Fairweather Sports Tourist Thread (5 Viewers)

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13.8 km
Gone past Renault building on island.
About a dozen big guns - mostly East Africans left at front.
Sifan Hassan is chasing and just about to join them.

Sifan did 5000, 10,000 and now marathon in Paris

 

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15 km @ 51:13
Lead 14 led by Kenyan Obiri.

 

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16 km hitting first of two big hills...

 

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Just got shot of Fionnuala going through 16 km - goin' well in 44th at 15 km.

 

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Julien attacked again on hill and is just ahead of 14 woman group -
A Japanese runner caught up at start of hill.

 

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Julien passed by Aussie Stenson and then passed by pack on hill - it is a looong hill.

 

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Getting good shots of camera moving up through dropped runners.

20 km @ 1:09:45 still on same hill with little relief in last 4 km

 

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Fionnuala up to 30th at 20km!

 

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Things have slowed up a bit at halfway point @ 1:13:22 and 20 are front group going past Versailles.
Julien is trying to get back on - she won't stay dead!

 

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25 km @ 1:26:34
Salpeter, Trofimova and Lindwurm gone off front ahead of pack. Doesn't look decisive... Getting caught.

Salpeter is Kenyan who was nanny for ambassador to Israel and now races for dark forces of evil.

 

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Fionnuala still in 30th place @ 25 km

 

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Group of 16 together at front @ 27 km

 

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Ethiopians raised tempo and now at 28 km hit next very steep hill - up to 16%

 

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28.6 km Hassan in trouble; only 9 left at front.
16% stretch - runners hunched over!

 

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Brutal - 29 km eases off but huge damage done. Suzuki trying to get back to to 4 Africans moving away.

Looks down to the 4.
2 Kenyans and 2 Ethiopians.

Obiri gets back - 3 Kenyans

 

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30km@ 1:43:59
Lokedi, Obiri, Jepchichir (Kenya) + Shankule, Assefa (Ethiopia)
W/ Hassan and a few others working to get back.

 

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Fionnuala is 27th @ 30km.

Hassan, Suzuki, Chumba, + 1 get back on. 9 at front

 

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33.6 km.

5 (correction) at front now -
Lokedi, Obiri, Shankule, Assefa and Hassan.

 

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35 km @ 1:59:43

Suzuki back on - front group now 6.
Meringor nearly back to front 6.

RTE have taken a break at this point WTF!!??

 

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36 km
Suzuki and Obiri distanced.
But Obiri gets back.
Hassan, Obiri, Lokedi, Shankule and Assefa.

Fionnuala 26th at 35 km - Superman.