This was more interesting than the 3 documentary things he’s just done for me!
Through 30km in 1:31:45. On track for 2:09 at this pace. Let’s see how he goes at the back end.
He’s been metronomic so far.
Just over 2:11 at the finish.
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Wow.
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14th on your debut isn’t bad is it?
Thanks for sharing the results !!!
I see Assefa was 1 min slower than Radcliffe with no male pacers (women’s only time). Pretty cool that Alex Yee was <6 min slower than Kipchoge (so roughly 11 seconds slower per km) and no sprint finish this time between Sifan Hasan and Assefa. Do you know when Assefa broke the bungee chord to Hasan?
London Marathon 2025 Results
Women’s Elite
- Tigst Assefa (ETH) – 2:15:50
- Joyciline Jepkosgei (KEN) – 2:18:43
- Sifan Hassan (NED) – 2:18:59
- Haven Hailu Desse (ETH) – 2:19:17
- Vivian Cheruiyot (KEN) – 2:22:32
- Stella Chesang (UGA) – 2:22:42
- Sofiia Yaremchuk (ITA) – 2:23:14
- Eilish McColgan (GBR) – 2:24:25
- Rose Harvey (GBR) – 2:25:01
- Susanna Sullivan (USA) – 2:29:30
Men’s Elite
- Sabastian Sawe (KEN) – 2:02:27
- Jacob Kiplimo (UGA) – 2:03:37
- Alexander Mutiso (KEN) – 2:04:20
- Abdi Nageeye (NED) – 2:04:20
- Tamirat Tola (ETH) – 2:04:42
- Eliud Kipchoge (KEN) – 2:05:25
- Hillary Kipkoech (KEN) – 2:06:05
- Amanal Petros (GER) – 2:06:30
- Mahamed Mahamed (GBR) – 2:08:52
- Milkesa Mengesha (ETH) – 2:09:01
- Alex Yee (GBR) – 2:11:08 (Olympic triathlon champion)
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It was early. I started watching with about 70 minutes left in the women’s race and Assefa and Jepkosgei were already clear of Hassan.
He said: “Definitely a lot more dark moments, I’d say, more than Paris, today. Once I got to 32, 33k there’s a lot of pain there. My legs are cramping and I just had to keep fighting through that.
“And yeah, (I’m) pretty proud to get to the finish line.”
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Solid time, that would work out to about 2:14 or 2:15 pre super shoes for comparision which makes sense from a historical perspective and I guess proves the point if you can’t be reach the top ranks in a single sport you may achieve more by switching to triathlon.
He started in triathlon and always has been a triathlete. And he is not switching to running either, but just popping his head in and having some fun mixing it up with some of the front runners…
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Didn’t get to watch the race. How long did he run with the front pack? I’m curious if he just paced his own race or ran with them as long as he could then slowed.
Based on reports, I think he was “near” the front group at the half way point, going 1:04:19 (22nd place), right near Milner who’s job was to pace the group to a 1:04 half. I dont know if Milner finished or when he dropped off (I don’t know if pacers are actually part of timing records?) but Milner raced through atleast 30km.
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That makes a pretty tough day then to run with the group then watch them run away and just suffer for 10+ miles on you own.
What’s the old saying, that marathon wall hits hard at mile 20 or whatever for any 1st timer (whether FOP or just trying to finish AG’er).
As I posted upthread from Yee:
Once I got to 32, 33k there’s a lot of pain there.
He didn’t run with the first group. Was being paced for 2:08
Lost a couple of minutes in the last 10 k.
Best marathon by a triathlete to date?
Very impressive.
2nd Brit and not a full time runner
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He emphasized this too in some interviews during the buildup. He talked about how he’s done triathlon from the start and his foray into track in 2018 was just after his crash in Cagliari. Triathlon is lucky to have him as an ambassador for the sport.
He is training as a triathlete still(swim and biking)if he had been training as a runner full time for as many years as the 10 guys infront of him he would be faster. This was just a little few month dabble, to add a bit more interest to his other training. Elite triathletes these days have the engine to be elite at individual sports, they just chose not to go that way.
I heard on a podcast somewhere that Milner’s pacing contract mandated he drop out at 30km. If he’d finished the race, he would not have been paid.