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Becky Wade marathon update
This morning, Becky Wade finished 11th in the Virgin Money London Marathon, one of the elite marathons in the world. Her time was 2:35:01 on an usually warm April day in London. She was with a group of runners, including all 3 American elites, who were aiming to run sub-2:30.
She came through the half marathon at 1:14:38, but the conditions affected virtually all runners, and not just her. One of the best runners in the world, Tirunesh Dibaba of Ethiopia, had to drop out during the race, and another super runner, Mary Keitany of Kenya, was barely jogging to the finish (in 6th place).
Becky's 5K splits:
5K 17:25
10K 35:06 (17:41)
15K 52:40 (17:34)
20K 1:10:42 (18:02)
25K 1:29:12 (18:30)
30K 1:48:03 (18:51)
35K 2:07:20 (19:17)
40K 2:26:37 (19:17)
Finish 2:35:01
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RE: Becky Wade marathon update
Congrats on a great finish. London tends to attract top runners, so that's nicely competitive.
It does seem like the start was unnecessarily aggressive on time. That 17:25 would have been hard to maintain except on the most perfect conditions, and certainly doesn't point to getting a negative split. Staying with the lead pack probably had something to do with the fast start, but I'm surprised they all went out that fast.
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| 04-23-2018 08:03 AM |
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RE: Becky Wade marathon update
(04-23-2018 08:03 AM)gsloth Wrote: Congrats on a great finish. London tends to attract top runners, so that's nicely competitive.
It does seem like the start was unnecessarily aggressive on time. That 17:25 would have been hard to maintain except on the most perfect conditions, and certainly doesn't point to getting a negative split. Staying with the lead pack probably had something to do with the fast start, but I'm surprised they all went out that fast.
There actually were three packs of elite runners, each with a group of male pacemakers. The lead pack consisted of two runners (Keitany and Dibaba) who were trying to break the existing world best time of 2:15:25. Each of them blew up.
The second pack was aiming (I believe) for sub-2:20, and the eventual winner (Gladys Cheruiyot) came from this group.
The third pack included non-African runners, with a 2:28 target.
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