On the weekend of 31 August - 1 September, the INEOS 1:59 Challenge team conducted a series of successful tests on the course in the Prater, Vienna.

The team tested elements such as the race management operations, athlete facilities, pacing plans, broadcast plans and timing systems. The aim was to ensure nothing is left to chance in the bid to give Eliud Kipchoge the best possible opportunity to make history next month.

Several pacemakers who will be pacing Kipchoge in the INEOS 1:59 Challenge were in attendance in Vienna, including the likes of 1500m and 5000m champion and Olympic medallist Bernard Lagat (USA), Melbourne Track Club stars Jack Rayner (AUS) and Brett Robinson (AUS) and 5000m Commonwealth Games champion Augustine Choge (KEN).

Kipchoge himself remained at his training camp in Kaptagat, Kenya where his build-up programme to October is meticulously scheduled as he aims to show the world that no human is limited and break the historical barrier of the sub-two-hour marathon.