Official 2017 London Marathon Live Discussion Thread

Shimmy Mack - Thank you!!

bekele body language says he is done......

Mary maybe close to her max but running back 5:18 miles shows she isn't crashing yet. Dibaba better start motoring and hope Mary isn't trying to recover for her finally push home. I love Tirunesb and I maybe wrong but my money is on Keitany.

should it be Lelisa or Lilesa?

COME ON BEKELE!

Gap between Keitany and Dibaba 1:18 at 35k down from 1:19 at 30k.

Bekele bringing back that Great North Run strategy?

Feyisa Lilesa, Daniel Wanjiru and Abel Kirui opening a small gap at the front of the men's race

jflo wrote:

Gotta love the guys inject the pace when they saw bekele falter though.

The wolves will feast.

Great racing, huh? Crazy to see them jump on an opportunity. Savage.

mikey666 wrote:

should it be Lelisa or Lilesa?

ፈይሳ ሌሊሳ (Lilesa)

That women's record is going man. Keitany still looks great

bekele further behind......

kmaclam wrote:

I think I could read Mary's lips at the start line, saw her mouth to the pacemaker, Kipkirui - "The best pace is a suicide pace (she then licked her finger & held it to the air), and today looks like a good day to die"

:)

Lead men at 25k. Pace is slowing, and Bekele getting dropped.

1 BIRECH, Cosmas (KEN)Pacemaker 55 18-39 02:03:29 12:03:29 +00:00 01:13:10

2 KIBET, Stephen (KEN)Pacemaker 50 18-39 02:03:29 12:03:29 +00:01 01:13:10

3 GACHAGA, Morris (KEN)Pacemaker 51 18-39 02:03:29 12:03:29 +00:01 01:13:10

4 WANJIRU, Daniel (KEN) 6 18-39 02:03:29 12:03:29 +00:01 01:13:10

5 LILESA, Feyisa (ETH) 4 18-39 02:03:30 12:03:30 +00:01 01:13:10

6 KIRUI, Abel (KEN) 5 18-39 02:03:30 12:03:30 +00:01 01:13:11

7 KAROKI, Bedan (KEN) 35 18-39 02:03:31 12:03:31 +00:02 01:13:11

8 GHEBRESLASSIE, Ghirmay (ERI) 8 18-39 02:03:38 12:03:38 +00:06 01:13:15

9 REGASSA, Tilahun (ETH) 7 18-39 02:03:38 12:03:38 +00:06 01:13:15

10 MENGSTU, Asefa (ETH) 10 18-39 02:03:39 12:03:39 +00:07 01:13:16

11 BEKELE, Kenenisa (ETH) 1 18-39 02:03:40 12:03:40 +00:07 01:13:16

Mary, Mary, quite contrary ...

Is it just me or is dibaba looking much skinnier than her track days?

Sam wrote:

Lilesa has the special shoes, right?

The special shoes of righteousness, yes.

I don't think Bekele is slowing - the others seem to have put in a bit of a surge.

Keitany holding on. Tirenush Dibbaba having a go at the Ethiopian record, looking great in 2nd. Who gets 3rd?