– Eliud Kipchoge talking after winning a thrilling 2017 BMW Berlin Marathon during which he had to rally from behind in the final 5k as Ethiopia’s Guye Adola took the lead late in his debut.
LRC Final Eliud Kipchoge (2:03:32) Holds Off Debutant Guye Adola (2:03:46) To Win 2017 Berlin Marathon As World Record Attempt Fizzles The great Eliud Kipchoge rallied in the final 5k to restore order and prevent one of the biggest upsets in marathon history. American Ryan Vail had a nice run to grab 8th.
*Eliud Kipchoge Says He Knew At 5k A WR Was “Not Possible” Due To Wet Conditions
LRC 6 Quick Thoughts About The Fantastic Men’s Race At 2017 BMW Berlin Marathon This piece is for those of you that were up at 3:15 am ET to watch it.
The World Reacts To Kipchoge’s Win
Berlin Mania On The MBoard
Pre-Race Mesageboard Talk
Full Berlin Coverage on 2017 Berlin Marathon Page
RRW Ryan Vail – America’s Lone Elite Men’s Entry – Is Hoping For A PR At 2017 BMW Berlin Marathon Vail, who has been running as much as 130 miles per week on just six days of running, has been battling the injury bug of late as he hasn’t finished a marathon since November of 2014.
LRC The Craziest Guy In Berlin? Japan’s Yuta Shitara Ran 60:17 For A Half LAST Weekend And Likely Will Go Out With Leaders He’s got a 2:09 PR. We’re not sure how to say cojones in Japanese.
LRC Kenya’s Gladys Cherono Wins Her Second Berlin Marathon In 2:20:23 There were a ton of PRs in this one as the opening pace was hot (69:40).
LRC 2017 Coast-To-Coast Battle In Beantown: #27 Illinois Goes 1-2 But #3 Syracuse Men Roll As #7 Providence Women Hold Off #18 Indiana & #25 Georgetown The Orange (35 points) went 3-4-5 and cruised past the Illini (56 points) but the Friars (71 points) had to work for it despite going 4-5-6 as the Hoosiers and Hoyas were each just 7 points behind. Illinois’ Jesse Reiser (24:13) and New Hampshire’s Elle Purrier (16:49) were your individual champions. Might Illinois win its 1st Big 10 title since 1984?
*Interview With Illinois Stars Reiser And Davis
The Week That Was is in fine form this week as we talk about Galen Rupp's half in Philly, Jordan Hasay's slowdown in Philly, sub-4 mania in Alaska, races with interesting prize money structures and of course the twosuper-fast half marathons in Europe.
Bizarre: MB:Woman jogger dubbed ‘The Mad Pooper’ wanted by police for defecating outside a family’s home
LRC Classics #1 A Look Back At A Race For The Ages: Eliud Kipchoge Takes Down Kenenisa Bekele & El Guerrouj At The 2003 World Championships In 5,000 14 years ago, three of the greatest distance runners of all-time squared off at 5,000m and hardly anyone realized it.
LRC History Lesson A Look Back At The Men’s Marathon World Records Set In Berlin The last six world records in the men’s marathon (and 7 of the last 9) have all been set in Berlin. We take a look back at those historic races.
RRW Get the Inside Scoop On The Pacemaking That Might Make A World Record Possible At Sunday’s BMW Berlin Marathon Nike’s Sub-2 event taught us pacemaking is CRITICAL to running fast. There is some big pre-race drama as Bekele and Kipchoge won’t agree on what pace should be the goal.
*Kipchoge Wants To Go Out In 60:45
*Bekele Says “60:45 has no place in my plans. I shall follow the lead if I can.”
*Kipsang Prefers 61:00-61:10
LRC Kenenisa Bekele, Eliud Kipchoge And Wilson Kipsang Talk Big Before 2017 BMW Berlin Marathon (videos + transcript) Bekele has “complete confidence” he can compete with any athlete, Kipsang says his fitness is “far much better” than last year and wonders if Kipchoge has recovered from Breaking2, and Eliud Kipchoge says he’s “really, really looking forward” to Sunday but refused to talk about Bekele or Kipsang.
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