While the official marathon was cancelled, the organizers of the BMW Berlin Marathon and the developers of running.COACH / 2PEAK / viRACE went through ideas and together created a unique experience: a challenge against the Marathon World Record time of 2:01:39 hours. With it, another major event with a total of about 60’000 runners*, wheelchair users*, inline skaters* and handbikers* was in danger of not happening at all. Beginnings of the 2:01:39 Challenge?Ĭorona caused practically all major running events to be cancelled in 2020, including the renowned Berlin Marathon. For him, Eliud Kipchoge is probably one of the best examples of the infinity of human willpower. He uses running for thinking, exhausting or mental experiments. Everyone can participate free of charge, just download the 20139 Challenge App and off you go!Īuthor: Jan Hochuli, running.COACH employee, studies sports science and is the game and ball sportsman in the team. On September 26 and 27, 2020, we would therefore like to invite all athletes* in running shoes, on inline skates, in a wheelchair or on a handbike to cover as many kilometers as possible in 2:01:39 hours and become part of the #berlin42united community. Instead of this year’s Berlin Marathon, an unprecedented challenge is taking place – a race against the record time of the greatest marathon runner of all time, Eliud Kipchoge.

While virtually all events are postponed to 2021, for some things this is exactly the right time! Are you ready for a very special challenge that connects people from all over the world?

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