• douglas burke
      • london marathon elite fields to be announced today 1/25/2013 4:07AM
      • douglas burke
      • at 1 p.m. london time, got a tweet saying the london marathon has outdone itself this year with tremendous elite fields.
    • rdn
      • RE: london marathon elite fields to be announced today 1/25/2013 4:59AM - in reply to rdn
      • rdn
      • http://www.virginlondonmaratho...sembled-2/


        Elite Men Personal Best
        Patrick Makau (Kenya) 2:03:38
        Wilson Kipsang (Kenya) 2:03:42
        Geoffrey Mutai (Kenya) 2:04:15
        Ayele Abshero (Ethiopia) 2:04:23
        Tsegaye Kebede (Ethiopia) 2:04:38
        Emmanuel Mutai (Kenya) 2:04:40
        Feyisa Lilesa (Ethiopia) 2:04:52
        Stanley Biwott (Kenya) 2:05:12
        Martin Lel (Kenya) 2:05:15
        Deressa Chimsa (Ethiopia) 2:05:42
        Marilson Gomes dos Santos (Brazil) 2:06:34
        Stephen Kiprotich (Uganda) 2:07:20
        Yared Asmeron (Eritrea) 2:07:27
        Adil Annani (Morocco) 2:07:43
        Marcin Chabowski (Poland) 2:10:07
        Bunta Kuroki (Japan) 2.10.08


        Leading British Men Personal Best
        Tomas Abyu 2:10:37
        Scott Overall 2:10:55
        Derek Hawkins 2:14:08
        Phil Wicks 2:15:38
        Philip Anthony 2:16:40
        Mathew Bond Debut


        Elite Women Personal Best
        Tiki Gelana (Ethiopia) 2:18:58
        Lucy Kabuu (Kenya) 2:19:34
        Florence Kiplagat (Kenya) 2:19:44
        Edna Kiplagat (Kenya) 2:19:50
        Priscah Jeptoo (Kenya) 2:20:14
        Meselech Melkamu (Ethiopia) 2:21:01
        Atsede Baysa (Ethiopia) 2:22:03
        Yukiko Akaba (Japan) 2:24:09
        Remi Nakazato (Japan) 2:24:28
        Jessica Augusto (Portugal) 2:24:33
        Alevtina Biktimirova (Russia) 2:25:12
        Mai Ito (Japan) 2:25:26
        Nadia Ejjafini (Italy) 2:26:15
        Renne Baillie (USA) 2:27:17
        Olga Dubovskaya (Belarus) 2:28:08
        Adriana Da Silva (Brazil) 2:29:17
        Tirunesh Dibaba (Ethiopia) Debut
        Joyce Chepkirui (Kenya) Debut


        Leading British Women Personal Best
        Freya Ross (Murray) 2:28:10
        Amy Whitehead 2:33:44
        Susan Partridge 2:34:13
        Helen Clitheroe Debut
    • Precious Roy
      • RE: london marathon elite fields to be announced today 1/25/2013 5:22AM - in reply to rdn
      • Precious Roy
      • T-ru's debut will be huge. Not since Paula moved up has there been as big a debut for the women in the marathon.
    • crazy raisin
      • RE: london marathon elite fields to be announced today 1/25/2013 10:26AM - in reply to rdn
      • crazy raisin
      • rdn wrote:
        Elite Men Personal Best
        Patrick Makau (Kenya) 2:03:38
        Wilson Kipsang (Kenya) 2:03:42
        Geoffrey Mutai (Kenya) 2:04:15
        Ayele Abshero (Ethiopia) 2:04:23
        Tsegaye Kebede (Ethiopia) 2:04:38
        Emmanuel Mutai (Kenya) 2:04:40
        Feyisa Lilesa (Ethiopia) 2:04:52
        Stanley Biwott (Kenya) 2:05:12
        Martin Lel (Kenya) 2:05:15
        Deressa Chimsa (Ethiopia) 2:05:42
        Marilson Gomes dos Santos (Brazil) 2:06:34
        Stephen Kiprotich (Uganda) 2:07:20
        Yared Asmeron (Eritrea) 2:07:27
        Adil Annani (Morocco) 2:07:43
        Marcin Chabowski (Poland) 2:10:07
        Bunta Kuroki (Japan) 2.10.08

        Here's what it says on RunnerSpace, a couple more (notably Abel Kirui):


        MEN -
        Patrick Makau (Kenya) 2:03:38
        Wilson Kipsang (Kenya) 2:03:42
        Geoffrey Mutai (Kenya) 2:03:02
        Ayele Abshero (Ethiopia) 2:04:23
        Tsegaye Kebede (Ethiopia) 2:04:38
        Emmanuel Mutai (Kenya) 2:04:40
        Feyisa Lilesa (Ethiopia) 2:04:52
        Abel Kirui (Kenya) 2:05:04
        Stanley Biwott (Kenya) 2:05:12
        Martin Lel (Kenya) 2:05:15
        Deressa Chimsa (Ethiopia) 2:05:42
        Marilson Gomes dos Santos (Brazil) 2:06:34
        Stephen Kiprotich (Uganda) 2:07:20
        Yared Asmeron (Eritrea) 2:07:27
        Adil Annani (Morocco) 2:07:43
        Marcin Chabowski (Poland) 2:10:07
        Bunta Kuroki (Japan) 2:10:08
        Tomas Abyu (Great Britain) 2:10:37
        Scott Overall (Great Britain) 2:10:55
        Derek Hawkins (Great Britain) 2:14:08
        Phil Wicks (Great Britain) 2:15:38
        Philip Anthony (Great Britain) 2:16:40
        Mathew Bond (Great Britain) Debut

        http://www.runnerspace.com/new...z2J0ODSJHX
    • ////????////
      • RE: london marathon elite fields to be announced today 1/25/2013 11:44AM - in reply to douglas burke
      • ////????////
      • given this field being annouced, the IAAF might as well award world marathon championship medals to the top-3 in London.

        Kiprotich and Abshero are in for a very good test against this field. Then again, who knows if the cobbles could play into the Ugandan's favour again.
    • Love Running
      • RE: london marathon elite fields to be announced today 1/25/2013 1:19PM - in reply to ////????////
      • Love Running
      • Hope IAAF/WADA do plenty of suprise trips to various camps to do testing in te lead up ....
    • long sox
      • RE: london marathon elite fields to be announced today 1/25/2013 4:12PM - in reply to ////????////
      • long sox
      • Great fields for both the men and women and yes, they probably should simply give the world marathon championship medals to the top-3.

        One question - where is Mary Keitany?
    • douglas burke
      • RE: london marathon elite fields to be announced today 1/25/2013 4:24PM - in reply to Sciatica Road
      • douglas burke
      • Sciatica Road wrote:
        Where is Moses Mosop? Still injured?
        running boston.
    • Canova>God
      • RE: london marathon elite fields to be announced today 1/25/2013 5:11PM - in reply to douglas burke
      • Canova>God
      • The Baby Faced Destroyer is making her marathon debut. This could be something special. It will be interesting to see what Kiprotich does against these guys coming of that unexpected Gold. If everything goes right there is a chance we could see the world record go down. I would not be very surprised if Kipsang runs around 2:03:40. This is going to be one hell of a marathon.
    • blackbeltmarathoner
      • RE: london marathon elite fields to be announced today 1/25/2013 5:52PM - in reply to douglas burke
      • blackbeltmarathoner
      • WOW, I would be legit intimidated to be in this field because of the first 3, they'r gonna kill each other lol.
    • Sciatica Road
      • RE: london marathon elite fields to be announced today 1/25/2013 6:07PM - in reply to douglas burke
      • Sciatica Road
      • Thanks.

        douglas burke wrote:
        Sciatica Road wrote:
        Where is Moses Mosop? Still injured?
        running boston.