Official 2017 Tokyo Marathon Live Thread

Mary?

Shitara 2:09:22 in his debut today.....

2:28:26 is a big pb for hall, no

LetsRun.com wrote:

Chepchirchir's improvement is unreal. Here are her three career marathon results:

2:30:08 2016 Hamburg

2:24:13 2016 Lisbon

2:19:47 2017 Tokyo

Yea nice.

We would prefer to get top ten men and women results Please!

Sara Hall runs 2:28:26, a big improvement on her old personal best of 2:30:06 set last year in London.

American cake wrote:

LetsRun.com wrote:

Chepchirchir's improvement is unreal. Here are her three career marathon results:

2:30:08 2016 Hamburg

2:24:13 2016 Lisbon

2:19:47 2017 Tokyo

Yea nice.

We would prefer to get top ten men and women results Please!

Mary?

Not a good day for Jerry.

Did Saina DNF? Bumby is ok, but nothing special for a fast shorter guy

douglas burke wrote:

American cake wrote:

Yea nice.

We would prefer to get top ten men and women results Please!

http://leaderboard.marathon.tokyo/index.html

Thank you!

BlowerMan wrote:

Not a good day for Jerry.

Did Saina DNF? Bumby is ok, but nothing special for a fast shorter guy

I'm hoping she DNF'd at this point. She still hasn't made it to 40k ;)

I didn't watch the whole thing. But besides the Daniel Kimetto thing, when Swangard says"blah, blah, blah in the last 10 meters" when he means to say "in the last 10 kilometers" I find it annoying.

backwards wrote:

2:13:58 for Bumby

exactly 10 minutes slower than kipsang. bumboy must have been 3.5 km back from kipsang

rojo wrote:

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God Japan had what 4 guys sub-210 in a single race? at least 3. Maybe 5. 3-5.

Us has had zero for two years.

broken arrow wrote:

Shitara 2:09:22 in his debut today.....

After going out in 1:01:51 ... other early splits for him were 14:31, 29:12, 43:44. Basically WR pace through 15K. Wonder what he could run with sensible pacing.

MakwalaFan wrote:

broken arrow wrote:

Shitara 2:09:22 in his debut today.....

After going out in 1:01:51 ... other early splits for him were 14:31, 29:12, 43:44. Basically WR pace through 15K. Wonder what he could run with sensible pacing.

I was thinking the same thing.

High 2:20s PR for Hall, good for her!!

Olympic medal>sub 209 marathon

El Keniano wrote:

Massive PB 2:19:47 for Sarah Chepchirchir.

Now Jemima Sumgong is Chepchirchir's training partner and is the better partner. Will Sumgong break 2:19 in London? History could be awaiting in London.

Kipsang Rules wrote:

kmaclam wrote:

Chumba still there, not sure who #6 is that got dropped, looks like Chebet

Or maybe Deksisa? He is a 2:06 marathoner (2016 Rotterdam) on his second marathon and his debut was a 2:17. This is a new territory for him.

Looks like Solomon Deksisa paid a big prize for going out with the big boys!!! 2:09 phew and got passed by most of those who chose to go at a conservative pace like Bernard Kipyego and Tsegaye Kebede. Gedion Kipketer stategically dropped back but rallied later in the race to overhaul Dickson Chumba. Great race by Evans Chebet as well.