Seoul Marathon Here

cheers

Did anyone get the half split?

34k in 1.42

2,58 pace, three leaders just dropped Ebenyo

I'm not one to advise such a great athlete but I kinda wish Ebenyo focussed on the track fully this year

Bernard Koech, Felix Kirwa, Haftu Teklu take your pick with ~3km to go

3 from 13

100%, get him back in the 10K asap.

Did I just go back to see Teklu win and immediately start vomiting everywhere.

Indeed.

Side note; got any theories on why Ethiopians out kick Kenyans on seemingly almost all close marathon finishes (after 40k)? Got to be the training right, more track training in general maybe

2.05.39

Hills and Sprints. Might be wrong but also feel like Ethiopians are often younger as a lot of Kenyans stay in the HM/10K/pacing area longer

There's probably a few factors, but the ones that spring to mind are the seemingly greater focus on drills and plyos among Ethiopians, and they also seem to be more ruthless racers. There appears to be absolutely no shame in sitting on a guy's (or gal's) heels right up until the last 150m and then blasting by him like he was a piece of trash. Westerners are probably too caught up in the "Pre-mentality" to go all-in on this approach.