2026-07-11
27 分钟Hey guys, Mark here.
I wanted to drop into the feed today to let you know about another FT podcast, Tectonic.
With the World Cup and Wimbledon underway, they have a new series about tech and sports.
The series looks at super shoes, video refereeing, UFC training, and the steroid Olympics.
A bunch of stuff basically asking, are these advances in technology leaving the world of sports better off?
Here's the first episode, and you can subscribe to Tectonic if you want to hear more.
Enjoy.
For years, two hours was the number that haunted marathon runners.
Not a record, but a wall.
Runners trained their entire careers to crack it.
And every time, it held.
Until one day this year, when it didn't.
So, it's May 2026, the day of the London Marathon.
Roads are shut, crowds run 10 deep, nearly 750,000 people line 26 miles of tarmac in the city.
Waving signs, screaming at strangers clad in lycra.
And among them are two Germans looking at their phones.
We were watching as more or less spectators alongside the track.
Mainly, though, they were watching the numbers come in.
Always with, like, one eye on the phone in terms of, like, where do we look like from a timing perspective.
All huddled around one mobile phone.