[m348e912]

I have no evidence of this at all. I did thing it was interesting the demeanor of Sebastian Sawe and second place finisher Yomif Kejelcha, both of whom finished under 2 hours.

If you watch Kelvin Kiptum break the world record at the 2023 Chicago Marathon and Eluid Kipchoge break the world record in the 2022 Berlin Marathon, you see the joy and exasperation of their achievement.

That joy was missing in the winners of the London marathon. It's not evidence, but it's an interesting data point. Another data point: Not only did the first two finishers break two hours, the third place finisher, Jacob Kiplimo, broke the world record.

[sireat]

People do have different emotional response to big achievements.

Still this seemingly detached "matter of a business" look by the winners was intriguing.

They are all high level athletes not Rosie Ruiz, but hopefully this record is clean.

[aucisson_masque]

Interesting, I got the exact same feeling when I went to watch tour de France in mont ventoux.

One of the hardest place to climb and that was after hours of cycling, and weeks of racing.

Despite that, pogacar and his main competitor they looked so fresh. Like when you go do a country stroll. The others looked exhausted, some having saliva dipping of their mouth, but these 2 and maybe a few others had absolutely no sign of being tired.

He would later win the race, the tour de France, and many have serious doubt on him.

He regularly explodes climbing record held during EPO area by confirmed cheaters.

Personally that day I got confirmation that something ain't right.