Official London update thread 2012

JUST outside course record 2:04:47 for kipsang

Kirui is dying

Lel or Kebede for second!

kebede and lel side by side

LEL SECOND!!!!

where is kirui????!??

bonked completely. 2:08 low!!!!

nevermind I see kirui 6th 2:07:53

feyisa 10th 2:08:20

wow

Kirui Died is 6th (2:07:56)

Pacemakers where not very good today. Kipsang should have bettered the WR.

Kipsang

G. Mutai

Mosop

for the Kenyan team???

tadese 2:10:41...still hasn't got the marathon yet

not even the first eritrean...samuel tsegay 1st eritrean in 2:08:06

Tadese still struggling in marathon

Ryan Hall's London pr good for 2nd.

WHEN TADESE CAN´T COPE WITH THE MARATHON, BEKELE WILL HAVE EVEN MORE (!) TROUBLE

Poor Kirui, he fought it out but couln't finish strong. Throws the selection process in more shambles, Now we understand how hard it is to name the Kenyan team. The only one right now on the team unquestionably is W kipsang. The rest will be hard to name. given kirui's fight thou, i think he still has a better chance

WOW to the finish.

leaders at 40k:

Kipsang

kirui

feyisa

kebede

lel

gharib

Samuel tsegay

adil annani

emmanuel mutai

dos santos

bouramdane

bazu

tadese

kipruto

finish:

Kipsang

lel

kebede

annani adil

gharib

kirui

mutai

dos santos

tsegay Samuel

feyisa

bouramdane

bazu

kipruto

tadese

The pace absolutely destroyed Kirui and Lilesa at the end.

They went for the win and paid for it.

The Kenyan Olympic team will be interesting.

I'd go with Kipsang, Kirui and Mutai if I was picking it.

Worku, Lelissa and Kirui did not run a smart race. They put themselves in the shoes of someone like Kipsang who has run 2:03 before. That is why they bombed. I a m sure if they had run their own race, they would have run 2:04 high or 2:05 low. I hope Kirui has learned a lesson today. Kipsang also blew up in the last mile or so but his time puts him as second fastest ever on London course. As for Martin LEl, I think he is a phenomenon athlete. He was below the radar today and very few people thought of him coming through in the top five. But here he collects the silver again. He is the true Mr. London. Three golds, three silver and I think one bronze in London. I think London should come up with a marathon or half marathon race named after him.

Mosop had the next best placing and time after Kipsang.

I name Kipsang, Mosop, and G. Mutai. Mutai because I think secretly that's who AK wanted ahead of time, and he knew it.

inisider wrote:

given kirui's fight thou, i think he still has a better chance

why? he tried to go toe to toe with the best and failed hard.

it was a gutsy race and i commend him for it, but it was not an indicator that he can compete at the olympic level.

the advantage kirui was supposed to have over everyone was his ability to win races, not time trial WRs. the argument against him was his slower PR. this was a perfect race to showcase his racing prowess- a slower paced race with plenty of talent and surges