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Hugh Jones: Think of it as an experiment
Updated On: 14 October, 2019 06:57 AM IST | Mumbai | Hugh Jones
Mumbai Marathon course measurer Hugh Jones, who was behind Eliud Kipchoge on Saturday, recalls how the two-hour barrier was broken
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Eliud Kipchoge
I was the course measurer for the race in Vienna (Austria) where Eliud Kipchoge ran a 1:59:40 marathon. My job was to see he did not step 'outside' the inner orange tram line at the turns, because that could have meant that he had not run the official marathon distance of 42,195m.
I was on a bicycle, following Eliud Kipchoge every step of the way. It was just before dawn when I reached the bridge from where the #NOHUMANISLIMITED islimited challenge was to begin and you could not feel the excitement initially. The pacers were there warming up. Then, Kipchoge arrived and you could see the crowds that would eventually line that course coming in. People were making their way in cabs up onto the bridge where the course started. Then came the lights slicing through the mist, the cameras and suddenly the mood changed, from one of calm to turbo-charged.
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