Based on what is presently known, whoever breaks the 2hr barrier will have a favourable genetic profile (yet to be determined), an outstanding running economy and small body size along with chronic exposure to high altitude and significant physical activity early in life. Current trends also suggest that an East African will be the first to break the 2hr barrier … anche nel (basso) profilo facebook è usata la descrizione storica del sito che si prendeva 5 anni mica 5 lustri come volevano fisiologi e statistici per scendere sotto le 2 ore in maratona …

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Poi Nike ha stretto i tempi a 1 anno, magari solo per riprendersi il mondiale marchiato Adidas da Gebre in qua, e ha scelto un trio (Lelisa Desisa, Zersenay Tadese, Eliud Kipchoge) che poteva essere arricchito in famiglia con Kenenisa Bekele e Geoffrey Kamworor fra gli atleti, con Alberto Salazar (e il figlio Galen Rupp) fra gli allenatori per staccare di 1km Dennis Kimetto e il suo 2h02’57” (Berlino 2014).

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Over the past few years, 18 of the most promising candidates visited Nike HQ for a few days of physiological testing. One of the elements: a two-mile run at sub-two-hour marathon pace — 4:34 per mile — to see how the athletes looked, followed immediately by an all-out 400-meter lap … così ha funzionato il punto

[1] del programma, Athlete selection. Poi c’è da porre la massima attenzione a [2] Course and environment, [3] Training, [4] Nutrition/hydration … over the coming months, each of the three athletes will continue to train with his own coach and in his own environment. Getting this balance right, so that the athletes benefit from extra support without disrupting what has worked so well for them in the past, will be a delicate task.

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[5] Equipment: Shoes and apparel, of course, are Nike’s bread and butter. Plans in this area remain very much in progress, and aren’t yet public … mancava il core business aziendale … Nike offered Runner’s World unique access to report on their Breaking2 project from behind the scenes in an immersive, ongoing way. As part of this arrangement, we agreed to keep some of the details confidential until intellectual-property issues are finalized. But we’ll share as much as we can as quickly as we can … visto niente nell’ultimo mese?

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