Geb's Official Splits in Berlin

thanks

35- 40km into a stiff headwind. Explains a lot.

Yeah, thanks for the info.

The good news here is that Geb seems to be genuinely getting to understand this distance. If he's got a couple more good efforts still left in him and can get ideal conditions, he still could go under 2:05.

Two interesting splits:

15k to 25k he ran 29:29

25k to 35k he ran 29:18

He lost it in the last 7k.

Glenn Latimer wrote:

He lost it in the last 7k.

No shit - 70 degrees and into a strong headwind.

Considering that it was 70 degrees and a strong headwind.....this is an absolutely amazing race. Unbelievable. Geb was probably in world record shape.

a solo 2:05:56. yeah, id say he understands the distance.

Probably the best marathon ever run. Geb hits one out of the ball park.

Gebrselassie

2:05:56 09-24-06 Ber 60 72 10 18 E SE

Tergat

2:04:55 09-28-03 Ber 50 55 2.3 4.6 ENE

Khannouchi

2:07:10 10-19-97 Chi 40 51 4.6 8.1 SSW

2:07:19 10-11-98 Chi 50 60 3.5 9 SE S

2:05:42 10-24-99 Chi 32 39 4.6 4.6 WNW

2:07:01 10-22-00 Chi 48 51 3.9 5.8 E S

2:05:38 04-14-02 Lon 45 50 2.3 2.3 SW

2:05:56 10-13-02 Chi 40 43 10 14 NW

Solo? How long did the rabbits stay? 25k? 30k?

Alan

Glenn Latimer wrote:

Geb's Official Splits in Berlin 9/24/06

Haile Gebrselassie

Overall: 1

5 km: 00:14:44

10 km: 00:29:55 / 0:15:11

15 km: 00:44:51 / 0:14:56

20 km: 00:59:30 / 0:14:39

25 km: 01:14:19 / 0:14:50

30 km: 01:29:06 / 0:14:47

35 km: 01:43:37 / 0:14:32

40 km: 01:58:57 / 0:15:21

02:05:56

Time per km: 02:59

First half:

01:02:46

Second half:

01:03:09

Glenn,

would you please post Tergat's official WR split if you have it.

I thought Haile did an awesome job under the circumstances. He is phenomenal.

Here you go, and also Khannouchi's former WR

Paul Tergat's Unofficial Splits

Average Per Kilo

2:57.6

Average Per Mile

4:45.9

5K Splits

5K 15:01

10K 29:58 [14:57]

15K 44:46 [14:48]

20K 59:45 [14:59]

Half-Marathon 1:03:04

25K 1:14:43 [14:58]

30K 1:29:25 [14:42]

35K 1:44:00 [14:35]

40K 1:58:38 [14:38]

finish 6:17

average per 5K= 14:49.8

10K Splits

10K 29:58

20K 59:45 [29:47]

30K 1:29:25 [29:40]

40K 1:58:38 [29:13]

finish 6:17

average per 10K= 29:39.5

The race's 2 halves

63:04/61:51

average= 62:27.5

Khalid Khannouchi 2002 WR Splits

The previous men's marathon record of 2:05:38 was set by American Khalid Khannouchi in the '02 London race. What kind of pace did he use for the 26.219M/42.195km?

Average per kilo

2:58.7

Average per mile

4:47.5

Mile splits

1M 4:47

2M 9:34 [4:47]

3M 14:13 [4:39]

4M 19:00 [4:47]

5M 23:45 [4:45]

6M 28:36 [4:51]

7M 33:23 [4:47]

8M 38:10 [4:47]

9M 43:00 [4:50]

10M 47:51 [4:51]

11M 52:40 [4:49]

12M 57:26 [4:46]

13M 1:02:15 [4:49]

14M 1:07:00 [4:45]

15M 1:11:39 [4:39]

16M 1:16:22 [4:43]

17M 1:21:07 [4:45]

18M 1:25:55 [4:48]

19M 1:30:42 [4:47]

20M 1:35:26 [4:44]

21M 1:40:20 [4:54]

22M 1:45:12 [4:52]

23M 1:50:04 [4:52]

24M 1:54:57 [4:53]

25M 1:59:52 [4:55]

26M ?

26.219 2:05:38

Khannouchi ran from 25M to finish in 5:46, or 4:44 pace.

5K splits

5K 14:44

10K 29:37 [14:53]

15K 44:35 [14:58]

20K 59:33 [14:58]

25K 1:14:10 [14:37]

30K 1:29:01 [14:51]

35K 1:43:58 [14:57]

40K 1:59:11 [15:13]

finish 6:27

average per 5K=14:53.2

10K splits

10K 29:37

20K 59:33 [29:56]

30K 1:29:01 [29:28]

40K 1:59:11 [30:10]

finish 6:27

average per 10K=29:46.5

The race's two halves

62:47/62:51

average=62:49

London Marathon 14 April, 2002 2:05:38 WR -- Leader Splits

Khalid Khannouchi ran 2-4 seconds off the pace for the first half,

1-2 seconds through 18, and at the front to the finish.

Copyright© 2003, Track & Field News

Are the last two readings in each line (10 /18) the low and high windspeeds?

dnixon wrote:

Are the last two readings in each line (10 /18) the low and high windspeeds?

Temp Start/Temp Finish ...Wind Start/Wind Finish

He is the man!

what the hell do those numbers mean? why not put some labels on the data. maybe it actually supports what you are trying to say.

Thanks Glenn. Haile might break this record in the next two years.

I believe malmo is posting relative humidity and then temps, and then both wind speed and direction.

I disagree that this was the best marathon ever run, given the wide variation in the splits, even accounting for the big drop at the end due to the poor conditions.

To review: 1:02:30 was the goal for half (14:48 5k pace)

_5 km: 00:14:44 / 0:14:44 (O.K. exactly goal pace)

10 km: 00:29:55 / 0:15:11 (What's up with this?)

15 km: 00:44:51 / 0:14:56 (O.K., a bit slow)

20 km: 00:59:30 / 0:14:39 (a bit too fast)

25 km: 01:14:19 / 0:14:50

30 km: 01:29:06 / 0:14:47

35 km: 01:43:37 / 0:14:32 (went too soon)

40 km: 01:58:57 / 0:15:21 (victim of the conditions)

Finish 02:05:56 / 0:15:48 (pace) DIED!

The 2nd 5k really threw a wrench in the plans, and represented the 16 seconds lost at the half, which they hit in 1:02:46. For some reason, at 30k Geb seems to have paniced, and really over did it. (14:32!?)

Certainly, better pacing before 35k would have gotten Geb there in better condition to attack the last 7.2K.

Again, Geb is the victim of bad pacing (and bad rabbits) as well as the conditions.

I have no doubt Geb is probably the most talented runner ever to tackle the marathon, and he should put up the best time ever, but his execution is still not perfect.

MarathonMind wrote:

I believe malmo is posting relative humidity and then temps, and then both wind speed and direction.

MarathonMind, Malmo posted what the numbers are. "Temp Start/Temp Finish ...Wind Start/Wind Finish". Read next time before you post.

If you paid attention to the race and the course map at all you wouldn't have made such an ill-informed post.

There has never been a fast marathon run in conditionds as bad as Berlin yesterday. The finish temperature was over 70 degrees! There was also a strong wind that started as a steady 10mph and ended up a strong and steady 18mph (see malmo's post above) , the last 11k (actually 29k to 40k) in the runners faces.

10 km: 00:29:55 / 0:15:11 (What's up with this?) HEADWIND IDIOT

15 km: 00:44:51 / 0:14:56 (O.K., a bit slow) QUARTERING HEADWINDS IDIOT

20 km: 00:59:30 / 0:14:39 (a bit too fast) TAILWIND IDIOT

Yes, I know it was windy, and yes I later read malmo's legend after my post.

The wind direction from 30 to 35 k was the same as from 35 to 40.

SO, no that doesn't explain it entirely.

http://www.scc-events.com/_domains/www.scc-events.com/events/berlin_marathon/img/strecke2006_gross.jpg

Looks like Geb was fighting the wind from 30 to 35.