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Unreliable Witness | Storycast

StoryCast '21: EP3/21 Marathon Man

Unreliable Witness | Storycast

Sky News

True Crime, News, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.3728 Ratings

🗓️ 31 May 2021

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

In Vienna, on October 12, 2019, Kenyan distance runner and decorated Olympian, Eliud Kipchoge, set out to become the first person to run a marathon in under two hours — a challenge deemed impossible by many experts in the world of science.

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StoryCast'21: Using the timeframe of the last 21-years, Sky News returns to some of this century's biggest news stories, using the focus of extraordinary personal stories, defined by these events.

Marathon Man was written and produced by Rob Mulhern
Research and digital treatment by Tom Gillespie
Special thanks to our contributors, Eluid Kipchoge, Valentijn Trouw, Endy Brady and Ineos
Archive, Simon Windsor
Recordings and sound design, Rob Mulhern
TV treatment, Victoria Hudson-Grant
TV output editor, Emily Deeker
Head of Radio, Sky News, Dave Terris
Design and graphics, Brian Gillingham
Social media, Chris Scott
Press and Marketing, Alexandra Horton
Email: [email protected]
For more on this story visit www.skynews/storycast21
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0:00.0

Donald Trump is heading back to the White House.

0:03.1

Together we can truly make America great again.

0:06.7

We are in for an unpredictable but fascinating four years.

0:10.3

And we're going to be following every twist and turn for the first 100 days.

0:15.0

We'll be bringing you the latest updates and analysis first thing every morning.

0:19.5

So join me, James Mackey.

0:21.3

Me, Martha Calnett.

0:22.3

And me, Mark Stone, for Trump 100 every weekday at 6am, wherever you get your podcast.

0:32.6

Welcome back to episode three of Storycast 21.

0:36.9

I'm Jane Secker. Millions of people run marathons every year,

0:41.3

attempting to complete the 26.2 miles or 42 kilometres in as fast a time as possible. But in

0:48.0

Vienna, in 2019, Elliot Kipchogi set out to become the first person ever to run the distance in under two hours.

0:57.4

An undertaking rated as difficult as Roger Bannister's attempts to break the four-minute mile.

1:04.0

This is Marathon Man.

1:09.1

I'm Enda Brady. I'm a Sky News correspondent, and in my spare time I'm an amateur marathon runner.

1:15.6

In August of 2018, we went to Kenya, my training partner and I for a new race.

1:24.6

It was a series of marathons, five cross-country marathons in five days.

1:30.7

And on the morning of the fifth marathon, when everyone's pretty broken up and just wants to get it done and punch it out,

1:38.6

the organiser had said, everyone that gets to the finishing line today, right by Al Petya north of Nairobi the capital,

1:48.6

the incentive is Elliot Kipchoga is coming down to present the medals.

1:52.8

It's about 300 metres from the gates to the finish line.

1:56.6

Elliot Kipchoga.

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