2 women break world record in half marathon

Coyote Mas Loco · February 21, 2020, 10:58:56 AM

https://sport360.com/article/regional-article/342179/ababel-yeshaneh-smashes-world-record-at-rak-half-marathon

diablita · February 21, 2020, 11:04:05 AM

I'll have to come back and read this later

diablita · February 21, 2020, 02:09:13 PM

Thanks for this. Exciting finishing times. A couple of questions:

What shoes were they wearing??
The article (which reads partly as a PR piece) says

QuoteRenowned as the world's fastest half marathon

also states the course is new. So how can it be known as fast but also be different from previous iterations?

eta:
I also can't find any of her prior race results other than Chicago where she finished 7 minutes back from Kosgei. Can you?

Fast Eddie · February 21, 2020, 02:46:18 PM

Ababel was wearing Nike Vaporfly shoes. So was her male pacer.

https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/summer/trackandfield/nike-shoe-vaporfly-half-marathon-record-1.5471004

Coyote Mas Loco · February 21, 2020, 03:07:02 PM

Quote from: diablita on February 21, 2020, 02:09:13 PM
Thanks for this. Exciting finishing times. A couple of questions:

What shoes were they wearing??
The article (which reads partly as a PR piece) says also states the course is new. So how can it be known as fast but also be different from previous iterations?

eta:
I also can't find any of her prior race results other than Chicago where she finished 7 minutes back from Kosgei. Can you?

The records are great for promoting the sport but it's all about the shoes.
The other choice for a link was letsrun and I didn't want to give them any more clicks than they already get.
You can design a fast course without having had runners racing on it. Flat or slightly rolling, few turns, and set it on days when you know you'll probably get good weather.
Yeah, I don't know anything about her.

diablita · February 21, 2020, 04:03:43 PM

Gotcha (on the fast course thing) thanks

Coyote Mas Loco · February 21, 2020, 06:41:09 PM

Report I saw was warm fairly warm and humid, 60s and 60s so that's a little surprising.
I think having a male pacer is an * because to be totally legit they are looking at all female races--but that rule has been dodgy (per Paula Radcliffe).

I'm incredulous at her rise. She's a been a world class runner for nearly a decade since age 19, but hasn't had that huge break out performance. 14:41 and 30:15 track PRs and has been on a gold medal winning world XC team. But this run is so out of the park, at 13:49 and 29:01 equivalent for 5K and 2:15 marathon. So right up there with Kosgei.

diablita · February 21, 2020, 07:08:14 PM

Yup. That's exactly why I've been trying to find more data on her. As for Kosgei...