Kuala Lampur, April 29 -- 2026 seems to be the year of running sensations. 

First, Australian teenager Gout Gout smashes 100m and 200m records, inviting comparisons with Usain Bolt. Then last month Ugandan Jacob Kiplimo broke the world half-marathon record. 

And last Sunday? Kenya's Sebastian Sawe showed the world it's humanly possible to run a marathon (42km) in under two hours.

The London Marathon was Sawe's fourth full marathon, and he won all four. But this last one was special.

Sawe ran a literally world-beating 1:59:30 at the London Marathon last week, being the first man to complete a sub two-hour marathon under race conditions (see note 1). 

The breath-taking fun fact is that Ethiopia's Yomif Kejelcha also brok...