That channel rocks. NY marathon live.
P.diddy currently on 9:00 mile pace, aiming for sub 4:00 hours.
haha they also said there is a lead pack of around 25 people, mostly kenyans, and a pack of around 25 around p.diddy (made up of fans and bodyguards).
they also said if the pace won’t pick up they are heading (men) for a 2:10 marathon.
i’ll keep ya updated in a few mintues when they reach the half =o
They went thru the half way in 65:39
Sucks that my fav runner (the italian dude who took 2nd at the worlds) twisted his ankle at the water station around the 10k mark =
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yea they just talked about that
maybe i need a new fav runner
hmmm
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somebody is surging, and the pack is braking up.
holy crap the pace looks amazingly fast.
he’s running?
edit: nevermind, he’s cool though. bekele (i think that’s his name) also has a nice technique. i remember at the worlds, they were running next to each other, and their stride matched perfectly (length and speed wise; you only saw the outline of bekele’s feet, as they were matching with geb’s).
i just heard the last mile was run in 4:40
The live transmission rocks, you’re right, but the british eurosport commentators suck… they failed to identify the eventual winner as the half-marathon world champion! And kept saying that last year’s winner looked better and was the better runner… until he got a sidestitch and got dropped…
Paulo
yea wtf was up with last year’s winner going off to the side when he got a stitch (like 1 km from the finish)?? he went behind the car or something.
I agree. It was great watching the live feed from NY, (while my family in NJ could only see the 1hr NBC highlight show) but the commentators, were…Ill be nice and say sub-par. Some of their comments…sheesh. Where’d they find these guys?
Z