Watch Eliud Kipchoge attempt to make history and break the two-hour barrier for the marathon in Vienna

If Eliud Kipchoge goes one second per mile faster than during his Breaking2 run in Monza in 2017, we will see a sub-two-hour marathon in Vienna this weekend.

The date of the Kenyan marathon star’s INEOS 1:59 Challenge has been confirmed as Saturday October 12, with organisers saying conditions “are looking optimal” for race day.

The exact start time is set to be confirmed the day before and fans will be able to witness live Kipchoge’s attempt at making more history via the AW website as we will host a live stream of the action, provided by the INEOS 1:59 YouTube channel.

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Olympic champion Kipchoge came close to breaking the barrier when he ran 2:00:25 for 26.2 miles at Nike’s specially-created event two years ago and since that time trial in Italy he has gone on to break the official marathon world record with his time of 2:01:39 in Berlin in 2018.

In Vienna he will use many of the same techniques as in his Monza run – such as a constant phalanx of world-class pacemakers, including the Ingebrigtsen brothers and Bernard Lagat, and carbon fibre shoes – plus maybe one or two new innovations.

The attempt is to be held on a multi-lap, 9.6km course centred on Hauptallee – a long, straight and tree-lined avenue which runs through the heart of The Prater, a large public park in the Austrian capital.

Each lap will involve Kipchoge running two 4.3km out-and-back stretches, with the turning points coming at the Lusthaus and Praterstern roundabouts at either end of the Hauptallee avenue.

Read more in a blog post by AW editor Jason Henderson here.