Berlin Marathon is going down right now

Cherono looked great, 2:19:25

Kebede holds on for 2nd with all that hair! 2:20:48. Big hug from Cherono.

The flag thing has got to end, they act like everything is the olympics now

Imagine formula 1 drivers running around with a flag when they win... maybe they do but I've never seen it

Kipchoge has got to have blisters what with running all that way with both his insoles exactly 1/2 way out of his shoes! Sup with that?

kmaclam wrote:

Cherono looked great, 2:19:25

Looks like Radcliffe's record is safe for another 10 years, probably 20.

Will have to watch Universal Sports replay at 1pm today & get story on Kipchoge's shoes. They are interviewing him now. Any translation from the German or French feed? Us Americans only speak (and barely at that) one language while all these athletes from supposed 3rd world countries speak 2 or 3.

kmaclam wrote:

Kipchoge has got to have blisters what with running all that way with both his insoles exactly 1/2 way out of his shoes! Sup with that?

Weirdest thing I've ever seen. Those were some custom insoles with his name on them.....but WTF?

Thought it was a sticker at first and my g/f was like....."um, his insoles are out of his shoes!"

Either way, Kiphchoge is obviously the man of the hour. He continues to amaze.

He only said soles were slipping away, so he had foot pain, but didn't have time to remove them

However he is happy with his pb, and he'll be back next year to break wr

Has ANYBODY ever had that happen to them? I've run thousands of miles & never remotely had my insoles start leaving my shoes. And why did BOTH of his insoles eject. And why did they both stop 1/2 way & not continue to leave? Watching the award ceremony. Cherono won't even fake a sip of that mega mug of beer. She's like get that poison away from me. Ain't gonna help me run faster. Ironic, as it's 6am ET Sunday morning & I bet fully 75% of the posters on here are going to wake up with some kind of a hangover.

kmaclam wrote:

Cherono won't even fake a sip of that mega mug of beer. She's like get that poison away from me. Ain't gonna help me run faster.

It's alcohol-free beer anyway, so she probably doesn't like the taste.

Yes.

I have a pair ow NB RC5000s that have one insole which has a tendency to slide out of the shoe and dangle outside.

kmaclam wrote:

Has ANYBODY ever had that happen to them? I've run thousands of miles & never remotely had my insoles start leaving my shoes. And why did BOTH of his insoles eject.

I missed the stream, and haven't seen what Kipchoge's shoes looked like yet, but yes, it can happen with thin, flexible insoles. On my original Nike Free 4.0s (with the velcro closure), after much use had further flattened the already thin insoles so they had no rigidity left, they would eject out the back of the shoe within maybe 30 meters of running. It didn't help that the back of the shoe was spandex, without a firm heel cup. They needed to be glued in or removed.

volt. wrote:

Yes.

I have a pair ow NB RC5000s that have one insole which has a tendency to slide out of the shoe and dangle outside.

Yep, same problem with same shoe. First time I raced in them in National Masters indoors one ended up nicely bunched under the ball of the foot.

Next pair started doing the same thing in training, and I now super-glue them in.

This problem happens occassionally with European shoes. Never experienced it with American. As it happened to me, the insole wasn't properly glued to the shoe. With sweaty feet or water accidentally getting in there, that can be a disaster waiting to happen. The insole started creasing and unrolled from the toes towards the heel due to friction. I had to drop out less than 2K from the start. So, yes it does happen. Reason they didn't come all the way out is probably one end of the insole was glued well. I do not understand however how this could happen since I assume they take a lot of precaution with shoes for top elites and for a special event like this. They should be tested on the roads and for a top contender like Kiphcoge they should give him a 'duplicate' to use for his last week of training just to make sure he gets used to it. I guess Nike going to explain why the big mistake.

kmaclam wrote:

Has ANYBODY ever had that happen to them? I've run thousands of miles & never remotely had my insoles start leaving my shoes. And why did BOTH of his insoles eject. And why did they both stop 1/2 way & not continue to leave? Watching the award ceremony. Cherono won't even fake a sip of that mega mug of beer. She's like get that poison away from me. Ain't gonna help me run faster. Ironic, as it's 6am ET Sunday morning & I bet fully 75% of the posters on here are going to wake up with some kind of a hangover.

"Cherono won't even fake a sip of that mega mug of beer. She's like get that poison away from me. Ain't gonna help me run faster."

They need to stop putting alcohol in runner's faces after the race. That's pretty insulting to a non-drinker.

Drinking is for losers. It's not the seventies anymore. It's not cool either. The coolest thing is no drinking period.

Not many people can abstain 100%, but some very successful people do.

For me, this is like offering a runner a cigarette after their run.

"It's alcohol-free beer anyway, so she probably doesn't like the taste."

I stand by my comments above. It represents real beer. Giant glass endorses binge drinking.

Would giving the winner a smokeless cigarette by OK? They should give the winners GIANT e-cigarettes with the name of a major Tobacco company on them!

stop promoting bad habits wrote:

They need to stop putting alcohol in runner's faces after the race. That's pretty insulting to a non-drinker.

It was non-alcoholic beer.

I quite agree, the same thing happens with cycling during the amstel gold race

they are promoting beer, since the brand sponsors the Berlin marathon

stop promoting bad habits wrote:

"Cherono won't even fake a sip of that mega mug of beer. She's like get that poison away from me. Ain't gonna help me run faster."

They need to stop putting alcohol in runner's faces after the race. That's pretty insulting to a non-drinker.

Drinking is for losers. It's not the seventies anymore. It's not cool either. The coolest thing is no drinking period.

Not many people can abstain 100%, but some very successful people do.

For me, this is like offering a runner a cigarette after their run.

Thanks for your input, Life of the Party.