In the race, the women's pacers went out at a sub pace, but only one of the elite women was up for that pace and the rest suffered mightily. Benita Johnson started with the leaders, but faltered at 15K and finished nine minutes back. Berhane Adere stayed with the leaders until mile 15, but could not keep the pace and eventually finished tenth nearly twenty minutes back.
The winner, Chunxiu Zhou, was up for the pace and Gete Wami was mostly able to hold on and finished second. Constantina Tomescu-Dita ran a smart race, dropping back from the pack earlier than most and ran strong to a third place finish - but in general the female pacers were detrimental to the final results except perhaps the winning time.
We have not been officially told why there will be no female pacers for , but we can guess it has to do with the depth of the field and the experience in What to Expect in the Race - What We learn from past races See also: Elite roster The weather for the London Marathon should be very good.
Temperatures are expected to be in the high 40s for the start of the race and low 50s for the finsh - excellent weather. There will a headwind for much of the race, which may affect the run slightly and while rain is expected later in the day, the marathon should take place under partly sunny skies. During this time, watch for one or more runners to take briefly to the front to demonstrate to the others that he is feeling well.
Also watch for any conversation between runners as they approach the point where the pacers will drop out - 30K. If some runners sense weakness in their competition, there may be a small break as early as Mile 19 or as late as Mile By mile 24, we should see a group of just four or six men together waiting until the final mile or yards leading to an all-out sprint finish.
Goumri, having finished second twice to Lel will try to be in the lead before it comes to a sprint. Yonas Kifle has also dropped back and is just behind Hall. At the same time - the skies open up with rain Records enroute to the Finish How fast is that? We get word that time is a new African record for the 30K mark, meaning it is certainly ahead of any previous marathon pace and ahead of any standalone 30K race We don't yet have the statistics, but we imagine that Hall's time must be a USA 30K record as well.
With the wind and rain picking up, the pace slackens a little bit and Hall gains a second wind and - incredibly - rejoins the lead pack by 35K. At 35K the lead pack still consists of six runners: Sammy Wanjiru leads at this point with Deriba Merga who was second to Wanjiru at Fukuoka in Dec. Lel looks the strongest The pace now is slipping off of world record pace, but remains on course record pace.
The End of the Race Over the final 7K, the sun comes back and out as the marathon becomes a race between three men: Martin Lel - the two-time champion and veteran marathoner; Sammy Wanjiru - the Half-Marathon world champion, but a man who had even lost in the Half-Marathon Great North Run to Martin Lel; and Abderrahim Goumri - a man who had lost twice in two marathons to Lel. Given the histories, we know that all were looking at Lel as the man to be feared.
Lel and Goumri are turning around occasionally to watch for Wanjiru - and while this is a course record run, it has also turned into a strategic race. The finish strikes us as strange Lel and Wanjiru move away from Goumri in the final yards.
Lel picks up and has the edge on Wanjiru - but then, to our viewing, Wanjiru just seems to give up. We watch Wanjiru repeatedly looking at his watch - more concerned with his time than with trying to keep up with Lel Tweet Site Map.
Within the men's field, Martin Lel's preformances against his competition especially stands out - as Lel has lost just once at the marathon to any of the men that he will be facing - and that loss was at the London Marathon where Felix Limo outkicked Lel for the victory.
Abderrahim Goumri has run just two marathons and lost only to Lel each time.
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