ASICS wanted fans to ‘truly experience a champion marathoner’s 26.2 mile pace’ at the 2011 ING New York City Marathon. A wall was built and challenged runners to a 60 foot race against Olympic Marathoner Ryan Hall. Hall has a mile pace of 4:46 and ran this years 26.2 mile Boston marathon in just under 2 hours and 5 minutes which is an average speed of 12.5 mph.