Official 2018 London Marathon Live Discussion Thread

Hardloper wrote:

Every marathon when runners start dropping the announcers start talking about how you can have a "bad patch" and maybe they'll come back. Lol that's not how it works. If you're struggling to stay with the pace halfway into a marathon you're screwed.

Unless you are Mo MF Farah!!!

Way to go Viv! Great race. Can’t wait for nbcsn to miss the men’s break and show us the last mi of the men’s race.

rojo wrote:

Is this a joke? They are showing paralympics on the ad-free version. I'm paying $80 a year. Can't I just get a feed of the elite races only.

Are they showing this on the BBC?

I know the BBC has an elite only fee. What is that showing?

I'm watching the "Elite only" feed on the "BBC Red Button" with commentary by some bloke and Mara Yamauchi, this shows the elite women, elite wheelchair, elite visually impaired and now and then the elite men plus pointless shots of things like the Cutty Sark

ExpertKipWatcher wrote:

rojo wrote:

Is this a joke? They are showing paralympics on the ad-free version. I'm paying $80 a year. Can't I just get a feed of the elite races only.

Are they showing this on the BBC?

I know the BBC has an elite only fee. What is that showing?

I'm watching the "Elite only" feed on the "BBC Red Button" with commentary by some bloke and Mara Yamauchi, this shows the elite women, elite wheelchair, elite visually impaired and now and then the elite men plus pointless shots of things like the Cutty Sark

Don't forget those really important tall buildings in Canary Wharf. Just fascinating.

any update on the men from the last 15 minutes??

ExpertKipWatcher wrote:

I'm watching the "Elite only" feed on the "BBC Red Button" with commentary by some bloke and Mara Yamauchi, this shows the elite women, elite wheelchair, elite visually impaired and now and then the elite men plus pointless shots of things like the Cutty Sark

Concur with this summary :)

VC based on her 10k pb of 29:32 totally acceptable that she runs that fast Mary Keitany though blew up big time for false hopes about how fast she thoght she was going to run!

dfdfdf wrote:

wtfunny wrote:

OMFG is there a free stream available that doesn’t keep cutting out? Tvcatchup drops out continually.

It's working fine here:

I’ve tried my phone, iPad and now my computer but all three keep freezing. Total pita.

Thanks

I wish I was listening to the BBC. They now are showing Keitany finish. I want to see the men's race.

rojo wrote:

Did they not show the race during the interview? Like split screen? What did they show when the interviewed her.

They showed the races, but the announcers basically stopped covering them.

Wow this is painful to watch... Wonder what her pace is!

Pepsipro wrote:

All due respect to Farah. Speculation aside, no matter how well-founded, he's run a strong race so far and there's no sign of the wheels falling off. The press coverage he gets here in the UK is insane... I can't even imagine what the pressure has been like for him.

But it seems like he's been doing the right shite out in Ethiopia and is pulling a respectable performance when many of us thought he'd struggle to ever stick with the big boys in a major marathon.

Although I don't know what he was thinking with the arm warmers and bottle fiasco haha

I wonder if he'll finish to be honest. He's going to blow up big time.

I wonder if they'll all fall apart but Kipchoge and Kitata still going up front.

Here are the men's leading miles:

Mile 16: 4:47 (1:14:46) Kipchoge continuing to push and Farah falling back now.

Mile 17: 4:42 (1:19:28) Kitata in second on Kipchoge’s shoulder. Farah now about 15 meters behind in third.

Mile 18: 4:48 (1:24:16) Kipchoge has dropped Farah and is trying to do the same to Kitata

30K: 1:27:24 It’s Kipchoge pushing with Kitata right behind, Farah 7 seconds down.

Mile 19: 4:51. Slowest mile of the race so far. WR slipping away.

Mile 20: 4:45 Still Kipchoge with Kitata on his shoulder.

Mary crawling should do Berlin instead of New York, this year.

48yroldrunna wrote:

rojo wrote:

Is this a joke? They are showing paralympics on the ad-free version. I'm paying $80 a year. Can't I just get a feed of the elite races only.

Are they showing this on the BBC?

I know the BBC has an elite only fee. What is that showing?

I know. Watching it too. What a joke. Have seen like 10 min of the men’s race if that.

This is one of the problems with the women's race starting early. The women's finish often coincides with the big moves in the men's race.

ExpertKipWatcher wrote:

rojo wrote:

Is this a joke? They are showing paralympics on the ad-free version. I'm paying $80 a year. Can't I just get a feed of the elite races only.

Are they showing this on the BBC?

I know the BBC has an elite only fee. What is that showing?

I'm watching the "Elite only" feed on the "BBC Red Button" with commentary by some bloke and Mara Yamauchi, this shows the elite women, elite wheelchair, elite visually impaired and now and then the elite men plus pointless shots of things like the Cutty Sark

Much better than the normal coverage though. Unless you like awkward interviews and Ariel shots of random streets.

rojo wrote:

I wish I was listening to the BBC. They now are showing Keitany finish. I want to see the men's race.

BBC hasn't shown men's race in minutes. They showed Keitany finish as well.

It's pretty bad with PPV they can't just show the race feeds.

Hats off to Mary for finishing! She went after the WR no fault in that, but she Finished , no DNF!

Champion.

Who wins the majors?

BBC leaderboard now shows only Cherono at #1 with 2:24:10 finish

Odd. Quite sure they haven't DQ'd everyone in front of her.