AM – tired legs. GPS missed the first 3/4ths of a mile. Lot of runners out there. Saw Andrew Letherby (I recognized him, he is sort of hard to miss) and the UT Women’s XC team (really hard to miss). 7.5 miles.
I was rereading the post by Canova regarding Berlin. I was staring at that split chart and of particular interest was how the splits go all haywire after 30k (18 milesish). Kimetto and Mutai continue to plug sub 15 minute 5k pace, but Kuma slows to 15’10”” (and it looks he must have been in fourth for a bit). This drops him to at least fourth but he rallies back for 3 as Kipsang can only rally 8’06’ over the last 2.2k (the top three all were sub seven). The marathon has certainly changed over the last decade, but it is still a run of attrition, and it is about what you can do after 20 miles.
Evening – 5.7 miles. Tons of runners around the lake. Humid as Tel Aviv.
All this year by year gradual ticking down of the men's marathon record, and as Renato has said much of it has to do with the belief that you can go faster, and actually setting out at that pace from the start. But many women have tried that too, and nobody is even in the same zip code as Paula Radcliffe's 2:15 from over a decade ago now. Big respect to her.
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