Official thread: Set your alarm clocks now (2:30 am ET Sunday). The women are going for the WR in Valencia.

rojo wrote:

Crazy to think that a woman could run a 62 minute half but that time is being thrown around as a possibility for Sunday's race in Valencia which takes place at 8:30 am local (2:30 am ET, 11:30 pm Pacific). The race should be legendary as the half marathon WR holder (Yalemzerf Yehualaw) is racing the 5,000/10,000 WR holder (Letesenbet Gidey). If that doesn't get you fired up as a running fan, it's hard to imagine what else would.

Full race preview here:

https://www.letsrun.com/news/2021/10/world-record-alert-wr-holders-yalemzerf-yehualaw-letesenbet-gidey-to-battle-in-sundays-valencia-half-marathon/

It's odd that an owner of a site for distance running doesn't actually follow the sport. 62 minutes would be 2 × 29:25, plus some change.

SDSU Aztec wrote:

rojo wrote:

Crazy to think that a woman could run a 62 minute half but that time is being thrown around as a possibility for Sunday's race in Valencia which takes place at 8:30 am local (2:30 am ET, 11:30 pm Pacific). The race should be legendary as the half marathon WR holder (Yalemzerf Yehualaw) is racing the 5,000/10,000 WR holder (Letesenbet Gidey). If that doesn't get you fired up as a running fan, it's hard to imagine what else would.

Full race preview here:

https://www.letsrun.com/news/2021/10/world-record-alert-wr-holders-yalemzerf-yehualaw-letesenbet-gidey-to-battle-in-sundays-valencia-half-marathon/

It's odd that an owner of a site for distance running doesn't actually follow the sport. 62 minutes would be 2 × 29:25, plus some change.

Gidey ran a 29.12 10k section on the roads when running her 15k WB.

Aussiestatman wrote:

SDSU Aztec wrote:

It's odd that an owner of a site for distance running doesn't actually follow the sport. 62 minutes would be 2 × 29:25, plus some change.

Gidey ran a 29.12 10k section on the roads when running her 15k WB.

Gidey's time for the 15K would have put her 24 seconds behind 62 pace with 6K to go.

SDSU Aztec wrote:

Aussiestatman wrote:

Gidey ran a 29.12 10k section on the roads when running her 15k WB.

Gidey's time for the 15K would have put her 24 seconds behind 62 pace with 6K to go.

Whoops. 12 seconds.

Aussiestatman wrote:

SDSU Aztec wrote:

It's odd that an owner of a site for distance running doesn't actually follow the sport. 62 minutes would be 2 × 29:25, plus some change.

Gidey ran a 29.12 10k section on the roads when running her 15k WB.

Is 29.12 still the fastest 10k on roads ever, including any part of a half?

Three hours until go time

Stream will be here and is on homepage.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGgKpH7J-bo

I think tracking will be here

https://www.valenciaciudaddelrunning.com/en/half/2021-half-marathon-ranking/

wejo wrote:

Stream will be here and is on homepage.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGgKpH7J-bo

I think tracking will be here

https://www.valenciaciudaddelrunning.com/en/half/2021-half-marathon-ranking/

Oops, my bad for posting separate/same link.

Follow here is all that is needed.

Monsters (albeit mostly tiny ones ) about to start in 10 minutes.

Ghost1 wrote:

Frank Lara (27:43/10,000), prediction: 60:30-60:55. Go Frank!

I'm betting 59:40

wejo wrote:

Stream will be here and is on homepage.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGgKpH7J-bo

I think tracking will be here

https://www.valenciaciudaddelrunning.com/en/half/2021-half-marathon-ranking/

I think this is the live tracking / splits link:

The men have started but there's currently no audio on the youtube stream

If you want audio in Spanish, which is better than no audio at all on the YT stream, you can watch the spanish TV feed (no VPN needed in the US) here:

https://www.apuntmedia.es/directe/directe-tv_136_1392524.html

So many Adidas athletes at the front! Glad to see it's not just Nike and Vaporflies. I'm about to head off myself to race in my Alphafly's and love them, but I'm excited for the sport that there's a bit more competition =)

Anyone found a live tracking ? It's hard to figure out what's going on with the Spanish commentary only.

A bit of a waste of time TBH...

English commentary is on now on youtube.

No sign of Frank Lara so if anyone has an update on him please post here thank you. The top Spaniards are on 60 minute pace, Perez, Mayo etc....German runner also there (sorry I forget his name but he’s famous too) ....

For sme reason I lost the feed at 13.32 . Doesn’t seem to be internet connection. Anyone else?

But now is frozen. Running's hard to watch. Watching Spanish feed, hoping youtube feed will come back one for the English audio.