New Breakthrough in Marathon

In 1991 M. Joyner wrote a paper modeling the optimal marathon performance on the basis of physiological factors and predicted a time of 1:57:58 under limit conditions.

Yesterday Eliud Kipchoge ran a marathon in 1:59:40, breaking the 2h barrier!

Here is the paper:

https://fermatslibrary.com/s/modeling-optimal-marathon-performance-on-the-basis-of-physiological-factors