Official 2014 Dubai Marathon Live Discussion Thread - Predict correctly and win $20.338

Ben L Wrong wrote:

The course HAS TO BE short, converting 2:06 athletes in 2:04.

In the last Houston Marathon Ethiopian Dadi Yami ran 2:11. In Dubai 2012 he ran 2:05...and Ayele Abshero is a good 2:06 runner, with an astonishing 2:04low debut in Dubai.

Which km is short? Wasn't the weather at last Houston awful?

2:25:01 for first lady

thats 74/71 splits

Blazing finish for the women.

2:25:01

FjordFighter wrote:

I think Abdeimounaim is Moroccan?

either way impossible splits. under an hour for the 2nd half, the last 12 km in 31 minutes.

I suspect he is a DNF that was standing by the finish mat and got read as if he finished

Not impossible...it just happened. What would be the point in cheating to NOT break the world record?

The course is legit and certified as is the timing gear.

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either way impossible splits. under an hour for the 2nd half, the last 12 km in 31 minutes.[/quote]

SensitivePrudes wrote:

Not impossible...it just happened. What would be the point in cheating to NOT break the world record?

The course is legit and certified as is the timing gear.

either way impossible splits. under an hour for the 2nd half, the last 12 km in 31 minutes.[/quote][/quote]

so the last 12 AND 195 meters was run faster by OVER 2 minutes than the world record for a 12k race.

i agree with the poster who said he probably dropped out and stepped on the finish mat either accidently or maybe not an accident. i dont know.

FjordFighter wrote:

1 Mekonnen Asefa, Tsegaye (ETH) 02:04:32

2 Geneti Guteta, Markos (ETH) 02:05:13

3 Birhanu Gebru, Girmay (ETH) 02:05:49

4 Tola Adera, Tamirat (ETH) 02:06:17

5 Bekele Molaign, Azmeraw 02:07:12

6 Dechase Leche, Shumi (BRN) 02:07:13

7 Milaw Asefa, Abrha (ETH) 02:07:46

8 Kassw Belay, Abera 02:08:18

9 Harroufi, Abdeimounaim (USA) 02:09:11

10 Alemayehu Ameta, Belachew (ETH) 02:09:50

Remember when Paul Tergat ran 2:04:55 and he said afterward that he trained so hard and it was so hard to run that fast at Berlin, and he didn't think the WR would improve that much more? These 2:03 and 2:04 runs are becoming commonplace.

by the splits this guy tonight would have had to run 31:13 for the last 12 km AND 195 meters. here is the all time list for 12k. http://www.arrs.net/AllTime/AL_R12K.htm

douglas burke wrote:

so the last 12 AND 195 meters was run faster by OVER 2 minutes than the world record for a 12k race.

i agree with the poster who said he probably dropped out and stepped on the finish mat either accidently or maybe not an accident. i dont know.

Or perhaps no one has ever really tried to run a fast 12k before. Similar to how the 8k world record is around 22:00.

kksks wrote:

douglas burke wrote:

so the last 12 AND 195 meters was run faster by OVER 2 minutes than the world record for a 12k race.

i agree with the poster who said he probably dropped out and stepped on the finish mat either accidently or maybe not an accident. i dont know.

Or perhaps no one has ever really tried to run a fast 12k before. Similar to how the 8k world record is around 22:00.

He ran 4:07/mile the last 12k...

former eater of oatmeal wrote:

kksks wrote:

Or perhaps no one has ever really tried to run a fast 12k before. Similar to how the 8k world record is around 22:00.

He ran 4:07/mile the last 12k...

6 seconds per mile faster than 10000 WR pace?

EZ

the marathon ain't the same event anymore.

you run a 2:09 and you are more than a mile back of the winner.

you open in a reported 13:42?? 5K, breaking by quite a margin kuts and chattaway's world records.

you have 18 year old's out of no where capable of world records.

the marathon ain't the same event anymore.

we're going to see 202 soon.

my report about DubaiMarathon

just a sidenote the winner just turned 30 born on january 13th 1984 she ran her first marathon in 2003 and this was her 30th marathon finish.

longjack wrote:

you open in a reported 13:42?? 5K, breaking by quite a margin kuts and chattaway's world records.

Kuts ran 13-35 ...

wada needs to take a close look at this..

there seems to be something fishy going on here..

it probably is short.