Bread and honey for breakfast and 150 miles a week training: secrets of Sawe’s world record

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  • Kenyan first man to run sub-two hour marathon

  • ‘I have shown that nothing is not possible’

Sabastian Sawe’s https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/apr/26/sabastian-sawe-breaks-two-hour-barrier-london-marathon-world-record">astonishing world marathon record of one hour 59 mins and 30 seconds at Sunday’s London Marathon was fuelled by running 150 miles a week, wearing the lightest super shoes in history and a pre-race breakfast of bread and honey, the Kenyan and his team have revealed.

With an estimated 800,000 watching in the capital, the 31-year-old became the first man to run a sub-two hour marathon in an official race as he powered home in the second half of the race to shatter the world record.

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