Results: 2016 London Marathon Results
April 24, 2016
Autologous Madness wrote:
Kipchoge will win with a new WR or a sub 2:03:30 for sure!
He's the best marathoner in the World right now| He will leave Kimetto, Bekel and Kipsang in the dust with 3,5 km to go!
Please post on here what is going on as many of us Americans will be asleep and waking up mid-race to see what's going on.
I'll be up at 6 am so that's 1:30 into the women's race and 1:00 into the men's race.
Enjoy it everyone. See you in 5.5 hours!!
Expect great things.....
rojo wrote:
Please post on here what is going on as many of us Americans will be asleep and waking up mid-race to see what's going on.
I'll be up at 6 am so that's 1:30 into the women's race and 1:00 into the men's race.
Enjoy it everyone. See you in 5.5 hours!!
Big Guy
The weather is absolutely atrocious.
It is cold, rainy, windy & thoroughly miserable.
For anyone to break 2"06 will be a miracle.
This is just going to be a tactical affair which will have no bearing on Rio as the conditions there will be 180 degrees opposite.
Stream available at stream2watch.co in a few hours. (Thats co not com)
I also, it seems I was IP banned. On my phone now, but I'm not sure what I did none of my posts have been deleted or anything). It be great if I could type on a keyboard to contribute to this thrrad...
Pacing groups: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CgpEIX4WYAAOjZK.jpg:large
per wrote:
slo-twitch wrote:I see Biwott and Kipchoge definitely top 3. Other than that it's tough. Kipsang may be past his prime and Kimetto is really a question mark at this point. Bekele... Who knows
1. Kipchoge
2. Biwott
3. Kimetto
This is probably right, but I'm rooting for:
1. Kipsang
2. Kimetto
3. Bekele
Hey, can we list what we know of their personality traits?
Kipsang: Generous spirit (gives back to community), thoughtful and good-natured, opposite of resting bitch face --frequently found smiling; perfunctory with the sponsorship tweets (also saw him drop the Berlin/BMW race flag they kept trying to drape over him for the Kenyan flag, rightfully so):
https://twitter.com/Kipsang_2_03_23/status/723944726655864833Kimetto: More reserved and shy? Maybe just because he has less of a fluency in English? Seems to take better selfies and is well hydrated for now:
https://twitter.com/DennisKimetto?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5EauthorBekele: said to be shy but extremely nice and generous. Probably creeped out by overzealous guys taking videos of him running in English parks.
Kipchoge: runs with his heart and mind as well as his legs! ??anything else?
Biwott: ??
per...What is your opinion on how much Bekele has been creeped out by that video man? Do you know if he got a good night of worry free sleep last night?
This race will ETH vs KEN, and the result will be the opposite of Boston....just watch!
Boston:
Ethio men swept top 3, and that's exactly what the Kenyans will do in London.
Ethio women went 1-2, and Kenya 3rd. It'll be the opposite in London.
I'd love to see Bekele win and start his success in the marathon here, but I just don't see it happening yet. To me, he doesn't seem to be as fit as he was during the Great North Ran. It'll be great if he doesn't DNF and finish at least 3rd or 4th.
So here's how I see the London results:
Men:
1. KEN (Kipchoge....he's like Cheserek at NCAAs )
2. KEN (Kipsang)
3. KEN (Biwott or Kimmeto, but would LOVE to see Bekele in 3rd at least)
Women:
1. KEN (Keitany)
2. KEN (F. Kiplagat)
3. ETH (Dibaba)
You Heard It Hear First wrote:
This race will ETH vs KEN, and the result will be the opposite of Boston....just watch!
Boston:
Ethio men swept top 3, and that's exactly what the Kenyans will do in London.
Ethio women went 1-2, and Kenya 3rd. It'll be the opposite in London.
I'd love to see Bekele win and start his success in the marathon here, but I just don't see it happening yet. To me, he doesn't seem to be as fit as he was during the Great North Ran. It'll be great if he doesn't DNF and finish at least 3rd or 4th.
So here's how I see the London results:
Men:
1. KEN (Kipchoge....he's like Cheserek at NCAAs )
2. KEN (Kipsang)
3. KEN (Biwott or Kimmeto, but would LOVE to see Bekele in 3rd at least)
Women:
1. KEN (Keitany)
2. KEN (F. Kiplagat)
3. ETH (Dibaba)
.....race will be**
Clerk wrote:
Stream available at stream2watch.co in a few hours. (Thats co not com)
I also, it seems I was IP banned. On my phone now, but I'm not sure what I did none of my posts have been deleted or anything). It be great if I could type on a keyboard to contribute to this thrrad...
That didn't work for me (in the west coast).
But this's working well! Just change your IP address and watch it on BBC sports as if in UK.
Need help?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DP8Rey2A9T08 guys going out at 2:03:30 pace!
There are going to be some people blowing up in the 2nd half!
rjm33 wrote:
per...What is your opinion on how much Bekele has been creeped out by that video man? Do you know if he got a good night of worry free sleep last night?
He got a couple good blocks of sleep interrupted only twice by shudders of PTSD. Will use that sense memory of something looming to propel him forward in the race. No looks back! as that only encourages unwanted dialogue.
Maybe we can expect great things...from the goat...
rjm33 wrote:
Maybe we can expect great things...from the goat...
Let me guess... That would be a coincidence...
Just settling down in front of the telly, they are interviewing Kelly Holmes who is running.
Good luck to Freya Ross and Susan Partridge! Think they have their work cut out to get one of the Olympic spots though.
ventolin^3 wrote:
The weather is absolutely atrocious.
It is cold, rainy, windy & thoroughly miserable.
For anyone to break 2"06 will be a miracle.
This is just going to be a tactical affair which will have no bearing on Rio as the conditions there will be 180 degrees opposite.
Utter drivel!
The weather is perfect.
Brits seem to have separate pacers and settle into a second group.
Here is the live stream.
I'm
per wrote:
slo-twitch wrote:I see Biwott and Kipchoge definitely top 3. Other than that it's tough. Kipsang may be past his prime and Kimetto is really a question mark at this point. Bekele... Who knows
1. Kipchoge
2. Biwott
3. Kimetto
This is probably right, but I'm rooting for:
1. Kipsang
2. Kimetto
3. Bekele
Hey, can we list what we know of their personality traits?
Kipsang: Generous spirit (gives back to community), thoughtful and good-natured, opposite of resting bitch face --frequently found smiling; perfunctory with the sponsorship tweets (also saw him drop the Berlin/BMW race flag they kept trying to drape over him for the Kenyan flag, rightfully so):
https://twitter.com/Kipsang_2_03_23/status/723944726655864833Kimetto: More reserved and shy? Maybe just because he has less of a fluency in English? Seems to take better selfies and is well hydrated for now:
https://twitter.com/DennisKimetto?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5EauthorBekele: said to be shy but extremely nice and generous. Probably creeped out by overzealous guys taking videos of him running in English parks.
Kipchoge: runs with his heart and mind as well as his legs! ??anything else?
Biwott: ??
Even in Swahili Kimetto's not a loquacious man. World record aside, seems more of a raw talent than both Kipchoge and Kipsang who bring a more wholistic approach to training and racing - psychological as well as a spiritual aspect which they freely talk about.
Elite women started~~~~~~
