Official 2015 London Marathon Live Discussion Thread

Men’s splits

Mile 1: 4:40. 10 men in lead group.

Mile 2: 4:50 (9:30) Men are right on the rabbits.

Mile 3: 4:33 (14:03)

5K: 14:32. Group of 10. Mekonnen, Kipchoge, Tsegay, Mutais, Kitwara, Regassa, Kipsang, Kimetto, Biwott.

Mile 4: 4:44 (18:47)

Mile 5: 4:40 (23:27)

Mile 6: 4:47 (28:14)

10K: 29:14 (14:42) Still 10 men.

Mile 7: 4:44 (32:58)

Mile 8: 4:47 (37:45)

Mile 9: 4:47 (42:32)

15K: 44:04 (14:50) 2:03:57 pace

Mile 10: 4:47 (47:19)

Mile 11: 4:48 (52:07)

Mile 12: 4:47 (56:54) 2:04:19 pace

Men are locking into 4:47s

Geoffrey Mutai's been dropped.

Men’s splits

Mile 1: 4:40. 10 men in lead group.

Mile 2: 4:50 (9:30) Men are right on the rabbits.

Mile 3: 4:33 (14:03)

5K: 14:32. Group of 10. Mekonnen, Kipchoge, Tsegay, Mutais, Kitwara, Regassa, Kipsang, Kimetto, Biwott.

Mile 4: 4:44 (18:47)

Mile 5: 4:40 (23:27)

Mile 6: 4:47 (28:14)

10K: 29:14 (14:42) Still 10 men.

Mile 7: 4:44 (32:58)

Mile 8: 4:47 (37:45)

Mile 9: 4:47 (42:32)

15K: 44:04 (14:50) 2:03:57 pace

Mile 10: 4:47 (47:19)

Mile 11: 4:48 (52:07)

Mile 12: 4:47 (56:54)

Mile 13: 4:54 (1:01:48)

HM: 1:02:19 G Mutai 4 seconds back

The lead group is 9 athletes, with Geoffrey Mutai four seconds back of the leaders.

dopeajoke wrote:

Paula finishing as she started, getting dragged along by a group of male pacers.

Ha ha ha ha!

5:42 21st mile for the women. Still 9 women in there, led by Rkia El Moukim (6th at NYC last fall). Someone's gonna have to take off soon. This race has been very slow.

Men’s splits

Mile 1: 4:40. 10 men in lead group.

Mile 2: 4:50 (9:30) Men are right on the rabbits.

Mile 3: 4:33 (14:03)

5K: 14:32. Group of 10. Mekonnen, Kipchoge, Tsegay, Mutais, Kitwara, Regassa, Kipsang, Kimetto, Biwott.

Mile 4: 4:44 (18:47)

Mile 5: 4:40 (23:27)

Mile 6: 4:47 (28:14)

10K: 29:14 (14:42) Still 10 men.

Mile 7: 4:44 (32:58)

Mile 8: 4:47 (37:45)

Mile 9: 4:47 (42:32)

15K: 44:04 (14:50) 2:03:57 pace

Mile 10: 4:47 (47:19)

Mile 11: 4:48 (52:07)

Mile 12: 4:47 (56:54)

Mile 13: 4:54 (1:01:48)

HM: 1:02:19

Mile 14: 4:52 (1:06:40)

Men are slowing a bit over last couple of miles.

Women’s splits

Mile 1: 5:38

Mile 2: 5:19 (10:57) Lead group is now 9. Keitany, Kiplagats, Tufa, Mergia, Sumgong, Tsegay, Jeptoo, Abeylegesse.

Mile 3: 5:18 (16:15)

5K: 16:54

Mile 4: 5:25 (21:40) 2:22 pace

Mile 5: 5:17 (26:57) Abeylegesse dropped. Down to 8.

Mile 6: 5:08 (32:05) Mergia and Tufa start to push. Mergia and Tufa get a lead of 10-20 meters but rest of pack catches Tufa and then reels in Mergia within a mile.

10K: 33:22 (16:26)

Mile 7: 5:30 (37:35)

Mile 8: 5:27 (43:02) 2:21 pace

Mile 9: 5:46 (48:48)

15K: 50:53 (17:31) 2:23:06 pace

Mile 10: 5:41 (54:29)

Mile 11: Chasers are gaining on lead pack.

Mile 12: 5:37 Chase pack has caught the leaders, as has the second pacer (Elizabeth Cherono). Lead group is now 12, Tsegaye and Mergia at the front. They start picking it up a little bit when group 2 catches them.

20K: 1:08:06. (17:13)

Mile 13: Group of 9 now, led by Tsegaye/Mergia.

HM: 1:11:42 (2:23:24 pace)

Mile 14: 5:29

Mile 15: 1:22:05

25K: 1:25:29 (17:23) They are 13 seconds behind the rabbits.

Mile 16:

Mile 17: 5:50

Mile 18: Dulce Felix goes to the lead and gets a slight gap but the pack catches her again. Edna Kiplagat and Diane Nukuri getting dropped.

30K: 1:42:36 (17:07)

Mile 19: 5:38 1:44:37 2:24:21 pace. Lead group is still 11, E. Kiplagat struggling to hold on but she’s still there.

Mile 20: 5:38

Mile 21: 5:42 Rkia El Moukim of Morocco leading. Still 9 women in lead group.

Mile 22: 5:31 Felix/El Moukim struggling to hold on. F. Kiplagat and Tufa looking around wondering if/when anyone is going to make a move. Tsegaye passes her bottle to Tufa. Nice sportsmanship even this late in the race. El Moukim dropped.

4 miles to go in the women's race and still 8 women in lead pack. Should be a great finish.

Regassa always looks like he could collapse any moment. Quite a contrast in style compared to for instance Kipchoge. Would love to see one of those two take it though.

El Amin Chentouf just ran 2:21:35. Pretty impressive considering he's blind.

Tsegaye and Tufa make the break. gap on Mergia, and then another gap on the rest of the field.

Of course, the Universal Sports feed missed the break.

Paula said her achilles went after 7 miles. Still running 2:35 pace.

Those Ethiopian ladies!

Mergia reeled in by chasers. It’s her, Keitany and F. Kiplagat in the next group. Tufa now opens a lead on Tsegaye. Less than 3 miles to go.

Jonathan Gault wrote:

El Amin Chentouf just ran 2:21:35. Pretty impressive considering he's blind.

Thats awesome!

Coverage of the women's race has been poor the last few minutes. No idea how big Tufa's lead is because they won't show her in context.

Okay, now I can see better, it's probably 30-50 meters. Keitany, Tsegaye and Mergia are the chase pack. F. Kiplagat dropped from chasers.

Good morning everyone.

Men's pacers have stopped. We're down to 6: Eliud Kipchoge, Dennis Kimetto, Sammy Kitwara, Wilson Kipsang, Stanley Biwott, Tilahun Regassa

E. Mutai is gone!

Jonathan Gault wrote:

El Amin Chentouf just ran 2:21:35. Pretty impressive considering he's blind.

He's Moroccan so hopefully he's being fully drug tested after the race

Just saying

50-foot midget wrote:

I'm rooting for Mergia, because she actually has genuine boobies, and is hot regardless.

Having a kid will do that.