Official 2015 Dubai Marathon Live Discussion thread

59 degrees, 66% humidity at the start. Winds of 9 km/hour.

where is kenny? :D

He looks relaxed....

Alberto Stretti has some great info up on his site:

http://www.albertostretti.org/2015/01/dubaimarathonthe-essentials-to-follow.html

Here is what the rabbits are hoping to do according to Sretti:

Pacers men:

Diro hunde, eliud tarus, edwin koech, simon chprot and mutai kipkemei
61'45"/62'00"

‎Pacers women:

Stanley kibet, bikila garedew, habib bariso, bekama dubaro
70'20"/ 70'00

- See more at: http://www.albertostretti.org/2015/01/dubaimarathonthe-essentials-to-follow.html#sthash.KNE7ltSV.dpuf

2:53 first K. Live timing site is here: http://dubai.mikatiming.de/2015/?pid=leader

Apologies to the other guys who started threads. I needed this to be the real one as I'd put it up on the HP.

From the flags on top o fthe building, it certainly looks windy. THe wind is clearly a cross wind right now and should say that way the whole time.

Take a look at the course map. It's pretty amazing. Talk about 'out and back'

http://www.dubaimarathon.org/race-info/routes-maps/#1

No biggie. Thanks for posting the target split for the half. I was about to ask it had been mentioned

A lot of kenyans named Pace, is that their new favorite name?

2k in 5:51. Still very very early but men are on 2:03:26 pace.

Lot of guys named Pace in the race.

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ojor wrote:

Lot of guys named Pace in the race.

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LetsRun.com wrote:

2:53 first K. Live timing site is here: http://dubai.mikatiming.de/2015/?pid=leader

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They picked it up on that last k, 2:55. Bekele looks good, but again, it's super early.

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Jonathan Gault wrote:

59 degrees, 66% humidity at the start. Winds of 9 km/hour.

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By the looks of Bekele's kit, I'm guessing Nike hasn't re-signed him?

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no more nike? wrote:

By the looks of Bekele's kit, I'm guessing Nike hasn't re-signed him?

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it honesty pisses me off how smooth these guys make a 2:55k look. what the f***

The race starts in less than 10 minutes. Some are speculating it's too hot.

http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=6290276

Let the 2015 pro season begin!!! Winter vacation is now officially over.

You can stream the action live on the front page or here:

http://www.letsrun.com/news/2015/01/live-stream-2015-dubai-marathon-live-streaming/

Our women's preview is here:

http://www.letsrun.com/news/2015/01/2015-dubai-womens-preview-world-half-champ-gladys-cherono-debut-defending-champ-mulu-seboka-cr-holder-aselefech-mergia-headline-ridiculously-deep-field/

Our men's preview is here:

http://www.letsrun.com/news/2015/01/dubai-mens-preview-will-kenenisa-bekele-arrive-marathon-force-dubai-will-countryman-lelisa-desisa-win-2nd-title-3-years/

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rojo wrote:

Take a look at the course map. It's pretty amazing. Talk about 'out and back'

http://www.dubaimarathon.org/race-info/routes-maps/#1

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