Wanjiru vs Tadese in Dubai Half-Marathon

Sihine has only run one half, running 1:01:14 to come 4th @ the World 1/2M Champs in Edmonton in 2005. But he has run a couple of 15km road races, his best a 41:38 @ the 7 Hills Race in Holland.

Now, you have 3 guys moving up to run this half with sub-27 track speed. And 10-15 guys who have run sub-60 for the half in the last year. It will be interesting who the aggressor(s) will be.

I wish Tadese was running, as he would push the pace from the start. Regassa has done this a couple of times as well. I believe that Merga has been through the 1st 10K of a half in 27:32 recently (New Delhi), while Wanjiru hit the 1st 10K in 27:27 in Den Haag when he set the WB of 58:33. At the Rotterdam Half in 2009, the lead pack went out in 13:36 for the 1st 5K!

We could see 13:35 and 27:15 for the 1st two splits. It will be interesting if they can get close to 58-flat!

How flat is the race course,is it a WR breaking course?About Sehine,he has rarely been 100% in january in the past years,unless something changed very significantly in his training this year i will be surprised if he is in top shape.I was expecting Wanjiru to pull out of this race.Why did tedesse pull out ,is it due to injury ?

ooo watch out wrote:

Since Sihine rarely does less than 10k, is it safe to assume that he is a 10k/half guy? If so, my bets are on him.

Sihine just hasn't raced it recently because he has been a bit on/off injured the last few years, but the guy has a 12:47 PB making him one of the fastest all-time, and has a silver medal from the 2005 WCs in that event. At the same time, in 2005 he also took fourth in the World Half-Marathon Champs...

The guy is reportedly thinking about moving up to the marathon so this might be a transitional step. Also, he's getting over an injury that kept him out of the 2009 season so this race is pretty well-timed.

Man it sucks that Tadese and Wanjiru both pulled out! I thought 4 months before the London marathon provides enough time to race, recover, AND get ready for the marathon - or am I wrong?

And yes, does anyone know if the race will be broadcast live and where we might be able to watch it?

http://www.universalsports.com

, which usually broadcasts races like this doesn't have anything on their site about it....

Surprised Wanjiru pulled out. He doesn't seemed to be bothered at all about doing a sub par perfomance in prep for a marathon.

It makes more sense Tadese would want to pull out in order to prepare for London. I bet he was incredibly upset after not being able to finish since that is his ultimate goal for 2012.

Definite starter list:

MEN

Patrick Makau

Sammy Kitwara

Wilson Kipsang

Jonathan Maiyo

Bernard Kipyego

Wilson Chebet

Deriba Merga ETH

Abel Kirui

Yonas Kifle ERI

Duncan Kibet

Tilahum Regassa ETH

Micah Kogo

Fabiano Joseph TAN

Sileshi Sihine ETH

Nickolas Kiprono UGA

Kiplimo Kimutai

Tadesse Tola

Dickson Marwa TAN

John Kwambai

Aberham Cheruiyot

Aberham Tedesse ERI

Vincent Kipruto

Khalid Elaamri MAR

WOMEN

Mary Keitany

Dire Tune ETH

Philis Ongori

Aselfech Merga ETH

Abebu Galan ETH

Mamitu Deska ETH

Amane Gobena ETH

Caroline Kilel

Peninah Arusei

Teyba Erkesso ETH

Mestewat Tufa ETH

Lineth Masai

Linet Chepkurui

Atsede Busuye ETH

Meselech Melkamu ETH

Berhane Adere ETH

Asmae Legzhaoni MAR

Firehiwot Dado ETH

http://www.dehardloopkrant.com/artikel.php?date=2010-01-06%2007:52&id=Definitieve%20startlijsten%20Zayed%20halve%20marathon

do you know if the race will be broadcast anywhere?? flotrack needs to set up shop in UAE

v-dawg wrote:

do you know if the race will be broadcast anywhere??

I don't know, but I read this:

"the Committee has prepared a comprehensive plan for media coverage in coordination with Abu Dhabi Sports Channel, various satellite channels, local televisions, Arabic, international and global agencies" (from

).

So maybe Abu Dhabi Sports Channel will broadcast the race live? Can anyone find out?

The official Web site of the race is at:

http://www.zayedmarathon.ae/new/

I hope that it will be available live online someplace.

"Abu Dhabi: Runners from Kenya and Ethiopia are out in force to lay their claim on the Zayed Marathon prize today.

Almost all of top 10 runners in the men's and women's section come from these two African countries. Yonas Kifle of Eritrea is the lone contestant among the top 10 times list in the men's field.

List of fastest runners:

Men: Patrick Makau (Kenya) 58:52 minutes, Sammy Kitwara (Kenya) 58:52, Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich (Kenya) 58:58, Jonathan Maiyo (Kenya) 58:59, Bernard Kipyego (Ethiopia) 59:15, Wilson Kwambai (Kenya) 59:32, Deriba Merga (Kenya) 59:32, Abel Kirui (Kenya) 59:33, Yonas Kifle (Eritrea) 59:35, Tilahun Regassa (Kenya) 59:36, Micah Kogo (Kenya) 59:36.

Women: Mary Keitany (Kenya) 66:36 minutes, Dire Tune (Ethiopia) 67:18, Philes Moraa Ongori (Kenya) 67:38, Aselfeeh Merga (Ethiopia) 67:48, Abebu Gelan (Ethiopia) 67:57, Wude Yimer Ayalew (Ethiopia) 67:58, Mamitu Deska (Ethiopia) 68:07, Amane Gobena (Ethiopia) 68:16, Carloine Jeptanui (Kenya) 68:16, Penina Arusei (Kenya) 68:39.

it saddens me that no one can find a way for people watch what is sure to be a great race.

oh, and it's only a matter of HOURS (4?) away.

arghhh!!!!

bump...Any info on the start time and if it is possible to watch it live online? I am really excited for this race!

According to gulfnews.com, the elite race will start at 3:30 pm local time. This should be 14 hours from now on.

This is a link to watch Abu Dhabi Sports

http://www.talfazat.com/en/video-player/AbuDhabiSportChannel/

but i don´t know if it broadcast the race ,the web it´s in arab

http://www.adtv.ae/broadcast/channel.php?c=stv

v-dawg wrote:

it saddens me that no one can find a way for people watch what is sure to be a great race.

oh, and it's only a matter of HOURS (4?) away.

arghhh!!!!

i was given a example, when i gave the 7 a.m. time, there website has a countdown to the race, that currently says 9 hours to the race, so that would be 12 noon on thursday over there. and midnight california time, 3 a.m. new york time etc.

just looked at the web site again and there is not a countdown clock anymore, and everything is in arabic.

Are the Brojos on strike? usually they would have found a connection for some sort of live feed or online viewing.This time round they havent even mentioned anything about this race.Whats going on Brojos?

brojos where are u wrote:

Are the Brojos on strike? usually they would have found a connection for some sort of live feed or online viewing.This time round they havent even mentioned anything about this race.Whats going on Brojos?

there is not a white american in the race to the homojos dont care.

Really? You mean they do not care about the fact that both the men and women HM records could be broken in that race that is just about to start?