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[Colin]

This seems to have slipped under the radar.

Wilson Kipsang won the Frankfurt Marathon- on a wet raod- missing the WR by only 4 sec.

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[Jimboy]

Colin, on 01 November 2011 - 09:21 AM, said:

This seems to have slipped under the radar.

Wilson Kipsang won the Frankfurt Marathon- on a wet raod- missing the WR by only 4 sec.

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Yep,top run.Also an Olympic qualifier by Aussie Lisa Weightman who finished 12th in womens race in sub 2.30.Excellent run after injury problems in last year or so.

[moby]

What a great run - he put it out there he could break the WR and very nearly did!

What I find really interesting though is all the press are saying it is the second fastest time ever run - and that is based on the release from the IAAF.  Does that mean that Geoffrey Mutai and Moses Mosop's times of 2:03:04 and 2:03:06 just don't exist anymore?  I don't have a problem that they are not considered for WR purposes but surely they still count as the two fastest ever times which would put Kipsang at number 4.

Still, amazing that on the morning of 18 April this year only once had someone ever run under 2:04 and now a further 4 different Kenyans have done so in a little over 6 months.

A great period for the marathon we are experiencing.

[Colin]

moby, on 01 November 2011 - 09:42 AM, said:

What I find really interesting though is all the press are saying it is the second fastest time ever run - and that is based on the release from the IAAF.  Does that mean that Geoffrey Mutai and Moses Mosop's times of 2:03:04 and 2:03:06 just don't exist anymore?  I don't have a problem that they are not considered for WR purposes but surely they still count as the two fastest ever times which would put Kipsang at number 4.

I'm happy with that. I wish the IAAF would be clear on it and just expunge it from the record books- if indeed it is on record books, isn't it just merely listed as the fastest. They should be less ambiguous.

After all, it was on an illegally assisted course. Otherwise hypothetically one could have the fastest guys run down a mountain road that is long enough and go under 2hrs...where would we end?

[superflake]

Colin, on 01 November 2011 - 10:02 AM, said:

I'm happy with that. I wish the IAAF would be clear on it and just expunge it from the record books- if indeed it is on record books, isn't it just merely listed as the fastest. They should be less ambiguous.

After all, it was on an illegally assisted course. Otherwise hypothetically one could have the fastest guys run down a mountain road that is long enough and go under 2hrs...where would we end?

I chased Mutai down the road to Boston. I don't rememember a hurricane at my back or a flat course.

Great run by Kipsang and Weightman.

[Colin]

superflake, on 01 November 2011 - 10:15 AM, said:

I don't rememember a hurricane at my back or a flat course.

Because it was downhill

[luckyguy]

Obviously, this is a course record by Wilson Kipsang but also to the 1st women Mamitu Daska (ETH).

Kipsang's half split was 1:01:40 (+22 secs) - the 1/2 marathon world record stands at 58:23. Mamitu 1:09:46 (+ 2:27 mins).

Ten of the top 11 finishers were Kenyan.

The top 7 finishers (kenyans) all finished under 2:08

All three sub 2.04 times have been set in Germany, Makau and Geb in Berlin and now Kipsang in Frankfurt.

PS 4 seconds - I wonder if that will keep him awake at nights.

Edited by luckyguy, 01 November 2011 - 10:46 AM.

[Paul Every]

Pity we don't get to truly see to the best of the best lining up at major championships.

It would great if Kenya were allowed to field 12 runners in the marathon at the London Games next year.

Imagine how competitive the Olympic Marathon might be if every runner with a relatively recent sub 2:06 was offered a start.