Official 2016 Dubai Marathon Live Discussion Thread

Wow, they showed it. They made it impossible to cut short this year. Must have learned lesson from last year.

Geez, they are 17 seconds ahead of Kimetto's 26km split according to their graphic.

rojo wrote:

Anyone on here an expert on islam? Why do they run their races on Friday in the middle east?

Friday is a blessed day in Islam.

The Friday prayer (at noon) is the most important of the week.

rojo wrote:

kmaclam wrote:

20 guys just ran a 1/2marathon faster than Luke did last weekend, with another 13.1 to go!!

Post of the night so far...

Can someone tell me why the other commentator not named Paula Radcliffe is just a normal sportsman? I mean what's the point of having someone who doesn't know running. The only people watching an online stream at 1041 pm at night in the US, 3 am in EUrope are diehards.

Interesting she said a WR wouldn't count because their are men in the race. Wasn't her WR set with male pace makers?

rojo wrote:

Can someone tell me why the other commentator not named Paula Radcliffe is just a normal sportsman?

Jesus.

Here are all of the men's leaders at 25k.

Pos. Name Est.Finish Time

1 Kipruto, Amos (KEN) 2:02:53 1:12:49

2 Kiprono Ngeno, Ernest (KEN) 2:02:53 1:12:49

3 Kibet Koech, Edwin (KEN) 2:02:53 1:12:49

4 Kipsang, Aspel (KEN) 2:02:53 1:12:49

5 Lemma Kasaye, Sisay (ETH) 2:02:53 1:12:49

6 Ayele Woldegiorgis, Abayneh (ETH) 2:02:54 1:12:49

7 Berhanu Hayle, Lemi (ETH) 2:02:54 1:12:49

8 Mekonnen Asefa, Tsegaye (ETH) 2:02:54 1:12:49

9 Abera Dibaba, Tesfaye (ETH) 2:02:55 1:12:50

10 Regassa Dabe, Tilahun (ETH) 2:02:55 1:12:50

11 Wasihun Lakew, Mula (ETH) 2:02:55 1:12:50

12 Kiplimo Kosgei, Samuel (KEN) 2:03:07 1:12:57

13 Zawude Heyi, Tebalu (ETH) 2:03:21 1:13:05

14 Teshome Bekele, Mesfin (ETH) 2:03:24 1:13:07

15 Bekele Gebre, Alemu (BRN) 2:04:35 1:13:49

16 Yego Kiptoo, Jonathan (KEN) 2:04:53 1:13:59

17 Kiplagat Rono, Thomas (KEN) 2:05:24 1:14:18

18 Abraha Adihana, Gebretsadik (ETH) 2:06:01 1:14:40

19 Tolossa Bekuma, Haile (ETH) 2:06:02 1:14:40

20 Alemayehu Ameta, Belachew (ETH) 2:06:02 1:14:41

21 Desta Habtu, Kibrom (ETH) 2:06:02 1:14:41

22 Adane Amsalu, Yihunilign (ETH) 2:06:56 1:15:13

23 Mesfin Woldetensae, Afewerk (ETH) 2:06:56 1:15:13

24 Bitew Worku, Asefa (ETH) 2:09:02 1:16:28

25 Abdosh Mohammed, Ali (ETH) 2:09:20 1:16:38

26 Prof. Tsegaye, Gebreslassie (ETH) 2:09:22 1:16:39

27 Eneyew, Tenaw Belete (ETH) 2:09:59 1:17:01

28 Gladwin Mzazi, Sibabalwe (KSA) 2:11:35 1:17:58

29 Wahome, Julius (KEN) 2:11:43 1:18:02

rojo wrote:

kmaclam wrote:

20 guys just ran a 1/2marathon faster than Luke did last weekend, with another 13.1 to go!!

Post of the night so far...

Can someone tell me why the other commentator not named Paula Radcliffe is just a normal sportsman? I mean what's the point of having someone who doesn't know running. The only people watching an online stream at 1041 pm at night in the US, 3 am in EUrope are diehards.

Can someone tell me why the commentator named The Doper Paula Radcliffe isn't in prison? I mean what's the point of having a cheater getting paid to poison the sport into perpetuity?

A reminder, only two men in the field have broken 2:05 before. And only one of them (Tsegaye Mekonnen) is in the lead group.

I bet we will see a world record! ...for 30k.

Note to rabbits, if you want credit for the 30km record, jog the rest of the race or the IAAF won't count it.

The two guys in yellow look pretty smooth. Going to call it for one of them.

Jonathan Gault wrote:

A reminder, only two men in the field have broken 2:05 before. And only one of them (Tsegaye Mekonnen) is in the lead group.

I haven't heard of a single one of them...

Off with her bobblehead wrote:

Can someone tell me why the commentator named The Doper Paula Radcliffe isn't in prison? I mean what's the point of having a cheater getting paid to poison the sport into perpetuity?

SOLINSKY...CHRIS SOLINSKY IS...TAKING OFF!!!

LOOK HOW SMOOTH CHRIS SOLINSKY LOOKS RIGHT NOW WITH 800 METERS LEFT...

LOOK AT THIS...CHRIS SOLINSKY...DID ANYONE EVEN PREDICT THAT HE WOULD GO FOR A RECORD LIKE THIS???

LOOK AT THIS GAP...IT'S GROWING!...LOOK AT THIS!

CHRIS SOLINSKY! HE'S ONLY ON 500 METERS BETWEEN A WIN, A DEBUT...AN AWESOME DEBUT, AND AN AMERICAN RECORD!

CHRIS SOLINSKY ONE TO GO!!!

26 FLAT!!! OH MY GOD!!!!!! 26:03 OHHH MYYY GOOODDD!!! HE JUST RAN A 60.2!!! CHRIS SOLINSKY, A 60 AND HE BREAKS 27!!!

CHRIS SOLINSKY IS GONNA HAVE THE AMERICAN RECORD. GALEN RUPP IS AT THE 300 METER MARK.

THERE IS NO QUESTION WHO'S GONNA WIN THIS RACE!

200 METERS TO GO. WHAT'S THE TIME. GIVE IT TO ME!!!

CHRIS SOLINSKY HAS TAKEN THIS FIELD AND THIS CROWD BY STORM! NO ONE EXPECTED TO SEE THIS TONIGHT!

A NEW AMERICAN RECORD FOR CHRIS SOLINSKY IN WHAT WE THINK TO BE HIS 10K DEBUT!

55...HE MIGHT BREAK 27 MINUTES!!!

56...

57...COME ON CHRIS

58...

OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

CHRIS SOLINSKY! 26:59!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Some of the men now keeping pace alongside the women definitely started in the men's pack

pandaQC wrote:

Friday is a blessed day in Islam.

The Friday prayer (at noon) is the most important of the week.

Thanks, so what's the normal work week over there?

Post of the thread... Rojo please note ... Paula is a cheating cvnt

Off with her bobblehead wrote:

rojo wrote:

Post of the night so far...

Can someone tell me why the other commentator not named Paula Radcliffe is just a normal sportsman? I mean what's the point of having someone who doesn't know running. The only people watching an online stream at 1041 pm at night in the US, 3 am in EUrope are diehards.

Can someone tell me why the commentator named The Doper Paula Radcliffe isn't in prison? I mean what's the point of having a cheater getting paid to poison the sport into perpetuity?

rojo wrote:

pandaQC wrote:

Friday is a blessed day in Islam.

The Friday prayer (at noon) is the most important of the week.

Thanks, so what's the normal work week over there?

Sunday-Thursday

World record for 30km is 1:27:37 from Berlin 2014. 4 guys share it, but I think Kamwaror is the one who was in first position.

rojo wrote:

Thanks, so what's the normal work week over there?

Are we sure they don't need to work.

It seems to me there are 3 different types of people just as in America. Rich, poor and religious fanatics.

They either let the oil checks roll in (rich), stare at the camels out in the desert (poor) or plan jihad (religious).