Official 2017 Dubai Marathon Live Discussion Thread

They're saying something's wrong with his left side.

broken arrow wrote:

Bekele only 13 seconds over WR pace thru 17k

he's gonna drop the hammer and negative split these foos 40s ahead of him over the second half.

SAlly V wrote:

Has Flotrack ever done anything in an altruistic way? Like giving back to the running community with no expectations? Or is the $ everything to them?

More clearly, I mean....yes, they gave back by being free for 2 or 3 years, didn't they?

HAHAHAHA TARIKU BEKELE :D:D:D:D

Bekele looks a bit heavy compared to others?

bekele passing runners moving up

What if Bekele just played all these guys and is just going for a big workout and the winning prize $? (while letting everyone else get destroyed by the seemingly unsustainable pace)

Otherwise, why is he still in the race?

broken arrow wrote:

Bekele only 13 seconds over WR pace thru 17k

Pace for KB WR seems not totally out of reach. Absolutely no one helping him for how many miles? Concerning.

Jonathan Gault wrote:

Bekele is behind WR pace and not close to the 61:00 Jos Hermens said he was trying to go out in. But he's still on sub-2:04 pace and the CR in Dubai is 2:04:23. Some of the guys up front are gonna blow up big time. But does Bekele have enough left to reel them in?

Remember last year when a near unknown won. Same thing this year. I say the lead group contends for the record and doesn't let up.

Kenenisa just looked at his watch. Looks good. He knows exactly what he is doing.

These announcers are AWFUL. Debeele - the guy Bekele just caught - was 28 seconds ahead of Bekele at 15k, So that's a good sign.

ANy chance that Bekele purposely hyped up the WR to get everyone else to go out too fast and blow up. He runs a smart 2:05 race and picks up $200,000.

I always thought it was so stupid how 20 guys out out in 2:02 pace.

Now is Debele a pacer? Maybe he was told to come back.

SLOWING DOWN, GET READY FOR THE BLOWUP AND DROP OUTS. 3 OR 4 MINUTES NOW.

Thought I saw Karl Malone running with Bekele.

Bekele might still win this race, but not with WR.

he is a strong guy

To people watching the FilmOn TV link,

There's a "Finishes In" countdown that will reach 0 in about 30 minutes, are they seriously only airing it for an hour and a half?

Looks like Kenny B's nips are bleeding? Chafing already?

They're slowing down. At 19k they're outside WR pace for the first time.

rojo wrote:

These announcers are AWFUL

You just said they flew from London to the UK...

dont worry as sure as hell he is breaking the world record