The #1 Running Scientist Who Helped Eliud Kipchoge Break 2 Hours In The Marathon Shares What Actually Makes Runners Faster — And What Most Are Getting Wrong

A sub-2-hour marathon was supposed to be impossible. Then Dr. Brad Wilkins built the mathematical model that proved it wasn't, and Nike handed him the keys to make it happen. In 2017, Kipchoge ran at Breaking2—25 seconds short. Close enough to prove the science was right. Two years later, the happened in Vienna. The blueprint Wilkins built made that possible. Now he's back in a university lab asking an even bigger qu