FILE PHOTO: Athletics - Diamond League - London Anniversary Games - The London Stadium, London, Britain - July 21, 2018 Former runner Paula Radcliffe before presenting Britain's Nicola Sanders, Marilyn Okoro, Kelly Sotherton and Christine Ohuruogu with their bronze medals for the women's 4x400m relay at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games REUTERS/David Klein
(Reuters) - Two remarkable marathon marks were breached in one spectacular weekend -- one had belonged to Paula Radcliffe while the other broke the mythical sub-two hour milestone -- and both were accomplished with the help of space age shoes.
On a pancake flat course in Vienna on Oct. 12, escorted by a rotation of 41 world class pacemakers, Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge stretched the limits of human endeavour by becoming the first person to run a marathon in under two hours.
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