London Marathon 2016 - Official Thread

dark horse: a candidate or competitor about whom little is known. BTW - TV coverage starts at 3:30 here in the States, women go off at 4:15 and men at 5am

In this particular case, that makes Kenny B a dark horse

AndrewRoza wrote:

Here you can post updates about the upcoming London Marathon. Meanwhile, who do you think it might win it? I see Kenenisa Bekele as the dark horse. My prediction : 1. K.Bekele 2. W.Kipsang 3. D.Kimetto 4. E.Kipchoge

Not sure what world you're living in to put Kipchoge down for 4th. He hasn't lost a marathon since his debut where Wilson set the world record. I guess the fact that every one he has run well makes you think hes bound to have a bad race....

Anyone ever notice Kipchoge has a knack for hitting marathons in 30 second intervals? He does it once a year. Expect big things.

2013 Hamburg: 2:05:30

2014 Rotterdam: 2:05:00

2015 Berlin: 2:04:00.

I just want to note here. In the women's preview it said that Sara Hall DNF the LA 2015 marathon, but I think that she just ran it really poorly with a slow time.

Agreed. I hear he is in fantastic shape.

Side note - happy to see Craig Mottram is running. I doubt he'll run anything great but I loved watching him compete back in the day.

I see Biwott and Kipchoge definitely top 3. Other than that it's tough. Kipsang may be past his prime and Kimetto is really a question mark at this point. Bekele... Who knows

1. Kipchoge

2. Biwott

3. Kimetto

kmaclam wrote:

dark horse: a candidate or competitor about whom little is known. BTW - TV coverage starts at 3:30 here in the States, women go off at 4:15 and men at 5am

3:30? Where?

She did DNF.

opko wrote:

I just want to note here. In the women's preview it said that Sara Hall DNF the LA 2015 marathon, but I think that she just ran it really poorly with a slow time.

check again mate

http://trackshackresults.com/lamarathon/results/2015_Marathon/mar_results.php?Link=2&Type=3&LName=hall&FName=sara&City=&State=&Country=

Where/How can we watch the marathon in the US?

Checkmate:http://www.usatf.org/Events---Calendar/2016/U-S--Olympic-Team-Trials---Marathon/Results.aspxDNF mile18

opko wrote:

check again mate

http://trackshackresults.com/lamarathon/results/2015_Marathon/mar_results.php?Link=2&Type=3&LName=hall&FName=sara&City=&State=&Country=

2016 not = 2015

odds on bekele winning are 14/1. might be worth a small bet!

mara wrote:

odds on bekele winning are 14/1. might be worth a small bet!

I ran 3:11 against the odds, so yeah Kenny's worth a bet.

2:02:30 confirmed.

Kipchoge will win with a new WR or a sub 2:03:30 for sure!

He's the best marathoner in the World right now| He will leave Kimetto, Bekel and Kipsang in the dust with 3,5 km to go!

slo-twitch wrote:

I see Biwott and Kipchoge definitely top 3. Other than that it's tough. Kipsang may be past his prime and Kimetto is really a question mark at this point. Bekele... Who knows

1. Kipchoge

2. Biwott

3. Kimetto

This is probably right, but I'm rooting for:

1. Kipsang

2. Kimetto

3. Bekele

Hey, can we list what we know of their personality traits?

Kipsang: Generous spirit (gives back to community), thoughtful and good-natured, opposite of resting bitch face --frequently found smiling; perfunctory with the sponsorship tweets (also saw him drop the Berlin/BMW race flag they kept trying to drape over him for the Kenyan flag, rightfully so):

Kimetto: More reserved and shy? Maybe just because he has less of a fluency in English? Seems to take better selfies and is well hydrated for now:

Bekele: said to be shy but extremely nice and generous. Probably creeped out by overzealous guys taking videos of him running in English parks.

Kipchoge: runs with his heart and mind as well as his legs! ??anything else?

Biwott: ??

4 hours until the races begin. I can't wait!!