Berlin Marathon Live Thread

timing wrote:

14:20, 29:00 (14:40), 43:37 (14:37), 58:01 (14:24)

25k @ 1:12:47 (14:46)

Pack is down to 8.

Certainly Not Skuj wrote:

Back to Pink Chick.

Calling it now....Bekele will win this.

Great to give the locals a bit of coverage but this is friggin ridiculous.

friggin ridiculous. wrote:

Certainly Not Skuj wrote:

Back to Pink Chick.

Calling it now....Bekele will win this.

Great to give the locals a bit of coverage but this is friggin ridiculous.

Slo mo Pink Chick drinking!!!

iopo wrote:

My bad, meant 2:02

Quite the opposite. They've destroyed their chances of a 2:03 with this pace.

2:04:30 for Kipsang, Bekele 2nd in 2:05:00.

24,25,and 26th K all about 3:00, unlikely to WR now

Certainly Not Skuj wrote:

friggin ridiculous. wrote:

Great to give the locals a bit of coverage but this is friggin ridiculous.

Slo mo Pink Chick drinking!!!

German director must be on a promise

this pink chick gets more coverage than the whole men's race

halfway over wrote:

HALB 61:11

Faster than expected, still well faster than WR (2:02:57)

Bekele going to go down real hard on this one! Kipsang's fluidity will carry him to the finish but Bekele will break between 33Km - 37Km, mark my words!

Yuki Kawauchi 1:16:37 @ 25k (-> 2:09:19 projected finish)

Pink chick is Katharina Heinig, PR 2:33:56. Her mother is Katrin Dörre, who they're interviewing now (in red jacket). Dörre was the bronze medalist for East Germany in women's marathon at the Seoul Olympics. Hence the local interest

Women's field is 3 ETHs and 3 minutes back to others. Currently about 2:19 pace.

La Vie en Rose wrote:

Pink chick is Katharina Heinig, PR 2:33:56. Her mother is Katrin Dörre, who they're interviewing now (in red jacket). Dörre was the bronze medalist for East Germany in women's marathon at the Seoul Olympics. Hence the local interest

Thanks but who gives a flying fcuk.

Ackley wrote:

Ackley wrote:

46:46 at 15K (2:11:33 pace)

1:05:43 at half (2:11:25 pace)

1:18:28 at 25K (2:12:25 pace)

who carez? wrote:

Women's field is 3 ETHs and 3 minutes back to others. Currently about 2:19 pace.

Aga dropped, only Kebede and Dibaba.

Bekele looks tired and glances back too often. No reason to look back when you're not leading. This will get ugly.

Thanks but wrote:

Thanks but who gives a flying fcuk.

the live leading group is more interesting

Ronoh off the back now....Kipsang pushed a bit.....and then there were 5.

Cicirunner wrote:

Bekele looks tired and glances back too often. No reason to look back when you're not leading. This will get ugly.

I am not seeing this.

Cicirunner wrote:

Bekele looks tired and glances back too often. No reason to look back when you're not leading. This will get ugly.

Bekele has had those internal fights since the fast start and I don't think he will even be in top three here. Likely a DNF.