Rotterdam Marathon commentary

One Hit Blunder wrote:

That makes him less of a candidate for drug use. It's the guys that never have bad days that are suspicious.

why is that

Interesting day in R'dam ctiy again...

Kwambai came jogging by at a mile to go, slower than most of the runners that still had an hour of their run left ;-)

Magda L-B was really powering in the latter stages and was actually gaining on the Ethiopian winner.

James Carney had a tough race. On some parts was a difficult wind to cope with, especially when running alone like Carney did. The next pack was running 2.17 pace, so he had no support from them.

Leading Results -

Men

1. Patrick Makau KEN 2:04:48 PB

(splits: 14:48-29; 16-43:57; 58:40; 1:02:08; 1:13:51; 1:28:58; 1:43:52; 1:58:38)

2. Geoffrey Mutai KEN 2:04:55 PB

3. Vincent Kipruto KEN 2:05:13 PB

4. Feyisa Lelisa ETH 2:05:23 PB

5. Bernard Kipyego KEN 2:07:01 PB debut

6. Francis Kiprop KEN 2:08:53

7. Daniel Rono KEN 2:09:49

8. Elias Chelimo Kemboi KEN 2:10:29

9. Koen Raymaekers NED 2:11:09 PB Dutch champion

10. Yared Dagnaw Sharew ERI 2:11:28

11. Jonathan Maiyo KEN 2:12:45 P debut

12. Michael Shelley AUS 2:13:05 PB debut

13. James Carney USA 2:15:50 PB

14. Evans Kiplagat KEN 2:16:25

15. Ronals Schroer NED 2:16:28 PB second in Dutch championship

16. Rens Dekkers NED 2:17:10 PB third in Dutch championship

17. Jeppe Farsoeht DEN 2:18:47 PB

18. Jason Warick CAN 2:21:09

19. Rachid Benjira SWE 2:21:20

20. James Kwambai KEN 2:24:07 (second last year in 2:04:27)

Women -

1. Aberu Kebede ETH 2:25:25 PB

(splits: 17:03; 33:57; 51:10; 1:08:02; 1:11:59; 1:24:58; 1:42:00; 1:59:17; 2:17:15)

2. Magdalena Lewy-Boulet USA 2:26:22 PB

3. Xialin Zhu CHN 2:29:42

4. Yevgenia Danilova RUS 2:31:44 PB

5. Beatriz Ros Blanco ESP 2:32:28

6. Alina Istadura ROM 2:33:36 PB

7. Zoila Gomez USA 2:33:54

8. Meseret Mengistu ETH 2:34:07 PB Debut

9. Olga Glok RUS 2:38:10

10. Merel de Knegt NED 2:38:41 PB Dutch champion

11. Xenia Luxem BEL 2:39:01 PB Debut

12. Anna von Schenk SWE 2:39:20

13. Inge de Jong NED 2:40:55 PB Debut, second in Dutch championship

14. Miriam van Reijen NED 2:41:24 PB third in Dutch championship

15. Colette Fagan GBR 2:46:32

from the IAAF website

Wow.

Men: less than 1 min away from WR.

Women: 10 min away from WR.

15th man: 13min away from WR

15th woman: half an hour away from WR.

Race Directo wrote:

Makau should be DQ'd for the outside assistance from the guy on the bike

There is little doubt that the performances at Rotterdam are aided by race officials. Race officials coach the athletes from the course, hand them drinks, shower them with water if needed, drop back to shout at them to catch up when they fall back. They are managing the field as the race goes on.

This nonsense would never be permitted at Boston, New York, Chicago or London. Rotterdam bends the rules to try to get the fastest possible finish times. They will never be part of the Majors.

DD