Monumentous Marathon

Once in a while, something happens that you need a made-up word to describe. More than momentous, more than monumental, the new world record for the marathon was more than that. It was monumentous: four athletes broke the world record for the men’s and women’s marathon.

At the London Marathon in late April, the official world record for the marathon (that’s 26.2 miles) was broken for both the male and female marathons. More than that, it was shattered by three male runners and one female runner. Kenyan Sabastian Kimaru Sawe’s winning time was 1:59:30, more than a minute faster than the previous record. Two more men crossed the finish line under the prior world record time. Tigist Assefa broke the women’s world record with a time of 2:15:41 and broke her own world record by nine seconds.

Without question, this was a monumentous event. Was it inevitable? I’ll give you my thoughts on that and more on Saturday.

What are you prepared to do today?

        Dr. Chet

Reference: Photos courtesy of Adidas Media