OFFICIAL DUBAI MARATHON THREAD

8 minutes to gun time!

Is this being broadcast anywhere?

GO BEZUNESH
we at lets run o-di-shalo
we at letsrun especially me love you, and we are rooting for you.

Live leaderboard here

http://dubai.mikatiming.de/2010/?content=leader

2:58 first K...hes on 2:04:14 pace according to the predictor

a 3:03 kilometer?/? have they lost their minds?

3:03 second K...thats not good!

live updates anywhere?

video?

Better too slow than too fast...still, 3:03 is much too slow. 11:5high thuogh 4k

2:57 fifth k...I'm gonna want to hear what he has to say about his pacers after.

14:54 at 5K that is 20 seconds slower than the 2008 pace (compare here http://www.sportsscientists.com/2008/09/haile-gebrselassie.html)... so science of sports guys were thinking that was too fast, so maybe Haile and co. think the same and trying to take it slow at first...lets hope so

now 2:55... wow so much variance...hope they keep it still from now on for a while...

KM Absolute Diff
KM 1 02:58 02:58
KM 2 06:01 03:03
KM 3 09:00 03:00
KM 4 11:58 02:58
KM 5 14:54 02:57
KM 6 17:49 02:55

Doesn't look too bad, if anything this is a good sign (maybe not the 3:03 but overall looks fine).

as soon as I post, another 3:03 7th K.

I hope he has it in him and this is just part of the plan

another 3:03... I think the pacers are either Wanjiru's relatives or Dubai holidngs paid them a little extra to save from paying 1M!:-)

2:56 8th K...this guys all over the place!

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wak9 wrote:

I hope he has it in him and this is just part of the plan

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