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/
2019 Berlin Marathon Official Discussion Thread
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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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Live :- http://bit.ly/2myP3Ll
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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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2:50 opening kilometer
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Live :- http://bit.ly/2myP3Ll
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Fake
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This one works for me in chrome: https://schoener-fernsehen.com/ARD/
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Is Drinks Guy update?
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10k in 28:52. Faster than world record pace
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Through 10k in 28:52, holy crap. My man BEKELE is looking SMOOTH. COME ON BEKELE!!!
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Holy sh*t .
2:02 pace
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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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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? -
Thanks for the stream, working great.
Does anyone happen to have a good english language stream??? I don't speak the German so well. -
Where's banana bread?
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28:52 indeed.
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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. -
That middle pace maker has to be the fastest waddler in history
