Since the races are three hours apart, we might as well have a women's thread and then a men's thread. I'm starting this one now as I'll probably be waking up a little before halfway given the 2:15 am ET start time.
Since the races are three hours apart, we might as well have a women's thread and then a men's thread. I'm starting this one now as I'll probably be waking up a little before halfway given the 2:15 am ET start time.
TV details below:
https://www.letsrun.com/news/2020/09/how-to-watch-the-2020-virgin-money-london-marathon/
Here is our women's preview:
As well as our article on the women's press conference.
My take on a probable finish, if the conditions are not too bad:
https://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=10227906
My thread started seven months ago including both the men and women's events:
One hour away. Weather?
"Heavy rain and a moderate breeze." 49def F, 9degC
49 degrees and 100% chance of rain right now; however, the chance of rain drops significantly after 4 PM so hopefully the men have decent weather in the latter half of their race.
google weather wrote:
... the chance of rain drops significantly after 4 PM so hopefully the men have decent weather in the latter half of their race.
Elite men will have finished their lunch by 4pm, lol.
Aussie Records Benita Willis 2:22.36 And Rob DeCastella 2:07.50 in Jeopardy? By Diver and Robinson?
Remember The New Shoes everyone was setting Huge Personal Best's before the Pandemic?
hr measurement wrote:
google weather wrote:
... the chance of rain drops significantly after 4 PM so hopefully the men have decent weather in the latter half of their race.
Elite men will have finished their lunch by 4pm, lol.
Lol, yeah. It's gonna be bad. Do we have boots on the ground?
Vaporfly's
Hardloper wrote:
hr measurement wrote:
Elite men will have finished their lunch by 4pm, lol.
Lol, yeah. It's gonna be bad. Do we have boots on the ground?
No spectators on site, right?
douglas burke wrote:
Vaporfly's
You seen the thick ribbed rubber outsole on the Alphafly's (which Eliud runs in)?
hr measurement wrote:
douglas burke wrote:
Vaporfly's
You seen the thick ribbed rubber outsole on the Alphafly's (which Eliud runs in)?
That being said, I do think slick conditions would make the instability of that particular shoe (relying on forefoot strike/bounce for optimal efficiency) more treacherous than the Vaporfly's.
douglas burke wrote:
Aussie Records Benita Willis 2:22.36 And Rob DeCastella 2:07.50 in Jeopardy? By Diver and Robinson?
Remember The New Shoes everyone was setting Huge Personal Best's before the Pandemic?
No chance. IMO
hr measurement wrote:
https://ibb.co/5RPwKV9
"Several times I had some minor injuries, like a muscle stretch, because the shoe is not stable under the foot," said Bekele.
"It's really unshaped. It's really soft. The muscle needs to adjust to the movement under it. It's really difficult."
Bekele had planned to race in the older Vaporfly models rather than the latest Alphafly versions that Kipchoge will wear.
hr measurement wrote:
"Several times I had some minor injuries, like a muscle stretch, because the shoe is not stable under the foot," said Bekele.
"It's really unshaped. It's really soft. The muscle needs to adjust to the movement under it. It's really difficult."
Bekele had planned to race in the older Vaporfly models rather than the latest Alphafly versions that Kipchoge will wear.
Source:
https://www.bbc.com/sport/athletics/54386018hr measurement wrote:
hr measurement wrote:
"Several times I had some minor injuries, like a muscle stretch, because the shoe is not stable under the foot," said Bekele.
"It's really unshaped. It's really soft. The muscle needs to adjust to the movement under it. It's really difficult."
Bekele had planned to race in the older Vaporfly models rather than the latest Alphafly versions that Kipchoge will wear.
Source:
https://www.bbc.com/sport/athletics/54386018
“It’s really difficult to adapt to these shoes, especially with speed workouts,” said Bekele, who missed out on Kipchoge’s marathon world record of 2:01:39 by two seconds at the Berlin Marathon last year.
“Several times I had some minor injuries, like a muscle stretch. Because the shoe is not stable under the foot. It’s really unshaped. It’s really soft. The muscle needs to adjust to the movement under it. It’s really difficult.
“Anybody cannot use the shoes,” added Bekele, who said he would use the less high-spec Nike Next4%m shoes instead. “For walking or normal life it’s OK, you can do it. But to perform hard work in the shoe it’s really difficult.
“Eliud already had these shoes before one year ago. All of us other athletes got them maybe six months ago. Many of us were locked at home. Because of Covid you could not train as you wanted. So I had some problems with the shoes because I couldn’t adapt to it.
“Your muscles have to adjust to these shoes. It’s not like normal shoes. It’s really difficult. I tried to investigate it with other athletes and most of them had problems with these shoes, too.”
hr measurement wrote:
“It’s really difficult to adapt to these shoes, especially with speed workouts,” said Bekele, who missed out on Kipchoge’s marathon world record of 2:01:39 by two seconds at the Berlin Marathon last year.
“Several times I had some minor injuries, like a muscle stretch. Because the shoe is not stable under the foot. It’s really unshaped. It’s really soft. The muscle needs to adjust to the movement under it. It’s really difficult.
“Anybody cannot use the shoes,” added Bekele, who said he would use the less high-spec Nike Next4%m shoes instead. “For walking or normal life it’s OK, you can do it. But to perform hard work in the shoe it’s really difficult.
“Eliud already had these shoes before one year ago. All of us other athletes got them maybe six months ago. Many of us were locked at home. Because of Covid you could not train as you wanted. So I had some problems with the shoes because I couldn’t adapt to it.
“Your muscles have to adjust to these shoes. It’s not like normal shoes. It’s really difficult. I tried to investigate it with other athletes and most of them had problems with these shoes, too.”
Source:
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/sep/30/eliud-kipchoge-denies-platform-nike-shoes-offer-london-race-advantage[Kudos to (albeit slower) Jake Riley that made a last-minute decision to race in those shoes at the Atlanta OlyMarathon Trials, after getting his hands on a pair in less than 48hrs before the race.]