Elite athletes attempting to shave nearly three minutes off the world record will be equipped with carbon-fibre trainers and drag-reducing clothes
Nike has revealed that its ambitious project to break the two-hour mark for the marathon will use a special shoe with a carbon-fibre plate. It will take place later this year at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza complex, a racetrack outside Monza in northern Italy, where the surface is asphalt and speed is certainly king.
The world record currently stands at 2hr 2min 57sec, set by Dennis Kimetto in Berlin in 2014. At this level, nearly three minutes of improvement represents a significant margin. Nike’s elite team consists of Zersenay Tadese (marathon PB 2hr 10min 41sec) Lelisa Desisa (2hr 4min 45sec) and Eliud Kipchoge (2hr 3min 5sec, the third-fastest of all time).
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