Just a little correction, but is Vivian Cheruiyot's PR not 2:18:31? I see 2:18:00 listed and therefore putting her name ahead of Gladys Cherono who has a PR of 2:18:11.
2019 London Marathon fields are out and are ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!! Field even includes Americans Huddle, Sisson and Derrick.
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Why isn't Rupp running it?
Has he chosen to DUCK yet another competitive field?
Maybe he can go run a custom-paced time trial in Prague again. lololololololol
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rupp-certified saladbar, or shaken bravey syndrome wrote:
Why isn't Rupp running it?
Has he chosen to DUCK yet another competitive field?
Maybe he can go run a custom-paced time trial in Prague again. lololololololol
He is hurt, surgery etc.
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complete rubbish wrote:
COMPLETE BULL DOO DOO
Sammy Nyokaye (whover he is,) is not a pacer at London
With a four year old PB of 62.13 he could not run 61.00 or anything close
https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/kenya/sammy-dismas-nyokaye-297980What a joke of a post
It`s not a joke. His manager told he will be in the London marathon as one of the pacemakers.
And don`t look at that old 62:13 he ran in France 2015. After that year he won the Mully`s half 2017 at high altitude in 1:01:40, 8 sec from world best ever in history at high altitude. He beat Kangogo who ran 59 min twice in Kobenhaven half. In a half in Kenya at the end of 2018 he ran even with Daniel Wanjiru. Sammy is a very good runner but he has not got so many good chances in Europe . He will be ready for his task in London to pass threw half at 1:01.
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It is the order that they typed them out.
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rojo wrote:
Ok, in the first post, I listed all of the runners by their PRS. I was quite proud of myself as I had to bring out my Princeton econ skill for the first time in 20 years and sort them in excel as the organizer's list of elites was in some sort of bizarre order.
Here is how the organizers listed the elites. I will send a free Letsrun tshirt or $5 - whichever you prefer - to the person who can find and then explain the logic of the following list. I can see no logical order to this list at all.
Men
Eliud KIPCHOGE KEN 02:01.39
Mosinet GEREMEW ETH 02:04.00
Mo FARAH GBR 02:05.11
Tola Shura KITATA ETH 02:04.59
Wilson KIPSANG KEN 02:03.13
Tamirat TOLA ETH 02:04.06
Cameron LEVINS CAN 02:09.25
Abraham KIPTUM KEN 02:04.16
Leule GEBRSELASSIE ETH 02:04.02
Mule WASIHUN ETH 02:04.37
Michel BUTTER NED 02:09.58
Ihor OLEFIRENKO UKR 02:12.04
Yassine RACHIK ITA 02:12.09
Daniel WANJIRU KEN 02:05.21
Henryk SZOST POL 02:07.39
Brett ROBINSON AUS DEBUT
Jack RAYNER AUS DEBUT
Chris DERRICK USA 02:12.50
Callum HAWKINS GBR 02:10.17
Dewi GRIFFITHS GBR 02:09.49
Jonathan MELLOR GBR 02:12.57
Andy VERNON GBR DEBUT
Tsegai TEWELDE GBR 02:12.23
Andy DAVIES GBR 02:15.11
Joshua GRIFFITHS GBR 02:14.49
Robbie SIMPSON GBR 02:14.04
Matt SHARP GBR 02:16.02
Jack MARTIN GBR DEBUT
Thomas DE BOCK BEL 02:15.19
Dennis LAERTE BEL 02:16.29
Nitender SINGH RAWAT IND DEBUT
Mick CLOHISEY IRL 02:14.55
Derlis AYALA PAR 02:13.41
Mikael EKVALL SWE DEBUT
Iraitz ARROSPIDE ESP 02:13.23
Yohei SUZUKI JPN 02:12.18
Bashir ABDI BEL 02:10.46
Women
Vivian CHERUIYOT KEN 02:18.00
Brigid KOSGEI KEN 02:18.35
Tadelech BEKELE ETH 02:21.40
Tirunesh DIBABA ETH 02:17.56
Gladys CHERONO KEN 02:18.11
Mary KEITANY KEN 02:17.01
Molly HUDDLE USA 02:26.44
Emily SISSON USA DEBUT
Roza DEREJE ETH 02:19.17
Lilia FISIKOVICI MDA 02:28.26
Sinead DIVER AUS 02:25.19
Birhane DIBABA ETH 02:19.51
Linet MASAI KEN 02:23.46
Haftamnesh TESFAY ETH 02:20.13
Martina STRAHL SUI 02:28.07
Allie KIEFFER USA 02:28.12
Lily PARTRIDGE GBR 02:29.24
Tracey BARLOW GBR 02:30.42
Sonia SAMUELS GBR 02:28.04
Charlotte PURDUE GBR 02:29.23
Laura GRAHAM GBR 02:37.05
Hayley CARRUTHERS GBR 02:36.48
Natasha COCKRAM GBR 02:35.47
Tish JONES GBR 02:33.56
Ruth VAN DER MEIJDEN NED 02:31.15
Maude MATHYS SUI 02:31.17
Carmen MARTINEZ PAR 02:35.17
Brittany CHARBONEAU USA 02:36.34
Emma MITCHELL IRL DEBUT
PRs cross sectioned with how recently they ran them?
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kid from PA wrote:
PRs cross sectioned with how recently they ran them?
Look up their bio on the IAAF website.
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Do you want to bet? This athlete - your athlete - will not be a pacemaker in London.
Enough already of your self-promotion as a great coach !!
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The 2015 London Marathon had a better field, by the way. It had three world record holders in the distance with Kipsang, Kimetto, and Kipchoge (arguably 4 if you count Mutai in Boston). Several of these guys had or would have course records on marathon majors courses, too. Now in 2019 you just have Kipchoge and Kipsang (quite old by now) who have had a world record. Fewer course record holders. Maybe some of these guys are running fast times, but it wasn't the clash of the titans we saw in 2015. Surely 2019 could be a great marathon, but 2015 was a big deal when it happened and in the lens of history it stands up well.
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Quincyschmidt wrote:
zxcvzxcv wrote:
A name I saw on the field list that I cannot recall hearing before is Henryk Szost of Poland, turning 37 this year, ran a best of 2:07:39 in 2012, and ran sub 2:10 in four different years, starting in 2011 and 29. His time is not only among the best European times ever, but he did it on a set of pr's at lower distances that do not come close to those of Parker Stinson, Chris Derrick, and a host of other Americans who have not yet beaten 2:11 or 2:12. He seems to have figured something out at some point that most of our leading marathoners cannot figure out, despite their vastly superior lower distance credentials.
DISCIPLINE PERFORMANCE WIND PLACE DATE RECORDS
1500 Metres 3:44.26 Warszawa (POL) 07 JUN 2009
3000 Metres 8:02.42 Poznan (POL) 22 MAY 2005
5000 Metres 13:58.89 Poznan (POL) 30 JUN 2007
10,000 Metres 28:31.90 Kędzierzyn-Koźle (POL) 02 MAY 2009
2000 Metres Steeplechase 5:48.29 Kraków (POL) 06 JUN 2004
3000 Metres Steeplechase 8:56.41 Kraków (POL) 28 AUG 2005
10 Kilometres 28:58 Lublin (POL) 17 OCT 2010
15 Kilometres 44:48 Belchatow (POL) 20 NOV 2010
20 Kilometres 1:00:12 Paris (FRA) 13 OCT 2013
Half Marathon 1:02:35 Warszawa (POL) 27 MAR 2011
Marathon 2:07:39 Otsu (JPN) 04 MAR 2012
Looking at Henry’s Szost’s wikipedia page, his coach from 2010- 2015 (when he ran started running fast marathons) was Leonid Shvetsov, who it seems had a pretty open “secret” about how to run fast for the marathon.
https://www.runnersworld.co.uk/news/details-of-the-toyko-2020-olympics-marathon-route-have-been-announcedWow. This looks like an easy course to cheat on, like cutting the course between 30 to 35K. I hope Marathon Investigations will be on top of this. It would be a shame if a course-cutter won Olympic gold!
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good answer
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If weather will be ideal and considering London's first half is a slight net downhill we might see Kipchoge asking the organisers for a 60:45 first half.
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Mzungu in Iten wrote:
If weather will be ideal and considering London's first half is a slight net downhill we might see Kipchoge asking the organisers for a 60:45 first half.
61-61:30 first half, than Eliud Kipchoge will do a positive split of 62-63 minutes FTW.
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I believe it because :
1.He redefined what most thought was possible.
2.He wants to attack the world record yet again and will be in incredible shape.
3.He knows that the SAFEST way to win against such a stacked field is to go out so so hard and try to hold on for as long as possible while other will die a slow death in the latter stages.
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