{"id":241356,"date":"2026-05-01T19:04:41","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T19:04:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/01\/sabastian-sawe-breaks-2-hour-marathon-barrier-historic-run-diet-training-secrets\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T19:04:41","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T19:04:41","slug":"sabastian-sawe-breaks-2-hour-marathon-barrier-historic-run-diet-training-secrets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/01\/sabastian-sawe-breaks-2-hour-marathon-barrier-historic-run-diet-training-secrets\/","title":{"rendered":"Sabastian Sawe Breaks 2-Hour Marathon Barrier: Historic Run, Diet &#038; Training Secrets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"picture verticle\"><picture><!--[if IE 9]><video style=\"display: none;\"><![endif]--><source media=\"(min-width: 1600px)\" sizes=\"960px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/th-i.thgim.com\/public\/incoming\/frgz88\/article70929736.ece\/alternates\/LANDSCAPE_1200\/GettyImages-2272860137.jpg\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1599px)\" sizes=\"640px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/th-i.thgim.com\/public\/incoming\/frgz88\/article70929736.ece\/alternates\/LANDSCAPE_1200\/GettyImages-2272860137.jpg\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 321px) and (max-width: 767px)\" sizes=\"400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/th-i.thgim.com\/public\/incoming\/frgz88\/article70929736.ece\/alternates\/LANDSCAPE_660\/GettyImages-2272860137.jpg\"\/><source media=\"(max-width: 320px)\" sizes=\"320px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/th-i.thgim.com\/public\/incoming\/frgz88\/article70929736.ece\/alternates\/LANDSCAPE_320\/GettyImages-2272860137.jpg\"\/><!--[if IE 9]><\/video><![endif]--><\/picture><\/div>\n<p class=\"caption\"><b>Powering up:<\/b>\u00a0Sabastian Sawe completed the London Marathon with a negative split. The second half of his ceiling-breaking race was faster than the first.<br \/>\n                                          | Photo Credit: Getty Images\n                                      <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"content-body-70929740\">\n<div class=\"schemaDiv\" id=\"schemaDiv\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>What do you eat before running the fastest marathon in history? Sabastian Sawe chose a pre-race breakfast of two slices of bread with honey, washed down with a cup of tea \u2014 a modest meal, but one that experts say fuelled him with easily digestible, fast-acting carbohydrates and sugar, hydration and a caffeine boost.<\/p>\n<p>The 31-year-old Kenyan, who on Sunday became the first man to take less than two hours to run a marathon in race conditions, is assured of immortality. His feat is a first-ballot candidate for any sporting hall of fame; his breakfast has a strong case for entering the culinary wing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"update-publish-time article-published-time-end\">\n<p class=\"publish-time-new\"> Published <span>&#8211; May 02, 2026 12:34 am IST<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sport\/athletics\/sabastian-sawe-sub-2-hour-marathon-london-record\/article70929740.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Powering up:\u00a0Sabastian Sawe completed the London Marathon with a negative split. The second half of his ceiling-breaking race was faster than the first. | Photo Credit: Getty Images What do you eat before running the fastest marathon in history? Sabastian Sawe chose a pre-race breakfast of two slices of bread with honey, washed down with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":241357,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6802],"tags":[22663,72514,42712,72517,72513,72516,72515,72519,72520,72511,72512,72521,72518],"class_list":{"0":"post-241356","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-athetics","8":"tag-eliud-kipchoge","9":"tag-fastest-marathon-ever","10":"tag-kelvin-kiptum","11":"tag-kenyan-runners","12":"tag-london-marathon-record","13":"tag-marathon-nutrition","14":"tag-marathon-training","15":"tag-marathon-world-record","16":"tag-running-performance","17":"tag-sabastian-sawe","18":"tag-sub-2-hour-marathon","19":"tag-super-shoes-technology","20":"tag-yomif-kejelcha"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=241356"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241356\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/241357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=241356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=241356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=241356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}