E. Mutai 1 minute back... no second place for him today
E. Mutai 1 minute back... no second place for him today
iols wrote:
BBC has 2 feeds I can find:
Just Elite races:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/athletics/32103325(commentary not great)
BBC One Coverage:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/athletics/32103325
I wish like in year's past they had one for elite men and elite women. Or I wish a race would start the elite men before the elite women.
No offense to the ladies, but I didn't getd up at 6 am to watch a 223 women's race. I want to see the men and with Paual running we are going to miss the main part of the men's race as they'll show here and interview her.
Kitwara is losing ground at the back after Kipsang put in a surge.
Big three look like they are collectively pushing the pace
Kipsang just hit the front, does anyone think that this will turn into a sprint for several of the last miles given the slow-ish first half given the hype?
asabat wrote:
I'm sure he passes all the tests but I do wonder about the degree of his vision impairment when he was about to round the final right angle bend at pace and swerve out to pass a wheelchair racer at the same time. May be time to reassess the criteria.
He can see just fine
Probably on EPO too
Tufa's win was a huge upset. As we said in the preview: "Tufa, who used to train with Buzunesh Deba in New York before relocating to Addis Ababa in December 2013, has enjoyed a meteoric rise over the past year and a half. Entering the 2013 New York City Marathon, she owned a marathon pb of 2:40:45 and had never broken 70:00 for the half marathon (she still hasn’t)."
Her 2 sub 5:10 miles in the end are what won it for her but I'm surprised a 5:22 mile broke it open for her. Pace must have been lagging at start of mile and then she went. I'm surprised someone besides one the Ethiopians didn't stay with her then, but I don't think it would have made a difference.
The pace just increased significantly, right after Kipsang looked to intentionally slow down to tuck in.
Kimetto and Kipchoge both look very strong. They appear to be picking it up. 22nd mile was 4:43, which dropped Kitwara. Now 5 in the lead pack.
For those of you able to watch the bbc, this is the link you want as it's elite race only so you won't have to deal with the post-race women's interviews:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/athletics/32103325#
This last 5k is going to be unreal. all of the big boys are still there. Kipsang, kipchoge and kimetto.
Regassa was 19 when he won the Falmouth Road Race back in 2009.
Big three leading again. Though it looks faster, no one looks stressed
while we're on the subject, what's the deal with runners who a missing half of one arm getting a start in the disability group? I get that it's a bit tougher but is it so much more of a disability not to be in the mass start ? Saw a few people who were 30 pounds overweight and they had to start with everyone else. Even redheads had to be in the mass start.
This is great stuff. A bunch of studs just battling. And Kimetto is getting dropped!
Kimetto is gone!
Regassa is done. It's down to four, Kimetto is back up there. Kipchoge/Kipsang pushing from the front.
Chentouf's a T12: 2/60 vision, able to recognize shapes.
Kipsang, Kipchoge and Biwott leading. Kimetto looked like he'd been dropped, but he came back somehow
Regassa, you mean?
Mile 22 and 23 in 4:43 and all four guys look easy
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Great interview with Steve Cram - says Jakob has no chance of WRs this year
Hats off to my dad. He just ran a 1:42 Half Marathon and turns 75 in 2 months!
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