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.

ojor wrote:

Lot of guys named Pace in the race.

Copier

LetsRun.com wrote:

2:53 first K. Live timing site is here:

http://dubai.mikatiming.de/2015/?pid=leader

That's 2:01:39 marathon pace. Of course 3:00 is 2:06:35 so if Bekele is somewhere in between there he'd be ok.

2:57 is 2:04:28 and 2:56 is 2:03:46.

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

Jonathan Gault wrote:

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

The announcer said it's 14 celsius which converts to 57.2 F.

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

no more nike? wrote:

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

I think his bib is partially obscuring the swoosh in the upper left (upper right on the camera) of his jersey. His shorts still have the swoosh.

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/

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

Goodness...I couldn't imagine a course like that. Staring straight ahead for so long...So mentally taxing. Like being on a treadmill.