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Kusadikika
#1 Posted : Thursday, October 17, 2013 6:21:03 PM
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Dennis Kimetto won the Chicago Marathon in 2hrs 3 minutes and 45 seconds. Absolutely amazing.

@Gordon Gekko do you still think its impossible to break a world record in Chicago? Weather would be the only hindrance otherwise the course is perfect.

Compare the 2 races, Kimetto's Chicago win and Kipsang's world record pace in Berlin:

Kipsang went through the first half in 61:32, Kimetto went through the first half in 61:52.

In the second half Kipsang slowed down a bit to 61:55. Kimetto did the second half in almost the same pace as the first 61:53, 2 seconds faster than Kipsang.

If the pace setters can shoot for a 61:30 pace for the first half this record can fall in Chicago. I would love to see Kipsang, Kimetto and Kipchoge run this one together next year.
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Wakanyugi
#2 Posted : Thursday, October 17, 2013 11:53:46 PM
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I agree with you.

A sub 2 hour marathon may come sooner than people think. Chicago is a tough course (so is Boston). Yet each has seen such incredible times that you wonder what would happen if a good runner trained for the record and the day was good.

I think Berlin's value is all in the mind

One thing that Kipsang, and Haile before him, proved is that to break the Marathon record, it is more important to do consistent splits throughout, reserving energy for that last sprint, that to try for a fast first half or a negative split.
"The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth." (Niels Bohr)
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sitaki.kujulikana
#3 Posted : Sunday, October 09, 2016 7:20:30 PM
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No record broken, lakini congrats to the Kenyan ladies and men, total dominance.
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Alba
#4 Posted : Tuesday, October 11, 2016 4:30:38 PM
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