Official 2017 Dubai Marathon Live Discussion Thread

Skips Arm Day wrote:

Can we talk about how great the spectators are at this race? Look at that Ethiopian crew jumping around and singing songs like they're at a football match! Awesome!

I was at Crystal palace once watching Geb and happened to be in the middle of his supporters club. Singing and dancing handing out Haile paper hats -a few were trying to get on the track!

spanishinquisition wrote:

Dillpickled wrote:

Theres something i dont enjoy about watching tolas stride

It looks uncomfortable.

The announcers said they are putting on jackets because of a cooling breeze.

spanishinquisition wrote:

Sidenote - Obviously Bekele looked bad today but I wonder if his injury prevented him from getting his normal extension. His foot did not go parallel to the ground (like usual/at Berlin) and that's the first thing that jumped out at me when I joined the stream late.

Saw the same thing. But I think he was doing that in the Paris marathon, too. So I didn't know if it was just a marathon thing for him, or if it's an injury thing (since he tweaked a leg in Paris).

Top American???

Search for mente atleta on Facebook. Love stream is perfect with great English announcing.

Damn that women who won the chair race looks jacked

wary wrote:

observer 227 wrote:

Seriously!!! Good race here still between Kipruto, Sisay Lemma, and Tamirat Tola. All just a shade slower than 2:03 pace.

Side note: What happens when the East Africans start competing in the wheelchair race in appreciable numbers?

What roads would they train on?

Maybe they'll use special tires and train on dirt, like those fat-tire bikes that are supposed to go through snow.

Those fans are the bomb. I'm moving to Addis!

observer 227 wrote:

What happens when the East Africans start competing in the wheelchair race in appreciable numbers?

wary wrote:

What roads would they train on?

Jackets On wrote:

spanishinquisition wrote:

It looks uncomfortable.

The announcers said they are putting on jackets because of a cooling breeze.

One of just said that's the WR gone for another 12 months. Oh really, London, Berlin,...

And Tola on his way to definite win, oh really...

Kipchoge RuleS wrote:

therealjbird17 wrote:

It's over, Bekele walking

And with that Bekele drops out as I predicted!

I feared this would happen and with it his morale will be devastated meaning his confidence going forward is ruined. My bold prediction is, Bekele will be NO SHOW in London in April. Mark my words!

Knew it.

He has a lot in common with Geb, including LACK OF HEART.

Judge a man by how he acts in tough times.

Bekele back in it! Sporting a man bun?!

Positions and splits?

So for other college sports, like football + basketball, the networks have deals with conferences that then kick back money to individual schools when rights are bought to their games. How does this work with Flotrack? They are making their money largely off of high school/college runners.

Also what if a runner in a race Flotrack has the 'rights' to does not want to be filmed. Or does a runner in a Flotrack race have any sort of claim to the profits they are making off of them. I, for example, ran the Portland Track Festival last year. Flotrack filmed it. Did I sign something during registration saying that was cool? Does that even have to happen? I am not a subscriber. I would have had to pay $20 to see myself run but they are making money off of my running. Can someone help break this down for me?

My only gripe with Flotrack is that I just don't think they're worth the money for me. A basic Comcast package with 200 channels is around $50/month. Flotrack is $20/month and they do not have the content I seek. I want to watch Boston/NYC/Chicago, Olympics/World Champs, Diamond League races. High school/college races are not my thing. I agree with I think Rojo's post where he said this should be their role but they try to extend to some bigger events to get a small bump in subscriptions. It is frustrating just in the way Flotrack handles things. I had this race on my radar when I read an LRC article saying there would be a free stream and KB was going for the WR. I saw this morning that Flotrack bought the rights and then they cut the YouTube stream 45:00 in.

5 women within 10 seconds of each other

I am not sure what is worse, being called a hobby jogger here in the forums or being called a fun runner by the announcers. You're either a pro of you're a fun runner. I am not sure I would call any of my races fun. I enjoyed the accomplishment and success but fun is not something I would call it. I guess being called a hobby jogger here is not so bad.

Kipchoge RuleS wrote:

therealjbird17 wrote:

It's over, Bekele walking

And with that Bekele drops out as I predicted!

I feared this would happen and with it his morale will be devastated meaning his confidence going forward is ruined. My bold prediction is, Bekele will be NO SHOW in London in April. Mark my words!

Could be. I felt horrible watching him just now; I know how sh!tty I feel when I have a bad race, and no one even gives a fak how I do. Imagine what it would be like for him right now.

gbd wrote:

spanishinquisition wrote:

It looks uncomfortable.

Seems like he leans back? Not the same type of knee drive Bekele has... Does not look as efficient

Arm carriage of an Ethiopian woman, that's what it is. Crosses way over center.

Tola thru 35K in 1:42:34, 2:03:39 pace slowing a lot though. Course record is still a possibility