This Sunday is the Berlin marathon which will be telecast at Universal Sports at about 2 AM central time. I'm thinking I'm going to have to get up to watch it. I mean it will be an epic match up between world marathon record holder Haile Gebrsalassie (2:03:59, 2008 Berlin Marathon) and the second fastest ever Duncan Kibet (2:04:27, 2009 Rotterdam Marathon). The course is very well known to be flat and fast. Will there be another world record? Gebrsalassie has already said that he thinks he can go another 30 seconds faster in the marathon and will attempt to do so this weekend. There will be a few more runners from Ethiopia and Kenya and one from Japan that will be in the lead group but expect them all to fall off the back before it gets to the end. So, sleep from 9 PM to 2 AM and watch until 4 AM and sleep for a couple more hours before I get out and do my own little 20 miler? I guess so.
As for today, 9 miles at 7:13 pace went pretty well. I was hoping for 9-10 miles at that pace but not really expecting it because I never felt like I got in the rhythm early. After the first few sluggish miles they started to tick off fairly well and I was able to get to 9 before it was getting too difficult and my HR started to soar. I'll take it and call it a good week of running.
All in: 11 miles at 7:31.
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Personal Bests
- 5k 18:31 Jan. 31, 2007 Oda Field Time Trial
- 10k 40:48 Feb. 4, 2007 Kanagawa Half Marathon
- Half 1:28:18 Feb. 4, 2007 Kanagawa Half Marathon
- Full 3:18:13 Feb. 18, 2007 Tokyo People's Marathon
- Half Iron Triathlon 5:49 June 9th, 2009 Liberty Triathlon
- Olympic Triathlon 2:42 June 2008, Oshima Japan
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3 comments:
sweet! i was not aware of this matchup. thanks for the info :) i'm gonna set my alarm and get up in the middle of the night to watch. albeit on my computer, but it'll do.
i had a similar dilemma with the women world's marathon a few weeks ago. it was on at like 5am EST, so i didn't get a good night of sleep and after "napping" after the race i did my long run later in the afternoon. not so fun in the summer, at least the temps are cooling off a little. good luck "squeezing in" your long run!
I might have to Tivo it :) Thanks for the info. My bro-in-law loves to watch marathons more than me so I will pass it on.
Well, I'm pretty sure I will be sleeping so I will count on you for the race summary. It's sure to an exciting race! Good luck with the 20 miles.
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