Run ONE Lap At Kipchoge Pace And WIN £50 | WR Marathon Speed Challenge
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- čas přidán 26. 08. 2023
- We challenged people to run JUST ONE LAP of a track at the pace Eliud Kipchoge runs a marathon. If they can, they win!
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“I have 4 kids, so when it comes to crushing dreams and aspirations, I’m about as good as you can get” 😂😂😂😂
I’m expert level. 😂
Lmaoo ikr! I was drinking when he said that and almost spit up water 😭😭
First thing that's made me genuinely laugh out loud on CZcams in a long time 😂
😂😂😂
Best voice over ever 😅
6:20 props to jess. Putting yourself out there isnt easy. Love her effort. She knew shes not the fastest in the group and still did it and allowed for it to be posted online. Go jess!
Yes indeed full credit to her. A whole lot of people will NOT put themselves out there. But everyone should give this a go, if just in private, to appreciate the extremities of our own species.
Fat tax
@@wieselkonig4662 you're a loser
For real though.
That "can I do it?" Attitude can carry you so much farther than you ever thought possible, so it's not watching someone slow run around a track, it's watching someone hit their PR in front of a live audience. That adrenaline rush must have been INSANE, and to prove to herself that she COULD do it on top of that? Fucking STELLAR.
go jess!
Damn as a 400 runner i have respect for all these guys, that lactic at the end is a killer!
@@fidru The fact Mo Farah holds the British 1,500m record ahead of both World Champions Jake Wightman and Josh Kerr (plus Coe, Ovett and Cram) says it all.
I run 400m too. I didn't know there is as much difference (I run in 51 second). Feel strange
400m at 2:50 pace is not that hard if you're used to running
Yeah Very Impressive.
I still have nightmares from my 400m days
That 1:08 1 lap is easy....The breakdown of his marathon into 1 mile, 5k, 10k....***mind blown*** That man is alien.
Absolute fucking anomaly
Facts
@@nikthefriendly9477anything over 3 laps starts to get serious
easy🤗 maybe you'll show this on your Chanel?
The crazy thing is that his 10k pace is only two minutes slower than the world record 10k. Doing it four times over barely phases him.
R.I.P to Kelvin Kiptum You will be missed, and so young too :(
Godspeed on your next marathon in the world beyond ✊🏃
GODSPEED 🏃💨
RIP❤
man really copy pasted a comment
A Prefontaine moment. Tragic
Who is that?
Looks like Jenny did manage to do Brigid Kosgei pace (2:14:04 marathon is about 76.25 second 400m pace), so probably deserves an honorable mention for that.
🙏 agree
This!!
Exactly. She needs her 50 quid.
well he did run a sub 2 hour marathon so that's faster
@@BeautifulEarthJa that wasn't the challenge, so no she doesn't need 50 quid
Crazy to think he runs at that speed 105 times around that track. MAD! Great video - Love seeing these types of challenges.
I bet he is even faster much of the time. Likely starts out pretty fast , cruises for like 20 miles then picks it back up for the last couple miles.
@@tubelance in the sub-2h attempt he had an even pace throughout the race. But yes, when there are no pacers, the pace tends to go up and down.
I know Mark mentions he’s tall all the time but it hasn’t sunk in until seeing him next to a bunch of normal sized people.
Or were they actually hobbits?
@@blackXhawksXkickXbut a valid hypothesis.
How tall is he?
@@erik41776’6
@@erik4177 6’6”
15:09 -- you can see Kipchoge in the background. He completed an easy 5k during the challenge and is on his way to km 6. ;-)
Nice spot 😂
Same with 0:10
From high school, I have always had huge respect for 400 runners. We knew it took a special kind of grit to hold it together for a complete lap.
Great going guys.
For real! I ran 100 and 200 in school and occasionally subbed in for the 400 when my teammates who were actually good were unable to run. It's one thing to push for under 30 seconds to run a 200; it's another thing to push 95% as hard for twice as long!
My ancient understanding (early 70s high school track) is that the sprints are anaerobic (you don't have to breath) and 800 and up are aerobic. 400 is a unique transition event
@@kevino2783800 is anaerobic
It was the most fun I had running track in high school, I tried the 800 once though and I hated it haha, I think 800 is harder.
@@LoXHumaNimo 400 sucks more after but 800m is worse during
Thank you for acknowledging us below average athletes!
These guys are definitely still above average athletes. Have you seen average people?
Your not an athlete
1. your joke about "crushing dreams" is just epic. and 2. thank to jen for standing up to the life guard. being a scrooge is no fun 🙂
Bro I was not expecting a 75 out of the first one! That was fast as hell. Props to her for that
Thank you for bringing up that less fast people are doing MORE. I have been working with some athletes who have "unimpressive" numbers, and what I have come to realize is that these athletes are pushing harder than some of the fittest people I have been working with.
Yep, genetics is a bitch.
My first 100 mile mtb race and the guy that won did it in about 5 hours and it took me almost 10. Literally suffering for twice as long lol. It’s why these sports get more fun as you by fitter.
Absolutely. You see this very clearly at the end of most distance races - the first people across the line barely look tired at all, but further down the field we're all staggering across the line and collapsing.
Also let's not forget, extra bodyweight is absolutely brutal for distance running. I was already pretty heavy when I was in shape, and that's part of why I was mediocre at best. Later on I was running fairly regularly at well over 100kg, and jeez I was slow. In absolute terms my cardio was pretty damn good, but the sheer power output required...
@@patheddles4004 I mean if they don't look too tired it's cause they trained for years to be at this level... Ofc somebody not in healthy condition or not professionnal gonna be way more tired it's just logic
This was a great watch. As an erstwhile 400m runner back in school, you could tell none of the participants had run a 400 seriously before. As you say, if you're not a sub 50 sec athlete, the reality of running it is that you're trying to stay at 90-95% of your top speed the whole way round. It's just not possible to sprint at top speed for that long. Also should be said they'd probably all gain a second by wearing spikes rather than trainers (you couldn't pay me to run any distance in Air Force 1s!)
Would be fascinated to know how the 11.2 100m runner would do in spikes and with a bit of guidance/training. A sub-60 400m with no warm-up or preparation is really nothing to be sniffed at.
subtract 3 or 4 seconds for spikes
i have never seen the word erstwhile before
In high school my PR for the 400 was a 49.8. My PR in regular running shoes was 52.5 (both coming out of blocks.) so to me spikes add a good 3 seconds to your time. They are a massive help in the 400
Dude that ran it in 58 seconds has definitely run it before...
@@kingblood7199Sounds about right. The weight and traction advantages are obviously pretty substantial but even the how tight they lace up on your foot helps a lot.
In high school, we ran multiple 400m laps in under 60 seconds for practice with 1 min breaks in between each lap until we failed to be under 60 seconds. After 10 laps, the break times were cut to 30 seconds in between each lap. I ran the 800m, 300m hurdles & 400m. I forget sometimes how crazy in shape I was back then & what regular people run certain distances. I don’t think I could run a sub 60 second 400m once right now & now I’m ashamed.
most regular people are not prepared to hurt. as we get older most of us forget how much pain we tolerated during our training days in our teens and early 20s. the reality of the 400 is that you need to enjoy the pain because the fastest 400 means every second hurts more than the last until you're ready to collapse, hopefully just on the other side of the finish line. my PR was low 51s back in my running days.
@@cwmoo51 seconds is insane bro!! That’s like 2 seconds away my school’s school record 💀
What was your time? I'm in high school and I ran a 2:02 800 and there is no way I could do that
@@gaudyfurball5811 Yeah, we had studs in my high school class & I think we had more than 5 guys (including me) of our 400m runners running sub 52 seconds senior year. One of my teammates was running 48 something. Our 4x400m relay team was undefeated.
@@psyso-cleanedits8953 My best 800m time was like 1:55 something. My freshman year in the 300m hurdles, I tied the school freshman record with 42.9 seconds & I was the 2nd freshman ever to get a varsity letter as a hurdler. Best 300m hurdle time was 38.8.
😂😂😂😂😂 “when it comes to crushing dreams…..” 😂😂😂😂😂 As a father myself, I can relate.
That’s our role 😂
I now need to go to my local track and attempt this, after watching. Just can't comprehend how you could keep that pace for 5km, let alone 42km 😂
It’s bonkers
This year at 46 years old I set foot on a track for the first time since high school with the goal of running a sub-60 400m. After a couple of months I ran a 58 second lap and felt like dying afterwards :) But of course now I think that's still slow and can do better if I work harder. This video makes me feel a bit better about my time :D
I have been doing kickboxing my whole life and I every person in shape can run a sub 60 second 400m. Just need to be consistent with your workout.
@@jax4217no not every person can tun. Depends on age and you need to trans a few months
This was such a good one Mark. I was excited for everyone. You should do this a couple times a year.
Great content Mark. Good to see some locals being encouraged and for them stepping up. Some speedsters there too. Awesome work!
"I then tried to charge him £50 for the selfie shot with the CZcams celebrity" 😂
Damn sub 60 was pretty solid, he ain't even look tired
That was so fast
I'm a pretty tall and heavy guy (6ft, 94kg), and for the longest time running was always painful. I could never run anything more than 2.4km, the distance you need to run for a compulsory military fitness test for all men in Singapore. In my search for ways to reduce the pain, I encountered some of your videos on zero-drop, low cusioned shoes. I got a pair of Altra Escalantes, and running is now more enjoyable than ever!
More than shoes though, I'm inspired by your persistence to grow as an athlete and your fitness transformation through healthy habit-building. My running journey was triggered by a need to pass that fitness test, but now I've come to enjoy running and fitness simply for what they are. You changed my goals from hitting a raw number, to becoming someone who keeps a healthy lifestyle, regardless of whether there's a test or not.
Love your content, and just wanted you to know that it's having a real impact on folks around the world. Cheers!
Putting this in context, Kipchoge is 5'6” and weighs 115 pounds, does everything right and has trained forever.
He is built for that
My man, what the video is doing is putting the WR into clmtext, you dont need to put the context into context 😂
@@naumarcheriscool …it's called expanding the context.
The woman who was the second to run in this video, ran her 400 at a pace of 2:11:52 per marathon. Tigist Assefa’s world record women's marathon time is 2:11:53.
Mark showing off his great people skills here, very wholesome, entertaining and original video. Love to see it, keep up the hard work.
i was just about to type a comment on wholesome, but alas my thought wasn't particularly original. you already articulated it so well
I watched the men’s marathon in Budapest last sunday in real life… I was actually shocked about the speed the world class frontrunners generated. You see the numbers on Kipchoge like performances but you can’t really comprehend until you’ve seen it with your own eyes.
Yep. bonkers isn't it. Their running economy is so good that they make it look effortless as well. I haven't watched an elite marathon race in person but I have seen sub-14 5k runners and the pace is more than most people can even achieve for a flat out sprint.
Long time ago, my friend managed to start a big 15k fun run from the front. He sprinted flat-out, led the race for maybe 150 metres, and then just got swamped by the elites running past him. Said he couldn't believe how fast they were moving.
And yeah, I've watched Kipchoge in a few marathons on TV and paid attention to his form. Looks like he's just casually jogging, and then you see a side-on shot from a motorbike and you notice that the background looks kinda blurred from the speed he's going...
When I was training in HS & college, we would sometimes go to Chicago to train along the lakefront and pass the people riding bikes. 10 mph is warm up speed (6 minutes per mile) and 12 mph (5 mpm) in the ball park of a distance race. 2 hour marathon is bonkers. The really crazy thing is to see them surge from that 68 second pace in the middle of it all.
5:01 'Your second thirty seconds takes you thirty-eight seconds' 😂 Another great video btw, Mark 🫡
😆i didnt even realize haha, mark is hillarious
😂😂😂
I am 58 now…and if I got around that track in one piece….i would celebrate. But it is mind blowing that a human being could run 68 seconds……105 times in a row….absolutely mind blowing…..what a distance runner that man is !!! RESPECT !✊
I’m 50 and can’t even get up to that speed.
I wasn't sure I'd like the CZcams standard £50 wins format, but Mark is such a good and funny MC that it makes it way better than when others do it.
Kipchoge speed is FAST - even for just one lap! Could you match him for 400m? 😄
I have a 56s split in the 800m and a 52s 400m pr
Easy, but let me first kickstart my dirt bike wich I'm going to need
My mile time is 4:34 so yeah this wouldn’t be hard at all💀
I'm gonna try 😊
Once yes(pb 1min4 as a 12yr old when I used to run track). Now, no!!
Absolutely amazing, this channel never fails to entertain … proper good fun Mark and Jen 👍
Thanks 👍
Love these challenges, keep them coming mark
It wasn't till I hit my mid forties I realised what an incredible advantage youth is!! This is a great example, young dude who doesn't do cardio in joyrider trainers almost beats older dude who's done an Ironman. 😬
Loving the content, Been watching all your stuff preparing for Hyrox as im a skinny runner and entered the pro division weight so been needed all the help I could get, you may even see me their unable to move the sleds. Keep up the great content
Good luck!
totally cheered me up on a miserable morning - well done team
Very happy that you are back, Seth! So good to see you again! And congrats on the double at pikes peak! 🎉❤👍
This was a super video, loved it and loved how everyone just gives it a go!
Hello again, Mark! Great challange! I've tried it yesterday after my 10 k tempoish run, and faild by 13 seconds, but at least now I have a "target" to hit! Thank you again!
Fab video , absolutely love your banter and a big well done to jaz as it takes a lot to put yourself out there and she absolutely smashed it 😀
Absolutely 🙏
This is the most entertaining video I've watched in a long time! Normal people doing incredible stuff! Love it! 🎉
That was great. I've had the conversation with a few runner freinds of mine about how fast distance runners actually run. We all agreed it was a lot faster than the average person thinks but it was great to see an actual experiement like this. Great job guys & hats off to all the runners.
I love all your videos, but this is definitely one of my new favourites
400m is a really tough race
Awesome vid Mark, one of your best.
It’s fantastic to see how far your CZcams career has gone! Been here since the arrival of the wahoo bike 🤣 as a keen cyclist myself you got me hooked and I bought one. Now o literally watch every video posted and listen to Spotify podcasts. I really should become a member 🤦♂️
it's always surreal when someone I watch happens to live in the same area I grew up in. haven't seen Bracknell Leisure Centre in years, thank you for the pleasant surprise
I doubt it’s changed much 😂
At 16 on my first year college my coach had me to 6 400 meter sprints with run one and walk one ( but it was more like walk two after a few). I did these in around 58 seconds to 1 minute 1 second. I still can’t believe it as I run a mile now at 15 minutes. Lol. and I’m winded. I’m 70. Lesson here is that you shouldn’t stop running all your life. I stopped and then started again in my late 60s.
At 15 I was never the fastest in pure speed but in long distance speed I was killer. I could keep 18kph pace every easily and run sub 5 minute miles my best being a (4:49) was local cross country champ, and could also do 400 meters in about 52 seconds, used too go out on weekends and run 20-30km routes non stop. 2 years and a bit of smoking forwards I run a kilometre and I’m gassed 😂
Definitely the most consistently entertaining fitness channel on YT. Cheers Mark & Jen!
When I ran track, I was the jack-of-all-trades guy on the team. I ran everything from the 200m to the 1500m. In order of difficulty, I put the 400m intermediate hurdles, 800m, and 400m as the hardest 3. Getting anywhere close to 60 seconds for the 400m is a challenge. Doing that for 42000m is simply incredible. Hats off to all the runners.
So Mark, who keeps telling us how much he hates swimming was once a lifeguard?😂
Get 105 people for a relay
That's an awesome idea!
Jas is my favourite participant! Heart of gold! She did it!
Love it! Keep the vids coming
Wowwwww real fun to watch. Congrats to all those who showed and participated! Great Mind
Alfie doing it in difficult mode running in lane 2 😂
GO jaz GO,
she was by far number one in my opinion, what a motivation to see her on that track
Kindest regards and thanks from dublin.
Michael Weber
Agree. It’s what we are all about 🙏
Thanks Mark, that was fun ! Well done to all of you. 👍
Would love to have a go, but not sure I could do it
Awesome challenge Mark!!
Way to go
Yay more power to Jaz! Good job!!
Well done Mark and Jenna
Keen to see you come Down Under for an episode or two…
Best wishes
you're really good at motivating people.
Brilliant! Thoroughly enjoyed the challenge. What a great idea. :)
loving the little Kipchoge's popping up all over the place, especially in the distance during the intro...great editing.
Thanks! Someone noticing makes the hours it took me worth it 😂
Really enjoyed this Vlog, the difference between elite to professional atheltes is big but then to average is even bigger. I went to a World Atheltics Championship at the London Olympic Stadium in 2017, i watched Sir Mo run the 5k in one of the heats, he finished first and the person who finishing last was two laps behind. I thought i could have kept up better, he finished the 5k two laps behind and in 17 mintues, he would have beaten my P.B by over 5 minutes and he looked slow.@@MarkLewisfitness
Eliud Kipchoge’s pace is scary, I barely comprehend HOW this is real, but at the same time it motivates me so much to push myself harder too, no excuses, because I can clearly see what humans are capable of and while he’s more gifted than any of us will ever be, he still puts some crazy dedication and hard work into his achievements, the ability to run like this doesn’t come with talent alone, and if you listen to the guy, his work ethic and inner zen are crazy inspiring.
The best amateurs can't be compared to professionals on gear
@@neonbelly4even gear does not make you automatically a record breaking marathoner. These guys work incredibly hard, there is literally no excuse to give anything less than your best
I love this style of content!
I came for the fitness videos and inspiration. But the one liners and dry wit are gold. Keep delivering the quality videos, we love it.
Jenna is the winner here for getting the life guard his well earned 50
The high altitude training makes a huge difference as do genetics. That is a crazy pace to maintain.
The race commentary was gold, thru and thru.
Great video Mark, was cheering on everyone, got me thinking I need to give this a go 🤔
Brilliant, as a Bracknell resident, it was great to see this challenge. Loved it and like you admired Jaz for having bottle to try.
What a great video. It's always entertaining to compare non-runners with elites or even sub-elite trained runners. My 16 year old lad is pretty good at all distances from 800m (2:03) up to 5K (16:00) but can still only hold Kipchoge's pace for perhaps 3 minutes or so. The elites are on a level that most people just cannot get their head around. That said, a decent trained junior athlete will absolutely blow away a non runner by a similar margin. For example, my lad ran a 1500m a couple of weeks ago in 4:12 and his last lap (after the previous 2.75 laps) was just 62 seconds. A trained athletes ability to actually increase the pace when the rest of us are dying a death is mind blowing. The reality is that training is only a part of it, unless you're gifted with the right genetics then you'll never get even remotely close, especially for longer distances that are predominantly aerobic. The 400m and 800m are possibly the toughest distances to crack because it needs correct pacing, high aerobic capacity and the correct muscle fibre composition, not to mention a high pain threshold and mental toughness. They are brutal.
My PR's were similar to those PR's you mentioned (When I was 17). I ran the 800m much faster than 2:03, but I struggled heavily to run the 5k below 17 minutes (Only did it once). But you said that he can only hold Kipchoge's pace for 3 minutes and that's not entirely true. 4:34 is the mile pace, and if your lad ran 4:12 in the 1500m he can probably run the 1609 in 4:34. So just like myself when I ran, your lad can most certainly hold Kipchoge's pace for a whole mile.
@@baskeplaye009 Wow, a whole mile LOL. That's probably true actually, he ran 4:41 mile earlier in the year but he had a bad race, pretty sure he's capable of 4:30ish in the right race. Even so, after that mile Kipchoge will feel like he's on a steady jog. Amazing!
You words of kindness about that slower lady was actually quite moving. I'm no elite runner but always come in the top 10% at the Parkruns. But I'm always in awe when I see the disabled people having a go and the slower people making an effort to push themselves.
Well done to everyone all did amazing and for mark for putting the challenge on 👍
Me, listening to Mark tell us he's tall repeatedly, in previous videos: Yes, we get. You're tall. I got it the first time, no need to keep going on about it. Big deal.
Me at 2:15 of this video: Oh my god, Mark is really tall.
Me when Mark meets every participant in this video: God he's tall. So tall.
In conclusion, I would also mention how tall I am every hour of the day, if I was as tall as Mark. He's damned tall.
I do try to make it clear when relevant and everyone days yeah yeah we get it. Then meet me and say wow you’re big 😂
I now understand the reaction of the guy, at the end of your 100km, who said something like "The size of you mate!" Thought that was an odd reaction but now realise I'd say same thing if you appeared over a finish line in the dead of night. @@MarkLewisfitness
he's not really that tall is he?? He's under 2m, right?
@@davidconsumerofmath 198
@@davidconsumerofmath he's tall for the UK. Average for the Netherlands 😅 My brother (197cm) loves coming to NL and no-one looks at him funny!
Great video, I went on a 25 mile bike ride at the weekend and I was slower than kipchoge's marathon pace. 😂😂😂
for my college soccer prior to starting on the team we had to do this (a lap under a minute) and then we got a 1 minute break and then had to do a a mile and a half in something crazy like 15 minutes (which is VERY hard after you sprint like this!). Thank you for the content, sir! brought me back to the glory days.
A mile and a half in 15minitues isnt to hard but you're probably gassed because of the 400.
yeah that was my thought exactly!! ha ha only 4 guys made it the first time and I think that was the coach's point. Once you can do both, then you are "in shape" for season
@@mostsharksdontattendchurch3790
Enjoyed that great video.
"Have you done all your homework Alfie?" 🤣🤣🤣
Didn’t want him getting in trouble with his mum 😂
Next year, a bunch of kids who sprint 400m are going to be waiting there to clean your pockets if you do this again. If I had money on the line, I’d push the distance out to like 1500m, and see if people can just hold 3:00 min/km.
The fact that this pace is 5 seconds off the women’s 5k record and he is holding it for 26.2 miles is insane
Hilarious and entertaining, and educational to a degree! Love your videos, man!
PERFECT feedback 🙏
This is pretty amazing. I have always been blown away by that pace. However, I think that what this video shows that is more impressive is the WR for 400m. Since you are asking people to run 400m as fast as they can,
What's your sport?
PUB 🤣
Don't knock it! Competitive drinking takes one hell of a constitution! 💯
GREAT VIDEO !!! Do more like this.
Second to last race commentary was too funny!!! GG Kevin.
66 and 62 seconds is really fast! But how fast can Kipchoge run 400m? 55? 50? sub 50?
Probably sub 50 when he was younger. He ran 3:33 for 1500m which is around 56 average
Yep. I reckon around that.
Class! Do more similar challenges for sure! Particularly the Steve Redgrave challenge try that with those Gym Bros!
On it!
Great video, Mark
That was cool! Really enjoyed it
40 yers ago in HS we would run 440 yd sprint at around that time. But that was knowing we only had to do 440 yd. I can't imagine that pace for 26 miles.
Love this content
Might be time for a Mark Lewis track classic like Nick Symmonds does.
Put some field events in there as well. See how far people can put a shot compared to Ryan Crouser etc
Soon as I realised the premise of this video, I immediately thought of Nick Symmonds.
One of your best videos so far ❤. How about you & Jen do the Red Bull 400 challenge next year. Think it’s in Finland - lovely place to visit.
You’re very nice with your encouragement for the slow runners too 👏
good vid. drone footage a nice touch
It was that on Jen on the eScooter. 😂
Crazy how someone is jogging for 2 hours, how most fit people sprit for 2 minutes😂
Great episode!
Great video, thoroughly entertaining.