Tirunesh Dibaba will make her 1/2 marathon debut next week what time do you think the 5000m WR, undefeated at 10000m, and road 15km WR will run in her debut 1/2 marathon?
http://www.albertostretti.org/2012/09/breakingtirunesh-dibaba-will-run.html
Tirunesh Dibaba will make her 1/2 marathon debut next week what time do you think the 5000m WR, undefeated at 10000m, and road 15km WR will run in her debut 1/2 marathon?
http://www.albertostretti.org/2012/09/breakingtirunesh-dibaba-will-run.html
A new WR if she feels good and the conditions are good.
Not on that course.
1:09.22
The WR is 1:05:50 by Mary Keitany who a couple years ago took over 30 seconds off the previous 1/2 marathon WR. I think Tirunesh can run the WR but maybe in her debut maybe alittle too much.
1:06:29
Tiruneshhalfmarathon wrote:
The WR is 1:05:50 by Mary Keitany who a couple years ago took over 30 seconds off the previous 1/2 marathon WR. I think Tirunesh can run the WR but maybe in her debut maybe alittle too much.
1:06:29
I'll give you 100 to 1 odds this. She's not setting a new world record at the Great North Run.
Jeff Wigand wrote:
I'll give you 100 to 1 odds this. She's not setting a new world record at the Great North Run.
Paula Radcliffe actually ran the fastest half marathon of all time at the Great North Run in 2003 with a time of 65:40. In spite of the difficulty of the course it's not eligible for world records.
The real world record wrote:
Jeff Wigand wrote:I'll give you 100 to 1 odds this. She's not setting a new world record at the Great North Run.
Paula Radcliffe actually ran the fastest half marathon of all time at the Great North Run in 2003 with a time of 65:40. In spite of the difficulty of the course it's not eligible for world records.
True, but bear in mind that she was in 2:15 marathon shape that year. Nobody else has come close to that kind of form since.
Vivian Cheruiyot I predict 1:09:09 but that would be in spring 2013 I think.
Tirunesh is much better than Vivian making her half marathon debut earlier than Vivian.
1:06:30
64:59.
interesting tirunesh dibaba is running a half marathon in Britain the same day meseret defar is running her 2nd ever half marathon in philadelphia.
also interesting is the olympic 10000 champ t. dibaba will face olympic marathon champ 2:18 marathoner tiki gelena and they are meeting at a middle distance, also in the race world marathon champion edna kipllagat should be fun.
57:45, demolishing both the mens' and womens' records.
I honestly think slower than 66:XX would be a disappointment.
The real world record wrote:
Jeff Wigand wrote:I'll give you 100 to 1 odds this. She's not setting a new world record at the Great North Run.
Paula Radcliffe actually ran the fastest half marathon of all time at the Great North Run in 2003 with a time of 65:40. In spite of the difficulty of the course it's not eligible for world records.
Paula can´t run 65,40. She is always injured.
Tirunesh is much faster over 5000m then Paula Radcliffe and despite her sub 30 minute 10000m Tirunesh has never time trail the 10000m. I suspect a healthy and fit Dibaba could run 29:20 is she ever attempted the 10000m WR. She destroyed the 15km WR in her first attempt at the distance running one of the 5km segments under 15:12.
If she goes for the record and don't have any side stiches which has plagued her then I can see her approaching 1:06:15 on her first attempt at the very worst! Will she run for time and if so can she run without any side problems?
Flat & fast course she could run 1:04:55 within two years of training.
VIPAM wrote:
She destroyed the 15km WR in her first attempt at the distance running one of the 5km segments under 15:12.
The 15km isn't a strong world record. Dibaba was barely faster than Keitany and Radcliffe's 15km splits in their best half-marathons.
1 46:28 Tirunesh Dibaba ETH 01.06.85 1 Nijmegen 15.11.2009
2 46:40+ Mary Keitany KEN 18.01.82 1 Ra's Al Khaymah 18.02.2011
3 46:41+ Paula Radcliffe GBR 17.12.73 1 Newcastle-South Shields 21.09.2003
Dibaba had side stich problems in her 15km WR in which her first 5km was over 16 minutes and her last 10km was well under 31:00 and last 5km sub 15:12.
I don't know if she will be as successful at the full marathon but I don't think there is an elite women today who will run a faster 1/2 marathon as Tirunesh once she gains experience.
Tirunesh as been happy to win 10000m gold and satisified with her 5000m WR. If she focused on times as much as Haile and Kenenisa did in their prime, her personal best would be around:
5000m 14:04.5
10000m 29:12.0
road
10km 29:43
15km 45:40
1/2m 1:04:40
kevin the boy wrote:
Paula can´t run 65,40. She is always injured.
no she doesnt run this time because shes a quiter.