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Kipchoge 2.0: The Rise of the New Marathon Stars

The Real Science of Sport Podcast

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The Evolution of Longevity

The conventional wisdom was, you did your time on the track. And as you ran the speed out of your legs, you made a shift to the marathon in your late 20s. Now, you're seeing guys come in at early 20s and they don't take four or five races to figure it out. They're running two or twos, two or ones in this guy's case, almost right away. It just seems so incredibly raw and untrained that it's like Pagata-like and something to be trained.

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