Under two hours

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MARY REICHARD, HOST: A Kenyan runner laced up in London last weekend to make marathon history.

AUDIO: Nobody’s ever done this, they said it couldn’t be done!

Sebastian Sawe averaged just about 4 minutes and 33 seconds per mile for 26.2 of them.

AUDIO: An historic performance! 1:59.30! Absolutely incredible, I’ve never seen anything like that.

It marked the first time anyone has ever gone under 2 hours in a sanctioned full marathon.

Some say it was all about the shoes, a feat of engineering, so to speak, providing energy return and running economy, weighing no more than a deck of cards. 

But for Sawe, it was a matter of chasing down a dream.

SAWE: I've shown them everything is possible with the matter of time.

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