Some call it a rigged race, some call it Nike’s stunt to sell more shoes but nevertheless what we got to witness last night is a well coordinated science experiment to aid a runner to run fast. In my opinion it was to push the human limit, but to aid it with right parameters to see how many more seconds can we push the limit of marathon time. Nike Breaking2 team missed the mark by 25 seconds. But we also got to see them breaking the world record (not officially as this race wasn’t accounted for world record) – by 2min 32 seconds. Did they miss it? I don’t think so. What they set out to do, in aiming for the stars they did land on the moon for sure! How realistic is this time? Will these runners run the same time in another race? That is highly questionable. It wasn’t…
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