Official 2017 Dubai Marathon Live Discussion Thread

She doesn't look like she's going to blow it but someone in their debut could blow a 10 seconds lead the final mile no problem.

wejo wrote:

She doesn't look like she's going to blow it but someone in their debut could blow a 10 seconds lead the final mile no problem.

She's a tiny thing. I mean like really tiny.

rojo wrote:

2 min PR?? wrote:

I'm calling doping on this one

I understand why. This is one of the best runs in history. To run 2:03 in 69 degree weather? My god.

Why? It was run at 6 in the morning. The Sun has never gain altitude at any point in the race therefore the ground temp will be 69 as well. That's not a problem even in a marathon. It's not a difficult concept to understand.

The same 69 degrees at noon is an entirely different thing.

Women's leader looking efficient and beautiful running.

NativeSon wrote:

Well wrote:

Dennis Kimetto right now is drinking tea, laughing, and getting ready to eat Ugali. And is still the man to beat with his smooth beautiful gliding style of running.

It is 8:00 a.m. in Kenya.

Unless Dennis came from a run, it is highly likely that he would be eating ugali.

Maybe cassava, arrow roots, sweet potatoes, bread or chapati with tea.

Makes me wonder, do Kenyans typically eat anything before a morning run, or run on empty stomach?

wejo wrote:

She doesn't look like she's going to blow it but someone in their debut could blow a 10 seconds lead the final mile no problem.

I assume you mean Degefa? She was the women's leader at 40k in about 2:15:04.

Tea and lots of sugar. And more sugar. Sugar with tea.

$200k for Degefa, life changing ?

doubly shafted wrote:

I paid it. They were quick to debit my bank account, but not so quick to provide a stream that actually works. Hence I'm here watching the splits slowly unfold.

A lot of hoopla for nothing. I was hoping to see the first 2:01:XX

So much for that.

Time to poop.

In conclusion:

1) LetsRun.com is still completely hopeless in 2017.

Why did you pay the stupid FloTrackbot people the extortion money???

Answer:

You are completely hopeless.

A race by Kenenisa Bekele should be available for free as a gift to the entire world as a basic principle of truth. It should have nothing to do with extortion of money by Flotrack.

I watched this debacle for free on the Dubai channel. Their announcers were way better than Flotrack or rojo's comments on this thread.

Instead, Flotrack had the stupid idea to hold Kenenisa's race hostage... at the very last minute... for money... and ruined everything with their stupid extortion idea.

Kenenisa found out during the race and stopped running the race right away when he found out.

Kenenisa then took a cab back to his hotel room where he is now at the pool relaxing with some nice cool drinks, since it was hot today…and was not really a good day for running anyway.

OK???

No worries.

Subway Surfers Addiction wrote:

rojo wrote:

I understand why. This is one of the best runs in history. To run 2:03 in 69 degree weather? My god.

I thought for sure since he was running a 3 min / km at 30k that he wouldn't break the CR.

Hey Rojo, is this the same Tola that was 3rd in the Rio 10,000m?

Is this the same Tola that is the training partner of the Robertson brothers?

And people here believe he is doping, interesting.

Dropping two minutes in one year at that speed? Not saying he wasn't fast but that is a huge improvement.

Demise 2nd female sporting a loose, shoulder less white running tee. Never seen that, looked avant garde with an oversized logo print.

Jos saying KB fell at the start of the race and got injured.

GOAT2BE wrote:

$200k for Degefa, life changing ?

not if she's DQ'd for going back onto the course

malmo wrote:

Why? It was run at 6 in the morning. The Sun has never gain altitude at any point in the race therefore the ground temp will be 69 as well. That's not a problem even in a marathon. It's not a difficult concept to understand.

The same 69 degrees at noon is an entirely different thing.

Better be careful with these opinions on LRC, haha. Read the message board long enough and you start to believe it's impossible to go sub-2:20 if it's above 50 Fahrenheit. 69 degrees? Whew, might as well just shoot for a finisher medal according to some on here.

Ravena wrote:

Women's leader looking efficient and beautiful running.

Hermens is now blaming Bekele's problems on a fall at the start. Anyone see this in any feed? Doesn't sound like a particularly compelling story to me but who knows, maybe it was that bad.

The Arabs are walking on the marathon course.

No wonder they buy athletes the way they do.

For those wondering about Bekele, he went down at the start. I swore I saw a fall at the start but the camera never went back so I wasn't sure. I had a bad feeling it was him but later saw him in the pack and forgot about it. Jos Hermens on air after the race confirms it was Bekele who fell, was trampled and got hurt. I guess he tried to run through it but had a slight limp so called it a day. Unfortunate, but could give us a Bekele looking for vengeance in London!

What are these people walking ? Isn't this supposed to be a "race", as opposed to a "walk" ?

Josh Hermens is such a "pusher" really gives managers a bad name, hasn't spoken to KB but no problem, he'll be there in London, gotta pay ol' Josh's commission, eh ?