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Sawe Breaks Two-Hour Barrier in London Marathon, Adidas Shoes Aid

5/3/2026

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Sawe Breaks Two-Hour

Sabastian Sawe of Kenya finished the London Marathon in 1:59:30, the first sub-two-hour time in an official race.
Sawe, Yomif Kejelcha and Tigist Assefa wore Adidas Adizero Adios Pro Evo 3 shoes, the first sub-100-gram super-shoes priced at $500 (£450).
World Athletics president Lord Sebastian Coe said shoes help but mindset, training and federation programmes matter most, noting Adidas pledged $50,000 for extra testing amid doping concerns.

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Sawe Fuels Marathon

Maurten’s head of sports tech, Josh Rowe, spent 32 days with Sawe’s Kenyan team to fine-tune the marathon fueling strategy.
Sawe ate two honey-topped bread slices with tea before the race and consumed about 115 g of carbohydrates per hour via drink mixes and gels every 5 km.
Rowe advises four-to-ten-week gut-training during marathon-pace workouts and provides a free tool for runners to create personalized fueling schedules by time or mile marker.

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Sawe Breaks Two-Hour

Sabastian Sawe of Kenya finished the London Marathon in 1:59:30, the first sub-two-hour time in an official race.
Sawe, Yomif Kejelcha and Tigist Assefa wore Adidas Adizero Adios Pro Evo 3 shoes, the first sub-100-gram super-shoes priced at $500 (£450).
World Athletics president Lord Sebastian Coe said shoes help but mindset, training and federation programmes matter most, noting Adidas pledged $50,000 for extra testing amid doping concerns.

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