Kebede is going to start walking away with this race and with it will be the 2012/2013 World Marathon Majors Championships. This guy deserves $1/2million.
Kebede is going to start walking away with this race and with it will be the 2012/2013 World Marathon Majors Championships. This guy deserves $1/2million.
Half-Marathon - 65:13
Go Tapia! Class act!!!
http://www.runnersworld.com/elite-runners/us-marathoner-tapia-isnt-your-typical-elite
1/2 in 65:12
Nakamoto in the group, Kawauchi dropping back.
Feyissa Lelisa.. just saw him sneak up from 22 seconds back to contention.
Why do the Japanese guys have those flappy capes on their caps?
EB55 wrote:
Feyissa Lelisa.. just saw him sneak up from 22 seconds back to contention.
Impressive!
Poor sportsmanship by many of the runners at the front of the pack, dropping there bottles directly on the ground to possibly trip someone behind them rather than throwing them off to the side.
A serious question: of those in the lead group, are any wearing compression socks or Breath Right nasal strips?
At halfway:
Eggleston, 32nd - 66:51
Tapia, 35th - 67:05
Trujillo, 37th - 67:06
Gotta love how the Americans just jog with each other instead of racing.
Kawauchi already 4th Japanese...
25k in 77:11 (15:54, 15:28, 15:17, 15:10, 15:22). Eggleston 1st American in 28th place (+2:08)
it's called pacing.... 2:14 pace is spot on for guys at their level... they aren't 2:08 guys if you didn't notice coming in...
at 25k Eggleston 28th, 2:07 behind leaders,
Tapia 35th, 2:40 behind,
Trujillo 36th, 2:59 behind.
25km:
Eggleston, 28th - 1:19:19
Tapia, 35th - 1:19:52
Trujillo, 36th - 1:20:10
Emil C wrote:
Gotta love how the Americans just jog with each other instead of racing.
There actually running a pretty fast pace for the course/conditions and their background. Racing isn't sticking your nose into it and blowing up, it's having the brains and patience to be at your best possible spot at the finish line.
blaznbison24 wrote:
There actually running a pretty fast pace for the course/conditions and their background. Racing isn't sticking your nose into it and blowing up, it's having the brains and patience to be at your best possible spot at the finish line.
Exactly
1:32:35 at 30k (15:54, 15:28, 15:17, 15:10, 15:22, 15:24)