INEOS 1:59

Saturday morning, gentle snowfall as I go for a morning run while waiting for the INEOS 1:59 challenge to start in Vienna. For the first time of the year, I bring my head torch along. Lighting my way through the forest, I could not be more excited about the season that lies ahead.

An American pancake or two later, we are 26 minutes into the race, so far so good, right now the Ingebrigtsen brothers are pacing Kipchoge. The apparent ease in their strides is incredible, especially considering how superhumanly hard it is to run at this pace, even for a hundred meters.