Ruth Chepngetich's marathon world record - stats and shoes behind Chicago time
Ruth Chepngetich?s performance at the Chicago Marathon on Sunday shredded record books and reset expectations on what might be possible over 26.2 miles.
The Kenyan clocked two hours nine minutes 57 seconds, taking nearly two minutes off Ethiopian Tigst Assefa's world record.
But the detail below the headline time was just as jaw-dropping.
Chepngetich came through the halfway mark in 1:04:16, which would have been the fifth-fastest women?s half-marathon time in history.
The 1:05:41 she ran for the second half of the race would have been 36th on the all-time list.
In total, her marathon was the equivalent of running more than eight and a half Parkruns, clocking 15mins 24secs for each.
Only 10 competitors in the men?s race in Chicago managed to beat 30-year-old Chepngetich?s time.
Indeed, on World Athletics scoring tables which are designed to benchmark performances across disciplines and between genders, her performance was ranked equivalent to a 1:59:37 men?s marathon.
In reality, the men?s world record is almost a minute slower.
The result lopped a massive 4mins 22secs off Chepngetich?s previous best ? a victory in the same race in 2022.
