Thanks to all the posters providing updates, couldn't stay up all night to catch the marathon but nice to read a play by play of the action. Need to go back and watch now, ecstatic that Kenenisa pulled off 2nd! Will be a crime if they snub him for Paris
Official 2024 London Marathon Discussion Thread
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Wise Old Man wrote:
KB will be named to the team, but if not there should be some sort IOC/WA override that puts him on the team regardless or bestows upon him a wild card berth. I think every fan of the sport, and there are so few of us, wants to see KB and EK race in Paris. If they are racing for a medal, amazing, but if they are racing for 10th, that would be ok. Both of them MUST race in Paris even if their federations try to mess this up. Maybe a new rule where any former Olympic gold medalist (in any athletics event) with a qualifying time in a given event gets in…..honor the legends who are still reasonably competitive.
I like it!
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Ghost1 wrote:
Women's qualifications time, 2:26:50, really weak, compared to men's 2:08:10.
Men, 8 minutes within world record, women 15 mins+.... ridiculous...
But not dissing those women who ran 2:23-2:26... just different standards..
The women’s standard has always been a little “softer,” which makes sense given the relative depth of the fields.
And also, the women’s WR didn’t start with the numbers “2:11” when the standard was announced.
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Top heavy wrote:
Why does this race always fall off so drastically?
6 runners under 2:10
11 runners under 2:15
There are a half dozen marathons in Europe with considerably greater depth.
It becomes self fulfilling. If you are from a non UK country and you have a recentish PB of between 2.10 and 2.15 and you work out how much the total trip to London will cost you, and then you deduct from that cost the amount that London Marathon will contribute in cash or kind. And then you do the same calculations with a few other races in Europe.... I think for East Africans in around 2.07 to 2.10 shape the same sort of scenario applies.
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Had to follow the race a couple hours later, was a pleasure, could skip all I did not want to see and have to say;
London Marathon has by far the best coverage and organisation (except bump with wheelchair, vans and women elite group), at least the best I've seen considering world marathons coverage.
Pretty good women coverage ever seen!
Could get better with split screens, electric cars+motorcycles and first 2 groups coverage.
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etposzojka wrote:
OK why did so many drop out of the men's race but literally zero women dropped out? Six out of eight Ethiopians, Mateiko, Nascimento. Five dropped it seems immediately after Bekele and Mutiso pulled away, makes little sense with prize money still on the table. Did a motorbike or car take them all out? That would at least make sense.
One reason could be that there isn't that much prize money on the table. London pays big time bonuses rather than big places money, so if someone makes the calculation that they aren't going to break 2:05 they might drop out and save themselves for other races
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High hopes wrote:
etposzojka wrote:
OK why did so many drop out of the men's race but literally zero women dropped out? Six out of eight Ethiopians, Mateiko, Nascimento. Five dropped it seems immediately after Bekele and Mutiso pulled away, makes little sense with prize money still on the table. Did a motorbike or car take them all out? That would at least make sense.
One reason could be that there isn't that much prize money on the table. London pays big time bonuses rather than big places money, so if someone makes the calculation that they aren't going to break 2:05 they might drop out and save themselves for other races
To the point:
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It really looked like the winner Alex was jogging. Scary.
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Has anyone had luck watching the full replay of the race anywhere? I have flotrack but the full race video gives an error. Can't find it on youtube yet. Anyone else having problems?
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"Just six days after finishing his second Boston Marathon with a time of 3:30:53, Chara finished the 2024 London Marathon on Sunday afternoon — completing the race with a time of 3:11:04."
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Molly Seidel's only ran 2:23 and she has a medal...
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WordyNikki wrote:
Has anyone had luck watching the full replay of the race anywhere? I have flotrack but the full race video gives an error. Can't find it on youtube yet. Anyone else having problems?
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