Whatever the limits and travails we face, many of us want to run faster. This is the very marrow being runners. Sebastian Sawe of Kenya has just become the first human to run a marathon in under two hours six months ago.
Any ambitious runner will tell you – I'm one – that years after the end of school sports day, it isn't the youngest runners who are still obsessed with their pacing, it's the most bullheaded. I'm one of those, too.
I recently heard about the story of Annemari Sandell, a Finnish long-distance runner who spent six weeks training in the Rift Valley of Kenya before winning the world cross-country championships. Next, I read about Adharanand Finn, a British journalist who moved with his family to Kenya, running side by side with Olympic champions, giving up burgers and pizzas, switching to Kenyan staple dish known as ugali. He even woke up at five to do hill workouts with the Kenyans. Considering the altitude and thick jungle air, it's a commendable effort.
And at the end of it all, Adharanand Finn conquered the marathon in 2 hours 51 minutes to fulfil his sub-3-hour dream.
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