The other debut we're not hearing much about!
It would appear there needs to be be a consistent fast pace from the beginning to take the sting out of T. Dibaba, and it will need to come from the racers themselves as this is "women only". It is not difficult to see up to 4 women being under 2h 20', and maybe a couple significantly faster than that - however the difficulty remains they have to do it themselves with no "free ride" to 30k., and I think long before that they will be racing each other. We are more likely to see a negative split in the women's race, and if she doesn't lose early contact then I think that plays into Jeptoo's hands (or feet!).
The field previewed:
http://www.runnersworld.com/elite-runners/london-women-dibaba-debuts-in-loaded-field
http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/apr/10/tirunesh-dibaba-confident-challenge-london-marathon?INTCMP=ILCNETTXT3487
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/athletics/london-marathon-2014-mo-farahs-debut-topped-by-brilliant-tirunesh-dibaba-9252671.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWL0SPF9Ap8&feature=youtu.be
It would appear there needs to be be a consistent fast pace from the beginning to take the sting out of T. Dibaba, and it will need to come from the racers themselves as this is "women only". It is not difficult to see up to 4 women being under 2h 20', and maybe a couple significantly faster than that - however the difficulty remains they have to do it themselves with no "free ride" to 30k., and I think long before that they will be racing each other. We are more likely to see a negative split in the women's race, and if she doesn't lose early contact then I think that plays into Jeptoo's hands (or feet!).
The field previewed:
http://www.runnersworld.com/elite-runners/london-women-dibaba-debuts-in-loaded-field
http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/apr/10/tirunesh-dibaba-confident-challenge-london-marathon?INTCMP=ILCNETTXT3487
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/athletics/london-marathon-2014-mo-farahs-debut-topped-by-brilliant-tirunesh-dibaba-9252671.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWL0SPF9Ap8&feature=youtu.be
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