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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    The 2-Hour Marathon: Art or Science?

    Kenyan Dennis Kimetto holds the world record for running the fastest marathon. In 2014, he ran the Berlin marathon in 2 hours, 2 minutes and 57 seconds. The idea of doing it in less than two hours? Some people think it’s impossible or at least 10 years away. But not Yannis Pitsiladis.

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    By Madeleine Brand • May 13, 2016 • 1 min read

    Kenyan Dennis Kimetto holds the world record for running the fastest marathon. In 2014, he ran the Berlin marathon in 2 hours, 2 minutes and 57 seconds. The idea of doing it in less than two hours? Some people think it’s impossible or at least 10 years away. But not Yannis Pitsiladis. He’s a physiologist who works out of England, and he’s on a quest to find and prepare the person who can, through science, run a marathon under two hours by 2019.

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    5 of 5
    The View on Bathroom Rules from a Trans Teenager
    1. 0:31Transgender Youth and the Bathroom Bills
    2. 11:43The New Vision for Downtown’s Pershing Square
    3. 19:52UCLA’s Plan for a New Art Infrastructure
    4. 28:14Reviews of “Money Monster” and Two Indie Comedies
    5. 39:26The 2-Hour Marathon: Art or Science?You’re reading this
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