pane wrote:
This is awesome. They're actually giving us profiles of the runners--not putting them in a tiny box while they show thousands of regular people and some guy in a banana costume. And youtube looks great on my TV compared to most live streams.
Agreed, this is actually the exact type of production everyone always is looking for with major marathons. I only hope the high quality continues through the actual running.
something that nobody seems to talk about. Its probably not the case. But what if they chose the spot because its shielded from the wind when its in front and open to the wind when its at their back. That could push them well under the 2 hour barrier
Why the hushed voices and sleepy bacgground music?
Why is it in the middle of the night? Looks awesome though
LetsRun.com wrote:
Here is our official statement as to why we aren't fans of the upcoming sub-2 attempt. It's now the QOD on our front page.
LRC wrote:Nearly everyone agrees that improving the drafting, reducing the number of turns, getting optimal weather, etc. won't put Eliud Kipchoge at sub-2 hours in his record attempt. It's only possible if the shoes he's wearing have revolutionized the way people run.
So the world is going to watch to see the following, 'Can an external aid that no one else has access to put him under 2?'
For our reaction to that question, let us paraphrase what the great coach Colm O'Connell said to use when we talked to him in March about the sub-2 exhibition, 'So what?'
That's not sport. Everyone should have learned from the doping scandals over the last 40 years that it's not sport if you achieve mainly because you have access to an external aide that few others have access to. Sport is supposed to be about who has the most talent, works the hardest or smartest, etc. not about who has access to and/or whether our sports equivalent of a 'cheat code' in a video game actually works.
So Eliud, you are one of our favorite athletes but tonight we are rooting against you. The sub-2 hour marathon, if it ever happens, should be one of the most celebrated achievements in the history of sports, not another performance enhanced mark that needs an asterisk.
Just don't do it.
You guys are pathetic. Predicting it is impossible. But if it does happen, it's because they are dirty cheats, not because your arm chair analysis was wrong.
Could Kevin Hart break 3 for the 1000?
2:00:01
noobtron wrote:
How amazing would it be if they faked the stream? lol they used CGI of eliud running 4:30 pace for 2 hours.
Like in the movie Speed?
I'll laugh my ass off if they trip and fall.
1:59:43 (59:10 at halfway)
Hope no one trips because of the pacers....
I honestly think they'll be in the mid 2:01 range
keeping the stadium closed to fans is a way of saying that they could be faking it. no doping control. how close and what effect from the car's windscreen?
Probably just a marketing ploy with no payoff--2:03ish maybe or maybe 20+ miles on pace and a dnf, or maybe they know that the windscreen will make a huge difference. My gut says another Al Capone's treasure (Geraldo) but there is always the possibility that this is fixed. Kipchoge is certainly good enough to run 2:02:40s in Berlin. Can he do better in a time trial with no crowd and who knows what advantages?
Uh oh Kipchoge was standing when the horn went off. Lost a second right there.
Calming Tones wrote:
Why the hushed voices and sleepy bacgground music?
All the talk of belief and the zen music... sounds like a religious service.
a crappy human powered vuvuzela and theyre off!
I do think every single major marathon should be allowed to do this at the start. OR hell the whole way. Have a laser. It drives me nuts how they always blow the first 5k.
Oh my goodness... wrote:
Why is it in the middle of the night? Looks awesome though
It's early morning, which is surprising. I thought people were stronger in the late afternoon.
So far:
- Boring Paula Radcliffe
- Weird Zen music
- *yawn*
Tesla as the pace car so gas exhaust fumes don't bother the runners!