scorpion_runner wrote:
And kipsang does not need a fast, fast pace to drop the other two. He can do that in the last 6 miles like he has done before.
Like how it worked so well against Bekele last year in Berlin?
scorpion_runner wrote:
And kipsang does not need a fast, fast pace to drop the other two. He can do that in the last 6 miles like he has done before.
Like how it worked so well against Bekele last year in Berlin?
Trump2020OP-the real one wrote:
Word on the street is that Bekele, Kipchoge, and Kipsang all have agreed to tell the pacers to run on "Pure Hate" and three will be pulled to the halfway mark by the pacers "Pure Hate"
Yes, what I hear is that Kipsang slept with the pacers' daughters, Bekele with their wives, and Kipchoge with their moms. Nothing but hate all around.
1. EK 2:02:22
2. WK 2:03:07
3. KB DNF
Impossible to tell, but let's go out on a limb:
* Kenenisa 2:2:10
* Kipsang: 2:2:12
* Kipchoge: 2:2:30
(There's already enough people predicting Kipchoge's win and Kenenisa's DNF. Or is that just one bloke with 20 different handles?)
Too hot wrote:
this weather forecast says 68-70 F during the early morning.
not ideal.
https://www.wunderground.com/forecast/de/berlin
God damn global warming!
I can deal with all of the massive hurricanes but how dare it try to mess up this great race.
KB is gonna sh!t all over his estimable opponents worse than trump has on any promises he made pre-election
Kipchogue is going to release the goats
Once again they'll go out at under WR pace, then slow to 2:03 due to the heat & humidity. Why don't they do this damn thing at 4 C and give themselves a chance?
14°C is perfect. What heat are you talking about?
Wejo is a 28-low guy wrote:
Bekele doesn't stand a chance. He is only a 28-low guy.
http://www.athleticsweekly.com/featured/tirunesh-dibaba-and-kenenisa-bekele-win-great-manchester-run-43219
What are you talking about, he easily won that day.
Expector wrote:
Once again they'll go out at under WR pace, then slow to 2:03 due to the heat & humidity. Why don't they do this damn thing at 4 C and give themselves a chance?
4°c is fecking cold. All the Africans will freeze to death in that temperature.
So what's the final word on the pace ?
*Kipchoge wants to go out in 60:45
*Bekele says “60:45 has no place in my plans. I shall follow the lead if I can.â€
*Kipsang prefers 61:00-61:10
Has a decision be made by the organizers ?
gathernomoss wrote:
So what's the final word on the pace ?
*Kipchoge wants to go out in 60:45
*Bekele says “60:45 has no place in my plans. I shall follow the lead if I can.â€
*Kipsang prefers 61:00-61:10
Has a decision be made by the organizers ?
61 would be best I think, 15 seconds is a big difference at that level
Samuel DeChamplain wrote:
gathernomoss wrote:So what's the final word on the pace ?
*Kipchoge wants to go out in 60:45
*Bekele says “60:45 has no place in my plans. I shall follow the lead if I can.â€
*Kipsang prefers 61:00-61:10
Has a decision be made by the organizers ?
61 would be best I think, 15 seconds is a big difference at that level
61 to 61:10 is a good target. Kipchoge isn't gonna get what he wants, and it's for his own good.
Yeah and it's hard to see either of the three not running with the three pacemakers until they get exhausted.
I hope we'll be get good data throughout the race, not the usual half hazard data that we sometimes have to try to wade through !
belial wrote:
Samuel DeChamplain wrote:61 would be best I think, 15 seconds is a big difference at that level
61 to 61:10 is a good target. Kipchoge isn't gonna get what he wants, and it's for his own good.
61 is 62 pace which is I think right now the human limit
winning time will be 2:02:42 however I think maybe two guys under 2:03 KB and Kipchoge, kipsang low 2:03
Weather prediction at start: 57 F, coudy, 15% rain chance, 5-7 mph wind
Sounds good, can't wait !
Lets see what happens when the pace drops out. At 30km. If Bekele and Kipchoge are together at around 32km the pace may drop and the race will become just that a race. If Bekele is not there Kipchoge might try to maintain WR pace. Kipchoge will certainly want to save something for a last 5km kick down against Bekele. Kipsang may have the biggest influence on the final time as he may decide to surge or maintain the pace knowing he cant out kick either of the other 2 over the last 5km.
inthepdx wrote:
Bekele is going to drop out somewhere between 20k and 30k.
You call tell when he's going to drop out or was going to run slow based on the pace he was requesting. Nearly every time he calls for a face pace, it seems way more like a scare tactic to psych his opponents out than what he is planning on running.