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Results are in. http://www.fukuoka-marathon.com/results/index.php?lang=en&search_by=1&taikai_nth=66 This isn't Trafeh's first marathon started, but I believe it's the first he finished. Solid debut for Ryan Vail after "missing" NYC and pushing everything back a month, 2:11:45, just 4 seconds behind Trafeh. Trafeh went out much more aggressively, running with the leaders (63:45) and fading. Vail was more conservative, running fairly even splits. |
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Other Americans I see in the results: Tim Nelson 2:14:09. Not much better than his 2:15 debut at NYC last year, which wasn't good for him. However, he actually ran at that conservative pace the whole way, starting waaay back in 15:45 for 5k. He just passed Scott Overall at the end. Looks like Ryan Bak started with him too, but faded to 2:18. No Kenyan finishers in the field, surprisingly. Haile Geb dropped out with upper leg cramps. He says he wants to stay in shape and find another marathon to run. |
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Sadly, this has become a pattern for Haile. |
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Vail's splits look great compared to others 15:30 15:35 15:23 15:30 15:25 15:39 15:45 16:00 6:58 |
| willy k |
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PS (glad someone else is online at this time) - around 32k must have been a popular time to drop out, because in addition to Haile, I do count about 4 Kenyan starters and Canadian Simon Bairu, who all dropped out around there. A little surprising for Bairu, as he went out at Nelson's conservative pace. Not a good day for Schumacher's group. Vail did have good splits, that's one of the smarter debuts I've seen in recent years. Nelson / Bairu / Trafeh / that guy in the Olympic Trials whose name I can't remember / many other (North) Americans who have debuted in the last couple years have crashed. |
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Vail's splits look great compared to others 15:30 15:35 15:23 15:30 15:25 15:39 15:45 16:00 6:58 |
| gt1258 |
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Vail ran 2:12 at the trials, this was not his debute (not knocking him at all just clarrifying posts). |
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Especially since the winner and the 14th-placer were both from Kenya. |
| mcmuffins |
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to the GILLLLLLS |
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Frank Shorter ran 2:10:30 at this same race 3 months after winning gold in 1972. Those guys you speak off got beat by a mile. 2:11 is not world class anymore. Forty years ago sure; not now. |
| Mrs. M |
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I'm curious about the results - looks like 200+ people dropped out....it looked windy, but was it that bad there? |
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It has nothing to do with the wind. They pull runners off the course if they fall below 2:46:00 pace. The qualifying time for the race is 2:42:00. |
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Aha. Thanks. |
| Nappy Roots |
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At some point, race director are gonna start putting some fine/small print in Geb's contract that links his consistent DNF's with his pay. He's probably getting tons of dollars just to show up. |
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No, it was Coolsaet pacing Vail, not Gillis. |
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there were several Kenyans in the field and one of them won. |
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No, it was Coolsaet pacing Vail, not Gillis.[/quote] Easy-to-understand mistake from mcmuffins. All of those damn Canucks look the same. |
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They already do. |
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The winner is Kenyan. He's just based in Japan. |
| willy k |
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Yeah, you guys are right, my mistakes. 1) There are two Kenyan finishers, but their "nationality" is listed as Japan since they're based there and I didn't look at the names, and 2) this isn't Ryan Vail's debut, he ran 2:12 at the olympic marathon trials. It was also pretty well-paced though. |
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