should when breaking records be under the same conditions and the reason behind them be as important as the record themselves.
I give you two examples taken from an article like the sub two marathon ..
two of the year’s records in particular stood out as once-in-a-generation human achievements that set new benchmarks for previously perceived limitations on endurance. One of which, of course was Eliud Kipchoge running an incredible 1:59:40 marathon back in October, shattering the long-held belief that the mythical “sub-two” was simply not humanly possible. Granted, Kipchoge’s time can’t be officially counted as a world record as it was run on a special closed street course in Vienna, Austria, and not as a formal marathon event, plus it was achieved with the help of an experimental Nike shoe and a rotating team of Olympians running in formation around Kipchoge to keep him on pace and shield him from the wind.
to me it seems wrong as the condition was different and he was being given an unfair advantage to get that score and even with these un-fair conditions it only got them 20 seconds ..but lets see how nike will twist it to make it pay them loads so was it done for anything more then greed and self promoting ..their is nothing for the greater good .
now on to one that truly disgusted me.
Just a few short weeks later in the same month of October, another incredible long-standing endurance record fell – perhaps lesser-known, but a mammoth in the global mountaineering community and no less of a remarkable achievement. This one would be broken by Nirmal “Nims” Purja, a Nepalese mountaineer who summited all 14 of the world’s “Death Zone” mountains above 8,000 meters (26,246 feet) in just six months, shattering the previous record of eight years. On his wrist for each of those fourteen summits, a white-dialed variant of the Bremont S300 Supermarine dive watch, but we’ll get into that in a moment.
now why was this done and for what reason i can only think of one they are trying to get the old smiths / rolex fame I think this act is the worse one i have seen or is it just me ...
these triumph of men and women pushing themselves to the limit seem cheapen when they are now being turn in to just marketing ploys and it takes it away from something good and wholesome in to the realms of seediness .
or is that just my view of the world ?