And there was one pacemaker left.
And there was one pacemaker left.
Yenew Alamirew, the 12:48 5k guy who had never even run a half marathon before today, made it to 25k with the leaders, but is now getting dropped.
ekw wrote:
what this be? wrote:
lol. where are you getting your information?
The marathon tracker has them coming through the half in: 01:01:36
Right from the screen of the live stream obviously. 1:01.28 at 21k. 8 seconds under WR pace for the marathon is accurate, btw. It literally says it right on the stream.
The 1:01:36 is off the Dubai Marathon leaderboard tracker. I guess we'll see which one is right. At no point in that time frame were they under the WR according to the official tracker.
Apparently bag pipes are a thing in the Southern Persian Gulf region. Today I learned...
just tola. And on the women's side, just dibaba.
Kibitok is going FTW! Opens up a pretty sizable gap!!!
Kibitok feels the pace is too slow !!! He's leaving !
It’s looking like the pacer could win this lol
swiss chrome dome wins the wheel chair race, big props
Tim L wrote:
21k is 13.02 mi., 22k is 13.64 mi. The margin of error between 21k and 13.1 miles, while not exactly equivalent in distance, is pretty damn thin.
A half marathon is 97.5 meters (106.6 yards) longer than 21k. It may be close enough for a hobby jogger, but not when WR pace is in the mix.
Who the heck is Kibitok..someone needs to give that boy a real contract soon.
what this be? wrote:
ekw wrote:
Right from the screen of the live stream obviously. 1:01.28 at 21k. 8 seconds under WR pace for the marathon is accurate, btw. It literally says it right on the stream.
The 1:01:36 is off the Dubai Marathon leaderboard tracker. I guess we'll see which one is right. At no point in that time frame were they under the WR according to the official tracker.
I'm just going buy what it says on the Arabic stream. Maybe it means its under the pace that was set during the WR and not even splits? I know it was a negative split for the WR so maybe thats it.
what this be? wrote:
ekw wrote:
Right from the screen of the live stream obviously. 1:01.28 at 21k. 8 seconds under WR pace for the marathon is accurate, btw. It literally says it right on the stream.
The 1:01:36 is off the Dubai Marathon leaderboard tracker. I guess we'll see which one is right. At no point in that time frame were they under the WR according to the official tracker.
The WR tracking in the live stream is just Kimetto’s splits, not the pace per k the world record was run at. This is why these comparisons look a little goofy considering Kimetto negative split.
I've never heard of most of these guys either which makes it fun. At this point I'm going to randomly pick Tura to win. I've never heard of him before this race but his stride and comfort level running reminds me of Abera who won two years ago. Watch him win in a sprint against Tola.
Here's a YouTube Version of the Live Stream in case the original links aren't working:
What we should track is the remaining pace required to match the WR. Right now (1:24:36 at 29k) they need to finish at 2:54.4 pace.
This leaderboard site is great.
http://dubai.mikatiming.de/2018/?pid=leader
Shows projected finish based on average splits. No longer do I have to put it into a spreadsheet.
Still on 2:03:05 pace
Niles wrote:
what this be? wrote:
The 1:01:36 is off the Dubai Marathon leaderboard tracker. I guess we'll see which one is right. At no point in that time frame were they under the WR according to the official tracker.
The WR tracking in the live stream is just Kimetto’s splits, not the pace per k the world record was run at. This is why these comparisons look a little goofy considering Kimetto negative split.
Exactly my thoughts. They are comparing the pace to the splits set during the WR, not the average pace of the WR.
Kibitok needs to just drop the hammer already.
still has 35 minutes of running.......maybe soon