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Reflecting on Eliud Kipchoge’s Marathon World Record: An Update to Our Model of Cooperative Drafting and Its Potential for a Sub-2-Hour Performance

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  1. Locomotion Lab, Department of Integrative Physiology, University of Colorado, Boulder, 354 UCB, Boulder, CO, 80309-0354, USA

    Wouter Hoogkamer

  2. Stryd, Inc., 2450 Central Ave, STE G, Boulder, CO, 80301, USA

    Kristine L. Snyder

  3. Department of Health and Human Performance, University of Houston, 3875 Holman St, Houston, TX, 77204-6015, USA

    Christopher J. Arellano

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Hoogkamer, W., Snyder, K.L. & Arellano, C.J. Reflecting on Eliud Kipchoge’s Marathon World Record: An Update to Our Model of Cooperative Drafting and Its Potential for a Sub-2-Hour Performance. Sports Med 49, 167–170 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40279-019-01056-2

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