each other to the first two official sub-2 hour performances in history, and Kejelcha split 60:29-59:12 en route to becoming the second fastest ever at his new distance.

ok I have a half marathon to run bye lol