Official 2015 London Marathon Live Discussion Thread

Tigist Tufa's looks like she's got this in the bag. Mary Keitany and Tsegay trying, in vain to reel her in.

Coach. wrote:

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

Cheerful lad.

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.

35K: 1:59:58 (17:22)

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.

Mile 23: 5:22Tsegaye and Tufa make the break. gap on Mergia, and then another gap on the rest of the field.

Mile 24: 5:05 Mergia reeled in by chasers. It’s her, Keitany and F. Kiplagat in the next group. Tufa now opens a lead on Tsegaye.

40K: 2:16:12. (16:14) Tufa leads by 11 seconds over Keitany/Tsegaye. Mergia 15 secs back.

Mile 25: Tufa has a big lead on Keitany, Tsegaye and Mergia.

Tufa broke the race wide open with a 5:05 24th mile. She is going to win barring a major upset.

Tufa looks strong now.

Tufa 5:07 25th mile. She really is bringing it

She was up 11 seconds at 40k according to split on TV

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Good morning everyone. WHo is this chick broadcasting on the BBC? I miss Paula.

anyway, does the BBC have both an elite men and women's stream as normal?

Wonder what's going on in the men's race though

Derek Yorek wrote:

Wonder what's going on in the men's race though

30k split for men just came up. 1:28:56 (2:05:05 pace)

Still six guys -- Kimetto, Kipsang, Kipchoge, Regassa, Kitwara, Biwott.

Tufa is tougher (wordplay on the BBC)

Thanks!

Tufa FTW in 2:23:23

Keitany 2nd 2:23:39

Tsegaye 3rd 2:23:41

rojo wrote:

Good morning everyone. WHo is this chick broadcasting on the BBC? I miss Paula.

That's Jo Pavey.

rojo wrote:

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Good morning everyone. WHo is this chick broadcasting on the BBC? I miss Paula.

anyway, does the BBC have both an elite men and women's stream as normal?

Whichever feed I am watching has both, but 95% of the time it is showing the women's race when most would rather be watching the men.

That women's race just made a strong argument against employing rabbits. Even with the rabbits, the top group just ignored them and ran their own race. What's the point of paying for athletes to rabbit if the elites aren't even going to follow them?

rojo wrote:

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Good morning everyone. WHo is this chick broadcasting on the BBC? I miss Paula.

That be Jo Pavey I think.

I'm sure he passes all the tests but I do wonder about the degree of his vision impairment when he was about to round the final right angle bend at pace and swerve out to pass a wheelchair racer at the same time. May be time to reassess the criteria.

Good morning everyone. WHo is this chick broadcasting on the BBC? I miss Paula.

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It's Jo Pavey, heroine from last year's Euro 10k. Always in Paula's shadow, even when in the commentary box.[quote]rojo wrote:

Come On Regassa

Kipchoge leading the pack with just over 5 miles to go. He looks good. But then again, so does everyone else.