2019 Berlin Marathon Official Discussion Thread

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7 months ago 09/28/2019 10:53pm CDT

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The 2019 Berlin marathon starts in a little over 3 hours. In the men's race, all eyes will be on Kenenisa Bekele as he looks to get his marathon career back on track. Bekele's 2:03:03 PB comes from Berlin 2016, but he has no race finishes for this year. Along with Bekele there are five other men with PBs in the 2:06 range or faster including Tokyo champ Leul Gebrselassie (2:04:02).

On the women's side, CR holder Gladys Cherono (2:18:11) is again the favorite as she looks to get her fifth Berlin victory. She'll face former two-time Olympic 5000m champ Meseret Defar (2:23:33) and Olympic marathon bronze medalist Mare Dibaba (2:19:52).

Race starts at 9:15AM local time (3:15AM ET). US fans can watch on NBC Sports Gold.

https://www.nbcsports.com/gold/2019-09-29

Organizer Press Releases:

https://www.letsrun.com/news/2019/09/kenenisa-bekele-will-lead-the-ethiopian-charge-at-the-berlin-marathon/

https://www.letsrun.com/news/2019/09/gladys-cherono-looking-for-her-fifth-win-and-to-break-her-own-course-record-at-the-berlin-marathon/
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7 months ago 09/29/2019 1:23am CDT
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Leaderboard, https://berlin.r.mikatiming.com/2019/?pid=leaderboard
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7 months ago 09/29/2019 1:24am CDT
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I wonder why the Kenyan contingent is so weak? You would think there’d be a large group since Kipchoge isn’t running. That seems pretty weird. Supposedly Bekele wants to go out at 61:30, but the field is fairly weak, so I rather doubt they’re going to hit halfway that fast. More like 62:30? Are they going to have pacers again?
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7 months ago 09/29/2019 1:31am CDT
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Live :- http://bit.ly/2myP3Ll

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Martymart

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7 months ago 09/29/2019 1:35am CDT
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Just because Kipchoge isn’t running the Berlin marathon, it seems to be treated as a 2nd class marathon.
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7 months ago 09/29/2019 2:20am CDT
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2:50 opening kilometer

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7 months ago 09/29/2019 2:24am CDT
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Go away fake stream guy

7 months ago 09/29/2019 2:38am CDT
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Fake
Go away fake stream guy

7 months ago 09/29/2019 2:38am CDT
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This one works for me in chrome: https://schoener-fernsehen.com/ARD/
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7 months ago 09/29/2019 2:41am CDT
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Is Drinks Guy update?
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7 months ago 09/29/2019 2:45am CDT
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10k in 28:52. Faster than world record pace
asfasdad

7 months ago 09/29/2019 2:45am CDT
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Through 10k in 28:52, holy crap. My man BEKELE is looking SMOOTH. COME ON BEKELE!!!

dfa

7 months ago 09/29/2019 2:47am CDT
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Holy sh*t .

2:02 pace

Go BEKELELE
lookin good

7 months ago 09/29/2019 2:49am CDT
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Even if bekele doesn't get a good result today, just watching him run a 10k in 28:52 looking like he's out for an easy run has been a privilege. I'm blessed
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7 months ago 09/29/2019 2:50am CDT
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Amateur Runner wrote:

10k in 28:52. Faster than world record pace

From my math here it’s a couple secs slower than world record pace. Did I get it wrong?
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7 months ago 09/29/2019 2:51am CDT
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Thanks for the stream, working great.
Does anyone happen to have a good english language stream??? I don't speak the German so well.
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7 months ago 09/29/2019 2:51am CDT
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Where's banana bread?
yyy

7 months ago 09/29/2019 2:52am CDT
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28:52 indeed.
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7 months ago 09/29/2019 2:53am CDT
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DietBacon wrote:

Amateur Runner wrote:

10k in 28:52. Faster than world record pace

From my math here it’s a couple secs slower than world record pace. Did I get it wrong?

Faster than WR split from last year. Kichoge negative split.

Bekele looks trim. Very smooth, parlt because that left pacer has looked like he was about to die since 1k.
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7 months ago 09/29/2019 2:56am CDT
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That middle pace maker has to be the fastest waddler in history