2015 Berlin M Preview: Will the WR fall (again)? Will the 39-year old Canadian record? What about the 4 Americans?

Berlin best marathon on earth ,I pr there in 1993 w/2place overall was windy could run easy around 2h8-2h9. Berlin on sunday temperature 17c, humidity 65%,doubt WR: unless 3 runners stay together until 35k,i don't see any north American will run sub 2h10,they may pr .

I'm pulling for Drayton... To keep his record. Nothing against the current talent out of the Great Snowy North, but Drayton is a legend. It's always sad to see legends lose their records.

rojo wrote:

Lost of American men will be in Berlin: Shadrack Biwott, Sean Quigley, Matt Llano and Gabe Proctor.

http://www.letsrun.com/news/2015/09/2015-bmw-berlin-marathon-mens-preview-will-the-world-record-fall-again-what-about-the-39-year-old-canadian-record-will-an-american-break-210/

Those 4 Americans you mention, or at least 3 of them, definitely seem "lost".

Drayton is the best wrote:

I'm pulling for Drayton... To keep his record. Nothing against the current talent out of the Great Snowy North, but Drayton is a legend. It's always sad to see legends lose their records.

More like it's sad for Canada that it hasn't been broken in 40 years.

sad indeed wrote:

Drayton is the best wrote:

I'm pulling for Drayton... To keep his record. Nothing against the current talent out of the Great Snowy North, but Drayton is a legend. It's always sad to see legends lose their records.

More like it's sad for Canada that it hasn't been broken in 40 years.

The article has been updated. For some reason our poll in it about whether the Canadian record would or would not fall wasn't showing up. It is now live.

I just voted "yes". I guess I should maybe root for it to turn 40 but wanted to be optimistic.

I don't see any poll but my vote is no.

There is no Canadian marathoner who even mildly compares to Drayton.

I don't think Coolsaet will get it in Berlin, but I think Rob Watson will get it in CHI.

Assuming race conditions and pacing are favorable, the world record will not go down but will receive a BIG scare. Kipchoge wins in between 2:03:05 and 2:03:10 with Emmanuel Mutai around 2:03:25. Eliud Kipchoge is currently the best marathoner in the world( though Wilson Kipsang is very close) but Dennis Kimetto's record is something very special and will last at least three years, maybe more. Now if Wilson Kipsang in best shape was in this race, the World record would have gone down with Kipsang taking the win by a small margin over Kipchoge.

For the Canadian Record, Reid has been trying for this for at least four years now and the best he has come close is 2:10:55. His chances stand at 40%. I don't see him breaking that record. It will take someone else to do it. But I must give it to Reid, Eric Gillis, Rob Watson for the courage to chase this record year after year. Their resilience demostrate true sportsmanship.

to break world record need to may factors as weather condition ,pacers,competitors ,ready missing competitors ,need 4-5 athletes really fast like kipsang kimeto mutai bros 2 couples Ethiopians sub 2h5 willing to try sub 2h4 even sub 2h3 ,good pacemaker ,an even 2mn55 or 14mn30/5 km pace than we can WR,as Canadian I don't believe tha Canadian who just run at Toronto island 10km w/29mn10,will break 2h10 unless there is tail wind all the way the course ,good luck to all runners at Berlin ,even on do it in 6h ,nice city ,nice people :the first one who welcomed the refugees

Looks like they're targeting 61:30 for the half. I wouldn't be surprised if Kipchoge gets the world record. It would be one heck of a PB for him. Regarding Coolsaet, it seems that there is a group going at 2:09:45 pace. So if he sticks with them, I have confidence he can get Drayton's record. The conditions look ideal, much better than Toronto in 2011 where he ran 2:10:55 despite the ridiculous wind in the last 20 mins and an unscheduled pitstop.

Anyone watching this live later today?

http://www.letsrun.com/news/2015/09/berlin-live-stream-on-universal-sports-sunday-3am-et-tape-delay-1pm-et/

When will a live thread be posted?

I will try to watch it live.

RiceFuelsUs wrote:

Regarding Coolsaet, it seems that there is a group going at 2:09:45 pace. So if he sticks with them, I have confidence he can get Drayton's record.

There's a big group of Japanese guys going at that pace so if Reid runs with them he should be fine.

Bump!

I'm really hoping someone with Universal Sports will be able to provide me updates.

Weather looks almost perfect.

Go to the website where there's Tweet updates ie 1st kM 2:51

http://www.bmw-berlin-marathon.com/en/

or live leading group on website:

http://results.scc-events.com/2015/?pid=leader_public

that universal stream is horribly choppy. livetv dot sx would have a better one but it seems to be suffering a ddos attack and won't load.

found some streams here:

http://www.watchathletics.com/schedule/watchlive/1539

I can only get one of them to work..

WTF is going on with his Kipchogue's shoes?!