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Quote:The INEOS 1:59 Challenge was not a race by any strict definition:
It was simply Kipchoge, joined by a rotating phalanx of pacesetters, rocketing along the pavement against the clock.
The planning that went into the event was a fantasy of perfectionism.
The organizers scouted out a six-mile circuit along the Danube River that was flat, straight, and close to sea level.
Parts of the road were marked with the fastest possible route, and a car guided the runners by projecting its own disco-like laser in front of them to show the correct pace.
The pacesetters, a murderers’ row of Olympians and other distance stars, ran seven-at-a-time in a wind-blocking formation devised by an expert of aerodynamics.
(Imagine the Mighty Ducks’ “flying V,” but reversed.)
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