'If things continue to progress in the same way, I see the marathon being run in 1:45'

Haile Gebrselassie knows a thing or two about chasing world records and breaking them. His road running career saw him become the first runner to go under 2:04 for the marathon when he ran 2:03:59 in Berlin in 2008. To run so fast, for so long, has astounded scientists but the modern athlete is aided not just by better training methods but also by the advancements in shoe technology. If things continue to progress in the same way, I see the marathon being run in 1:45—also because of the food they eat, the nutrition, the training, the technology of the shoe companies, the laboratory thinking. And, of course, if you jump into the marathon and say you are running in Berlin or in America or even here, sometimes you start to think about home.