Results are in.
http://www.fukuoka-marathon.com/results/index.php?lang=en&search_by=1&taikai_nth=66
This isn't Trafeh's first marathon started, but I believe it's the first he finished.
Solid debut for Ryan Vail after "missing" NYC and pushing everything back a month, 2:11:45, just 4 seconds behind Trafeh. Trafeh went out much more aggressively, running with the leaders (63:45) and fading. Vail was more conservative, running fairly even splits.
Other Americans I see in the results:
Tim Nelson 2:14:09. Not much better than his 2:15 debut at NYC last year, which wasn't good for him. However, he actually ran at that conservative pace the whole way, starting waaay back in 15:45 for 5k. He just passed Scott Overall at the end. Looks like Ryan Bak started with him too, but faded to 2:18.
No Kenyan finishers in the field, surprisingly. Haile Geb dropped out with upper leg cramps. He says he wants to stay in shape and find another marathon to run.
Sadly, this has become a pattern for Haile.
Vail's splits look great compared to others
15:30 15:35 15:23 15:30 15:25 15:39 15:45 16:00 6:58
PS (glad someone else is online at this time) - around 32k must have been a popular time to drop out, because in addition to Haile, I do count about 4 Kenyan starters and Canadian Simon Bairu, who all dropped out around there. A little surprising for Bairu, as he went out at Nelson's conservative pace. Not a good day for Schumacher's group.
Vail did have good splits, that's one of the smarter debuts I've seen in recent years. Nelson / Bairu / Trafeh / that guy in the Olympic Trials whose name I can't remember / many other (North) Americans who have debuted in the last couple years have crashed.
Vail's splits look great compared to others
15:30 15:35 15:23 15:30 15:25 15:39 15:45 16:00 6:58
Vail ran 2:12 at the trials, this was not his debute (not knocking him at all just clarrifying posts).
willy k wrote:
No Kenyan finishers in the field, surprisingly.
Especially since the winner and the 14th-placer were both from Kenya.
willy k wrote:
Results are in.
http://www.fukuoka-marathon.com/results/index.php?lang=en&search_by=1&taikai_nth=66This isn't Trafeh's first marathon started, but I believe it's the first he finished.
to the GILLLLLLS
Frank Shorter ran 2:10:30 at this same race 3 months after winning gold in 1972. Those guys you speak off got beat by a mile. 2:11 is not world class anymore. Forty years ago sure; not now.
I'm curious about the results - looks like 200+ people dropped out....it looked windy, but was it that bad there?
It has nothing to do with the wind. They pull runners off the course if they fall below 2:46:00 pace. The qualifying time for the race is 2:42:00.
Aha. Thanks.
At some point, race director are gonna start putting some fine/small print in Geb's contract that links his consistent DNF's with his pay. He's probably getting tons of dollars just to show up.
mcmuffins wrote:
to the GILLLLLLS
No, it was Coolsaet pacing Vail, not Gillis.
there were several Kenyans in the field and one of them won.
troof be told wrote:
mcmuffins wrote:to the GILLLLLLS
No, it was Coolsaet pacing Vail, not Gillis.
Easy-to-understand mistake from mcmuffins. All of those damn Canucks look the same.
Nappy Roots wrote:
At some point, race director are gonna start putting some fine/small print in Geb's contract that links his consistent DNF's with his pay. He's probably getting tons of dollars just to show up.
They already do.
The winner is Kenyan. He's just based in Japan.
Yeah, you guys are right, my mistakes. 1) There are two Kenyan finishers, but their "nationality" is listed as Japan since they're based there and I didn't look at the names, and 2) this isn't Ryan Vail's debut, he ran 2:12 at the olympic marathon trials. It was also pretty well-paced though.