Official 2018 RAK Half Live Discussion Thread

I just figured out that last 1.0975k also, and that's INSANE!!!

Emphatically Insistent! wrote:

jhand366 wrote:

He looks to be going insane fast. Anyone know what his last mile was?

Nope but his last 1,097.5 meters was 2:47! That is 4:06 mile pace on the nose! So you figure 500+ m leading into this run at 4:25 to 4:34 pace, or 1:22 to 1:25, and add 2:47 to this to get about 4:09 to 4:12! !!!

DAMN!!!!

This was not bad, but nothing spectacular. He's still 19 secs off the WR, which meant he should have had a lot in the tank.

El Keniano wrote:

How about still Mary PRing at her age? I don't want to jinx her but this could bode well for London. Also, watch out for Brigid Kosgei and Gladys Cherono who will also both run London.

https://twitter.com/Kenyanathlete/status/961814423500333056https://twitter.com/Kenyanathlete/status/961814108650717187

Mary Keitany just doesn't get enough credit for the super athlete she is! For approximately ten years she has not lost any half marathon race except two but which she not only finished a close second but PRd by alot! She may not hold the WR not but she is still the best half marathoner that she has been since 2008. I am happy for her running sub 65 mins.

This bodes well with her plans at the London marathon to break Paula Radcliff's 2:15:25 World record. Speaking of that, just wondering what is going through Paula's mind right now after watching Mary running 64 for the half today! Tirunesh Dibaba must also be very disappointed that she will not be able to "hung" with Mary in London as she has been dreaming of it lately!

As for Gladys Cherono and Brigid Kosgei, the former is very good but Kosgei is fast rising and will be the one to watch and should finish on the podium in London. I will not be surprised if she beat Dibaba to finish second.

There will be blood. I still can't get that death pace out of my head from last year, and seeing Peres faint at the line. And I was informed that she was 1 month pregnant while running the race.

I think Mary K has 2 more years of being able to run at deathly speeds, but at some point the quantity of hard races that she has run are going to take their toll on her. All I ask for is just 2 more years of her crushing it from beginning to end.

Bedan Karoki is the future, and I see him winning again. Dude had a great year last year. Won RAK, blazed an insane 10000m at the world championships to put pressure on Mo, and came in 3rd place at the London Marathon.

Adola and Karoki are coming for blood this year...

Maybe that NYC Marathon debacle was a silver lining for Mary? The period kept her from going out fast as usual.

Also, lost in all this, is Caroline Kipkurui's progression.

El Keniano wrote:

Also, lost in all this, is Caroline Kipkurui's progression.

Yes, and she is fine as hell.

Wow, great races !

Too bad we missed Karoki's attack, is it too much to ask for a replay when they resumed coverage of the men's race ?

The pacemakers should have moved aside earlier, 20k maybe?

Chemutai, hum...doesn't look much like a woman does she, same deal as Semenya ?

Oh and Brojo's, Marseille-Cassis has a 10k/300 meter climb so can't be compared with a pancake flat race !

Emphatically Insistent! wrote:

jhand366 wrote:

He looks to be going insane fast. Anyone know what his last mile was?

Nope but his last 1,097.5 meters was 2:47! That is 4:06 mile pace on the nose! So you figure 500+ m leading into this run at 4:25 to 4:34 pace, or 1:22 to 1:25, and add 2:47 to this to get about 4:09 to 4:12! !!!

DAMN!!!!

Split were off, last 1.1k was 3:01 by Karoki so he didn't really pick it up by much, the rest of the field just imploded.

Elixer wrote:

Emphatically Insistent! wrote:

Nope but his last 1,097.5 meters was 2:47! That is 4:06 mile pace on the nose! So you figure 500+ m leading into this run at 4:25 to 4:34 pace, or 1:22 to 1:25, and add 2:47 to this to get about 4:09 to 4:12! !!!

DAMN!!!!

Split were off, last 1.1k was 3:01 by Karoki so he didn't really pick it up by much, the rest of the field just imploded.

Sorry forgot the link.

El Keniano wrote:

Maybe that NYC Marathon debacle was a silver lining for Mary? The period kept her from going out fast as usual.

"Debacle"? She lost. You sounded like Shalane only won because Mary had the period.

El Keniano wrote:

Also, lost in all this, is Caroline Kipkurui's progression.

True, while pacing Mary Keitany in London last year, we heard that she and Mary Keitany are training mates. She must have prepared well with Mary for this mission and she did well to stay with her mate until the waning seconds of the race. Equally surprising is 4th placer Joan Melly whom very few have heard of. Her best before this race was 66:25. To get to 65:37 in this race is a massive improvement.

Halos wrote:

El Keniano wrote:

Maybe that NYC Marathon debacle was a silver lining for Mary? The period kept her from going out fast as usual.

"Debacle"? She lost. You sounded like Shalane only won because Mary had the period.

Shalane won and she deserved it. She ran the race of her life and irrespective of which Mary Keitany showed up that day if the both were together with 5 miles to go, Shalane would have won. That said, even she herself knows that she cannot match the real Mary Keitany when she is on top of her game because Mary would crank the gear way early dropping everyone including even the very best. That day, the skies aligned for Shalane and history was made. It is similar to when DAvid Rudisha was beaten by Muhammed Aman twice in around 2010 - 2011 when it was raining during the race. The big man could do nothing about the weather. He had to accept the loss though bitterly..

vivalarepublica wrote:

lollerama wrote:

Karoki has a pretty serious cadence.

What exactly does that mean?

He has a well developed leg speed velocity.

She will get the marathon world record in London (2:15.04.)

Two more months!

Scorpion_runner wrote:

El Keniano wrote:

Also, lost in all this, is Caroline Kipkurui's progression.

Yes, and she is fine as hell.

Hell is NOT fine but I do get the Simile!

Lol!

That race was epic! I've just watched it.

Very happy for Mary. I know she doesn’t like to lose but 64:55 is amazing. Now it’s time to take the record away from the head bobbing fraud.

Keitany! wrote:

Very happy for Mary. I know she doesn’t like to lose but 64:55 is amazing. Now it’s time to take the record away from the head bobbing fraud.

Lol. You calling Paula a fraud but not this water buffalo dung head walking pharmacy?

wdffef wrote:

Keitany! wrote:

Very happy for Mary. I know she doesn’t like to lose but 64:55 is amazing. Now it’s time to take the record away from the head bobbing fraud.

Lol. You calling Paula a fraud but not this water buffalo dung head walking pharmacy?

Paula’s the Lance Armstrong of marathons but she hasn’t been ‘caught’ yet.