2019 Berlin Marathon [Bekele 2:01.41!]

[AFTERBURNER]

Bekele's loss of focus has been worse during training than in racing; maybe he has now handled that problem.

And I thought that Bekele was finished at 37!

[steveu]

It is but it is the WC that has moved to an irregular part of the calendar. It would have been weird for a big city marathon to move because of the WCs with all the logistical issues that might raise.

Agreed.

[Conor Dary]

...'Interestingly, Bekele was faster than Kipchoge at 40km. By only 2 seconds - 1:55:30 for Bekele vs 1:55:32 for Kipchoge. But Kipchoge’s final 2.2km were 4 seconds faster than Bekele's today.'



https://mobile.twitter.com/Scienceof...58241463173120

[TN1965]

Bekele's loss of focus has been worse during training than in racing; maybe he has now handled that problem.

He had very consistent splits from 25 to 40 (14:26-14:20-14:16), although it might have looked like he had a bad patch and then recovered to take the lead.

It was Legese who made a big surge and then faded (14:23-14:09-14:58).

[Conor Dary]

It changes what I said before....Bekele was focused like a laser beam the last 20 kilometers....it was Kipchoge who wandered off....and then surged towards the end.