How Much Further For The Sub-Two-Hour Marathon? The border of 2 hours for a marathon for men is one of the big sound limits in sports. In this post, we present a mathematical model with which the possible year in which a man could break the barrier of less than 2 hours can be estimated, and also an assessment of when a woman could break the record of the marathon of Paula Radcliffe. Furthermore, we present some aspects (eg physiology, nationality, age, biomechanics, pacing and drafting), which break through the mileage of marathon runners at elite runners and finally the possible characteristics of the man, the 2-hour time, are connected. In summary, it is possible with the results of the developed equations that a male athlete can break through the 2-hour border next decade (with the performance of Nike® Breaking2 1920-2018 \ [NBP ]: Y = 0.0417x2- 14, 18x +3,128; Year 2026; without Nike® Breaking2 1920-2018: Y = 0.045 × 2-15.12 × + 3,194; Year 2027).
This marathon runner may have a maximum oxygen uptake of> 85 ml · kg-1 · min- 1 and should run the race with a pacing according to an intensity higher than 85% of maximum oxygen recording. In addition, this runner should pay more on strength training, stamina, speed training and running training with an intensity above the anaerobic threshold.Most likely, this runner comes from East Africa (especially from Ethiopia) and is \ ~ 27 years old. For women, there are insufficient evidence in terms of the physiological profile of the marathon runner, which will break the record of Radcliffe, but the available literature indicates that this will not happen soon. The whole analysis can be found http://www.dovepress.com/articles.php?article_id=39595