Official 2014 Dubai Marathon Live Discussion Thread - Predict correctly and win $20.338

I'm talking about at the elite level, not the masses. Big difference.

douglas burke wrote:

many nationalities are represented including USA has 777, britain has 2746, ethiopia only has 119 heres a list of runners by nation.

http://dubai.mikatiming.de/2014/?pid=startlist

i don't buy that they split 29:0x.

in fact the announcer just said 29:20, seems better and about WR pace. 2:03:45 pace actually

It's a shadowy, corrupt event with a lot of money behind it that could be better spent.

douglas burke wrote:

wow phillipines has 3343 people in the race, japan has 564, kenya has 225.

this is truly an international field.

the woman are at 35:44 for 10k a 2:30.54 pace

24 mebn are at sub 2:03 pace at 10k and 30th place is at 2:06.22 pace.

cant wait to see the half marathon pace.

i meant 2:30.44 pace for the woman.

Who is the elite athlete coordinator for this event? Whoever it is, they must have a "special" relationship with one or two agents. Or perhaps they are an agent themselves. A very lopsided field (especially on the women's side) to say the least.

As noted in a previous post....shady, indeed.

reed wrote:

i don't buy that they split 29:0x.

in fact the announcer just said 29:20, seems better and about WR pace. 2:03:45 pace actually

Interestingly, all of the splits through 5k were reported at or above 3:00 except for one (a 2:55), and yet they came through 10k at 29:04. I swear this course has to be short.

10k time cannot be legit for the women

they wouldn't be running single file at 2:30 pace

10k: 29;04

15k: 43:46

Ok. I'm here now. If you still want to guess for $20, i'll let you do it up until the 21.1 km mark.

wtf?

2:03:44

two announcers wrote:

wtf?

Sounded like more than two announcers. Sounded more like a Robert Altman screenplay.

rojo wrote:

Ok. I'm here now. If you still want to guess for $20, i'll let you do it up until the 21.1 km mark.

Tsegay 2:04:18

it's not short...dubai just figured out how to fix the whole "running the tangents" problem. get rid of the tangents. straight lines for dayz

anyway...29:0x is BS, no way are 25 guys sticking around at that pace.

also, my livestream started getting really weird audio so i refreshed, now i can't get anything

anyone have some non-LRC site?

58:27 20k

Atsedu Tsegay in 2:04:15

Sorry, Hardloper, I don't know how to read directions, due to the fact that I was born in '94.

61:27 at Halfway

15 guys now at 2:03:18 pace or faster

1:01:38 for the lead pack of 15 guys