Official 2019 Dubai Marathon Discussion Thread

2:03:34 FTW for Getaneh Molla. Course record by 26 seconds, and the fastest debut in history. Wow.

Herpassa Negasa runs a near-six-minute PR of 2:03:40 for second (2:09:14 previous pb)

I think Nagasa was wearing 4%s that he painted red. will post photo soon

Saina does well to get 5th, 1st Kenyan. But takes home only 5K for a 2:05 effort.

Did you see the closeup shot of 2nd place shoe?! Vaporfly painted! Oh Addidas! Can’t beat em join em!

Yes, by 12 seconds.

SteelTownRunner wrote:

rojo wrote:

The adidas guy is going to run a non 4% WR right?

ha, you and I can both dream! Think it still stands with Kimetto.

Negasa is wearing dyed 4% .

Probably 140 ish wrote:

reed wrote:

massive? probably weighs 125

Reminds me off Alan Webb, so I'm guessing he weighs about 145 ibs.

He ran about 2:05:01 to 2:05:02.

On the women's side Chepngetich is broken free, right?

Chepngetich Last K splits: 3:16, 3:11, 3:15

Reminds me of a runner from back in the day called Benson Masya. Theres also a bit of Kamworor in his style.

Who's this saina guy? wrote:

Who's this saina guy? I just love his build, form and running style. Too bad he is falling back.

Finally back to the women. Chepngetich over Degefa by 18 seconds with 8 minutes to go. 2:17 pace

reed wrote:

I think Nagasa was wearing 4%s that he painted red. will post photo soon

wow21 wrote:

It really is quite a feat to basically miss the men's break when they seem to have a lot of editorial control over the coverage and didnt do any of those human interest stories. It was like 2 hours of just the elites, and yet they miss the break.

There are usually lots of breaks in a marathon race so I'm not sure what people mean when they say they missed "the" break.

reed wrote:

reed wrote:

I think Nagasa was wearing 4%s that he painted red. will post photo soon

good eyes

forcerunner wrote:

https://imgur.com/usk5Rvh

Lolyup, looks like a Vaporfly

Here is what we wrote about the winner last year. Believe it or not, he actually won way more money last year in a half marathon.

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Unknown Wins $266,650 In Half Marathon In Saudi Arabia

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Speaking of CRAZY big prize purses that few knew about, a half marathon was held in Saudi Arabia last week and it paid out $266,650 for first place (SAR 1,000,000, men only).

First place went to Ethiopia’s Getaneh Tamire (Molla) who won by running just 61:53. If you think the time was slow only because it was crazy hot, think again. The low was 58 and high was 79 on Sunday in Riyadh. As a result, we bet there are a hundred half marathoners who want to fire their agents now for not knowing about the 1st Riyadh Half Marathon.

That being said, word clearly did get out to some studs as the guys behind Tamire have some nice credentials.

Tamire himself is a pretty good runner. He won the 2015 All-Africa Games 5000 and has pbs of 13:05 for 5000 and 60:34 for 13.1, but he is far from being known as one of the world’s very best distance runners or half marathoners before last weekend. Last year, he finished 18th in two of his most high profile races (Pre Classic 5000 in 13:21 and World XC).

But some pretty good guys showed up to try to take down the huge prize. Here are the credentials of the top 5 at the 1st annual Riyadh Half Marathon.

Place / Runner / Time / Credentials

1. Getaneh Tamire – ETH – 61:53 – 13:05 pb

2. Jorum Okombo – Ken – 61:56 – 58:48 last year in Copenhagen, 59:36 for 4th at RAK half this year

3. Amdework Walelegn ETH – 61:59 – this was the half marathon debut for the 18-year-old who was 4th in the 2016 world junior 10k and has pbs of 13:14/28:00

4. Alex Oloitiptip – 62:06 – 58:51 in Copenhagen last year, 60:49 in Houston this year.

5. Guye Adola – 62:06 – 2:03:46 marathoner was 2nd in Houston Half this year in 60:15. Has 59:06 pb.

http://www.letsrun.com/news/2018/02/wtw-sick-japanese-mens-marathoning-another-wr-kyle-merber-freshman-sydney-mclaughlin-lynna-irby-put-show-secs/

Course records for both fields. Great weather for Dubai.

A or B or C?

A: Is this finally our first version of Caster S in an event besides the 800

B: Or is this Rosa's drugs at work?

C: Both.