Official 2015 Dubai Marathon Live Discussion thread

rojo wrote:Has anyone seen him?

Nope, which is worrisome. But as Hingle said, the announcer (poor guy) said Kenny's somewhere in there.

Yep he's definitely there

he back towards the front confirmed in the pack

Dewey_Runner wrote:

Some very weird kit/gear choices going on here

Bekele is wearing a standard retail Nike singlet, not pro kit. Something like this:

http://www.runningwarehouse.com/Nike_Mens_Miler_Singlet/descpage-NMMSI.html

(the red one)

Kenny is also wearing what appears to be pro kit shorts but they seem to be from an older year as they are grey, not black like the 2014 kit. I wonder if he forgot to pack his usual race kit and had to run in the clothes he brought for his shakeout run or something.

Koech has also made an odd gear choice. He's running in the Nike Streak LT's which are generally used for track workouts and shorter road races, some pros use them up to the half-marathon but I've never seen one race a full marathon in them.

Koech is pacing so I think that explains his choice of shoe.

TAA wrote:

Hi HardLoper!

Hey TAA! For some reason I always think you run the 400m. Is that true?

temp is ok at 59 but 76% humidity is what kills you.

Oh, there he is. LET'S GO!!

29:22 at 10k. That's 2:03:55 pace. You've got to expect some of these guys are going to start falling off soon. There's got to be around 25-30 guys in that lead pack right now.

Speaking of Bekele wearing a nike singlet, did anyone see the tweet this week from adidas pointing out that for a number of years an adidas man has had the men's marathon WR - i thnk like 7 years.

Anyone know the figure? How many years?

2328 at 8k. How many guys in the NCAA could do that on a road?

I think more than many of you think as it was 10k in 29:22 on a pancake flat road.

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What a great stream, without sideshow junk, and nice smooth shots.

- Flawless stream quality, very clear picture

- no commercial breaks

- knowledgable commentator

- not much time wasted on the womens "race"

- perfect pacing

American Marathons are clown conventions compared to this.

Didn't Mo run his marathon in custom streak lt2's?

HardLoper wrote:

TAA wrote:

Hi HardLoper!

Hey TAA! For some reason I always think you run the 400m. Is that true?

I was more of a 800/mile guy. I dabbled in the 400 a bit and ran the 4x4 many times. What's your prediction for Bekele?

PS. 29:22 is 2:03:54 pace which is perfect. I'd like them to hit 62 and negative split. Just hit 2:57 for the next 20k.

DubaiM wrote:

- Flawless stream quality, very clear picture

- no commercial breaks

- knowledgable commentator

- not much time wasted on the womens "race"

- perfect pacing

American Marathons are clown conventions compared to this.

Oh, and a pacecar that displays last km split and projected finish. WOW.

so many east africans just go for it - there is a huge pack at sub 2:04 pace through 11k - probably one guy or maybe 2 will run the whole thing at this pace.

americans would never just go nuts like that

Why do the pacers for the women have their names on the number and the men's pacers have PACER. Do the women's pacer need to be official entrants otherwise it'd hose a WR effort?

The commentator could use another guy to help him out. I have no complaints about the stream though. Pretty great