1:59: The Sub-Two-Hour Marathon Is Within Reach-Here's How It Will Go Down, and What It Can Teach All Runners about Training and

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What will it take to run a marathon in less than two hours? Who will become marathon running's Roger Bannister and smash this elusive record? How will this runner achieve the historical feat that will make headlines everywhere? Will it be a Kenyan, an Ethiopian, an American, or a marathoner from another country? And how soon will it happen? 1:59 examines what it will take for a runner to go sub-two hours.

Dr. Philip Maffetone has worked with endurance athletes for more than thirty-five years. He is the author of eighteen books on health and fitness, including The Big Book of Endurance Training and Racing, and the popular textbook Complementary Sports Medicine. Some of his patients have included running guru Dr. George Sheehan, famed New Zealand coach Arthur Lydiard, marathon great Grete Waitz, and six-time Hawaii Ironman world champion Mark Allen.

"Phil predicts that soon, probably within the next few years, someone will break the two-hour barrier for running a marathon. The person who does it first may become as famous as Roger Banister became for breaking the four-minute mile barrier when he was a student at Oxford University. Personally, I admire Roger more for becoming a brilliant physician. That's another story, but speaking of fellow multi-talented physicians who change the world's thinking, Phil Maffetone is one of these." D. Casey Kerrigan, MD, former tenured professor at University of Virginia (sports medicine and aerospace engineering), and co-founder of Oesh Shoes "Phil predicts that soon, probably within the next few years, someone will break the two-hour barrier for running a marathon. The person who does it first may become as famous as Roger Banister became for breaking the four-minute mile barrier when he was a student at Oxford University. Personally, I admire Roger more for becoming a brilliant physician. That's another story, but speaking of fellow multi-talented physicians who change the world's thinking, Phil Maffetone is one of these." D. Casey Kerrigan, MD, former tenured professor at University of Virginia (sports medicine and aerospace engineering), and co-founder of Oesh Shoes