![]() Minimizing curves was crucial, since they require runners to exert more energy than sprinting straight. Ineos, the UK-based petrochemical company that sponsored Kipchoge's second attempt, selected Prater Park in Vienna because it offered a route that has a 2.7-mile straightaway with roundabouts on either end. Half a million people across 196 countries tuned into the live broadcast. Kipchoge said that's because he was more confident in his training: "What makes my mind to be more relaxed is the culmination of training for four or five months." Kipchoge, in white, and his pacers at the starting line of the Ineos 1:59 Challenge marathon in Vienna, Austria, October 12, 2019. ![]() ![]() Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.
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