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London Marathon 2012

Opening Times: 22-Apr-2012 05:30:00 to 22-Apr-2012 20:00:00

It's London Marathon time, who will triumph amongst the Kenyans, will we see GB men and women raise their game to achieve Olympic dreams, and how many Marathon Talk listeners will take on the most famous 26.2 of all... find out today!

Chat Log

22-Apr-2012
06:31:30 Jon Cox Morning everyone, will be trying to follow the race from NZ. Hope you all have a great race.
08:24:01 Narek Petrossian Hi, where can we watch it online?
08:32:20 John Bee good question!
08:35:28 Dave Rothery morning all
08:41:23 Narek Petrossian it says you can watch it live for 5 dollars on universal sports... screw that i'm not paying
08:57:36 Matthew Sellwood There must be a BBC stream somewhere, but not sure how to find it I'm afraid!
09:00:53 Dave Rothery you can usually watch live BBC on iplayer unless it's a programme with difficult licensing; only uk residents though
09:02:06 Narek Petrossian hey i'm watching it on eurosport :))))
09:02:36 Dave Rothery Good luck Liz and all the Brit girls :)
09:04:58 Richard Mcchesney Hi Guys
09:05:12 Richard Mcchesney What time does the race start?
09:05:37 Richard Mcchesney I'm in NZ and just trying to set up a proxy IP address so I can watch it on universal sports
09:05:59 Dave Rothery ladies started at 9, men go at 9.45
09:06:23 Matthew Sellwood Steve Cram speculating that the lead women's pacemaker is going quite slowly...same pace as the British women's pacemaker. Weird.
09:07:24 Richard Mcchesney thanks Dave
09:07:57 Linda Barwick hi all from Sydney
09:08:29 Linda Barwick i'm watching here on eurosports on foxtel, which has complete coverage for 3 hours
09:12:26 Richard Mcchesney Sky in NZ has three hours coverage too, but not until tomorrow afternoon
09:17:36 Dave Rothery Dita's dropped off the leading pack
09:18:16 Ian Schofield live internet feed can be found on www.bbc.co.uk/sport
09:19:03 Dave Rothery Irina too
09:19:31 Linda Barwick These wheelchair people look fit!
09:20:44 Linda Barwick lot of them too - in Sydney we usually only have 3 or 4
09:22:08 Linda Barwick women's lead pack looks all ethiopian and kenyan ... and what are the others? eritrea?
09:22:28 Alison Marshall BBC TV coverage is good. You can watch the women's race on the red button or the general coverage as standard. Come on Liz!!
09:22:37 Dave Rothery Leaders went through 5k in 16:50; Brits in ~17:10
09:22:47 Lee Davis Hi from Perth, Australia. Wish I could watch the race live
09:23:12 Linda Barwick go to a pub Lee?
09:23:27 Lee Davis Is it on Fox?
09:23:33 Richard Mcchesney Hi Lee - I am in NZ and have just got on to bbc iplayer
09:23:35 Linda Barwick yep
09:23:49 Richard Mcchesney I will tell you what I did to get connected if you want
09:24:01 Lee Davis yes please. I have iPlayer
09:24:10 Linda Barwick nope they are all ethiopian and kenyan
09:24:19 Richard Mcchesney go to: http://www.hideipvpn.com/freetrial/
09:24:29 Richard Mcchesney you can get a three hour free trial
09:24:36 Linda Barwick perfect!
09:24:38 Richard Mcchesney set up the UK vpn address
09:24:53 Richard Mcchesney then go to: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/tv/bbc_one_london/watchlive
09:25:44 Lee Davis Oh, you star. Thanks
09:26:34 Richard Mcchesney looks like good conditions for the race - what is the weather like?
09:27:34 Dave Rothery it's cool, maybe a bit of rain later
09:27:51 Matt Rogan Morning everyone. Great to see everyone in the chatroom from other countries - few days ago we've all been working out how to get in via VPN etc to watch your marathons!!
09:28:39 Linda Barwick bystaners all look like they're wearing jackets and Irina and another had on armwarmers so I'm guessing it's not too warm yet
09:28:49 Linda Barwick hi matt
09:31:03 Dave Rothery it's about 10 c assuming it's similar to here
09:32:05 Ian Schofield londons about 8 deg c max 13 this afternoon
09:35:14 Ian Schofield the red button is letting me down all i can get is f1
09:36:39 Linda Barwick has the women's pack thinned out?
09:37:41 Dave Rothery Damen and Murray are doing better than the other brits so far
09:39:15 Dave Rothery still a bunch of about 8 at the front
09:39:41 Ian Schofield yer the women are stung out a bit now
09:41:38 Narek Petrossian it's an african sweep as always...
09:42:15 Richard Mcchesney I should have been there . I had an entry for this years race, but have had to defer it to next year as I ended up moving back to NZ
09:42:19 Matt Rogan I think Liz and Susan are running a sensible pace. They're still around 2-28's. If they've got a negative split in them this could be relaly smart. Fingers crossed.
09:42:31 Richard Mcchesney Feeling very jealous right now
09:43:14 Lee Davis Woohoo. It works. Watching live
09:43:41 Dave Rothery nice one lee.. men start shortly
09:44:52 Dave Rothery will watch the men mostly now, til about 10 mins from the end of the ladies anyway
09:45:15 Linda Barwick just saw Marty Dent on the start line!
09:45:45 Ian Schofield the men and main field are off
09:45:55 Linda Barwick omg what a huuuuuuuge field
09:46:04 Ian Schofield 40k
09:47:18 Linda Barwick what proportion women vs men?
09:47:40 Ian Schofield elite womem at 6.5
09:48:46 Linda Barwick commentators just reminded that the kenyans and ethiopians are running for a place in their olympic teams!
09:51:08 Ian Schofield sorry women at about 8.5
09:52:14 Ian Schofield the african nations arnt the only ones trying of a qualifying time
09:52:35 Lee Davis Crazy that the Kenyans can only send 3 competitors to the Olympics when they have more than that capable of winning
09:52:54 Ian Schofield i wish liz yelling all the best today and hope she can do it!
09:53:41 Lee Davis Agree Ian. Cheering her on
09:54:01 Ian Schofield too true lee but all nations can only send 3 otherwise the field would be massive
09:55:05 Ian Schofield women running 2.22 pace
09:55:19 Richard Mcchesney do we know what pace the british women are running at?
09:56:00 Richard Mcchesney 2:27
09:56:18 Richard Mcchesney no sign of liz there though
09:56:36 Ian Schofield damon is running 2.27 pace so is on for a q,t
09:56:47 Matt Rogan susan
09:57:55 Dave Rothery Liz is on for about 2:30:30 so far
09:58:26 James Armstrong Hi fellow marathon talker
09:58:34 James Armstrong (s)
09:58:40 Dave Rothery so Louise, Freya and Claire are going quite a bit faster so far
09:59:48 James Armstrong They don't have the marathon experience so there is a small chance they'll come back to Liz if she can pick up to 5.35min/mi pace
10:00:02 Ian Schofield dave have you go the women's on the red button?
10:00:23 Dave Rothery yeah, on virgin ladies are on #1 and men are on #2
10:00:48 Dave Rothery plus tracking here: http://results-2012.virginlondonmarathon.com/2012/index.php
10:00:51 Ian Schofield liz is letting the tide go out. it will come back in
10:01:15 Dave Rothery yeah keep going Liz! You never know what will happen :)
10:01:27 James Armstrong fingers crossed guys
10:02:18 James Armstrong the pacers didn't help at the beginnning
10:02:20 Lee Davis Langat reached 5k in 14:36. Unreal
10:03:12 Dave Rothery just 7.5 of those to go! mad!
10:04:14 James Armstrong check out Men's
10:04:26 James Armstrong Nick Swinburn leading GBR
10:04:58 Dave Rothery yeah - 15:15 through 5k
10:05:36 James Armstrong Do you know if he's ahead of Scott Overall Pacemaker
10:06:23 Dave Rothery unless they're not tracking Scott, yes
10:07:12 James Armstrong no the pacemakers aren't tracked on vlm racking site
10:07:59 James Armstrong lol check out top runner on tracker online lol!!!
10:08:21 James Armstrong Go Randy!! Think theres a glitch there
10:12:47 Narek Petrossian men are heading for a wr or something close to wr it's amazing how the kenyans are attacking each other... the pacemakers are like wtf guys calm down :D
10:15:26 Kevin Burnham lee Merrion looking like he is running easy
10:17:09 James Armstrong where is Scott Overall!
10:18:02 Dave Rothery what's the qualifying time the brits are aiming for?
10:18:17 Ian Schofield 2.12 i think
10:18:22 Dave Rothery 2.12
10:18:35 Dave Rothery commentator just said! I don't see Scott either, guess he didn't start?
10:19:45 Dave Rothery Merrien, Whitby, Jones and Walsh pace in the high 2:12s, Nick Sinburn is showing as 2:10:44
10:20:20 Dave Rothery My mate Mike (running as the Stig in a helmet) was gone out about 4:20 pace
10:20:35 Ian Schofield not looking good for liz she is on her own on london bridge
10:20:45 Matthew Sellwood Liz doesn't look great. :( Martin gets a mention on the BBC though!
10:20:48 Dave Rothery Tom is 3:44:30
10:22:07 Matthew Sellwood I can never tell how well Louise Damen is doing...like Paula, she always looks like she's in pain!
10:22:36 Dave Rothery she holds her shoulders very high
10:22:38 Richard Mcchesney just added martin and tony to my favourites on the race results page - martin on 2:52 pace and tony on 3:16
10:22:47 Ian Schofield liz is 2.5 miles down on the lead group
10:23:07 Dave Rothery mine has Tom at 3:44
10:23:24 Lee Davis Never ceases to amaze me how effortless the elites look
10:23:45 Dave Rothery wait I thought Maritin wasn't running?
10:24:02 Ian Schofield scott overall is in there he has got a transponder on that has put him in the group
10:24:23 Dave Hampton No tv here,just joined the chat, where are they?
10:24:37 Ian Schofield dave he got a good for age when he got back from bolder
10:24:50 Dave Rothery sweet
10:25:03 Ian Schofield women just past 15
10:25:53 Ian Schofield men at 9
10:25:54 Phil Hirons Whilst a professional it must be tough for Liz now, knowing the Olympics are out of reach and with no one around her... time to dig deep
10:26:18 Dave Hampton Thanks, miles or k?
10:26:40 Ian Schofield she will be racing against her self now. i hope sh finishes
10:26:55 Dave Rothery miles. ladies went thru half in 1:11 ish
10:26:55 Ian Schofield sorry miles.
10:27:11 Dave Hampton Thanks Ian
10:27:19 Dave Rothery leading men went thru 10k in 29:36
10:28:31 Dave Rothery that;s a touch slower than they're saying the pacemakers were asked to go?
10:28:40 Richard Mcchesney Hi Dave (Hampton) - some of us are watching on the internet
10:29:04 Richard Mcchesney You need to get a UK VPN first but can do that for free
10:29:08 Richard Mcchesney Do you want the details?
10:29:20 Ian Schofield i realy feel for liz i was hoping she would qualify for the olyimpics
10:30:25 Dave Hampton I've tried a couple of links, no go. One not for Macs
10:30:34 Dave Rothery surprised there's no talk of Nick Swinburn - is the tracking wrong?
10:30:46 Richard Mcchesney Top men now down to 2:05 pace
10:31:01 Kevin Burnham Liz is fighting hard but well off the pace, guess we all know how that feels(well most of us)
10:31:12 Lee Davis I'm on a mac. Richard's method works fine Dave
10:31:13 Richard Mcchesney Go to: http://www.hideipvpn.com/freetrial/
10:31:23 Richard Mcchesney Get a free VPN trial (for three hours)
10:31:35 Richard Mcchesney then go to: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/tv/bbc_one_london/watchlive
10:31:39 Dave Rothery there he is
10:32:02 Kevin Burnham nick swinburn go fella go
10:32:11 Dave Hampton Thanks guys
10:32:28 Phil Hirons Wonder how Martin is getting on
10:32:42 Dave Rothery 3hrs dead so far I think
10:32:47 Ian Schofield scotts done
10:32:51 James Armstrong scotts on tv and stopped
10:32:58 James Armstrong not on pace
10:34:16 Linda Barwick martin dent (aus) has estimated finish 2:11:15!
10:34:40 Kevin Burnham just seen wheelchair race great pace but have you seen the state of the roads(come on london get them ready for our millions of guests later in the year)
10:34:50 Lee Davis Not been to London for a few years. It's looking great
10:34:52 Linda Barwick i wonder if it's the same tom williams, didn't he say he was spectating with baby?
10:34:59 Dave Rothery the guys are catching Nick now
10:35:22 Dave Rothery yeah I think I may be tracking someone random named Tom Williams!
10:35:28 Linda Barwick hey dave H!
10:36:13 Linda Barwick who from team cool (new south) welsh was running London? so I can add them to tracker
10:36:35 Ian Schofield linda yes tom is a spectator with rosie he's at 14/22 miles
10:36:55 Phil Hirons Martin Yelling now on track for a sub 3 hour, tracking at 2:59
10:37:46 Dave Hampton Hey Linda
10:37:57 Dave Rothery still 3 girls on for sub 2:28 - the finish wll be exciting at this rate!
10:38:23 Linda Barwick just spotted karl morris and Martin Green
10:39:12 Linda Barwick Martin Green just ahead of Martin Yelling by the look of it, on track for 2:58
10:39:39 James Armstrong Come on Martin pick up that pace lol
10:41:09 Linda Barwick martin green was top martin in Jantastic after all :)
10:42:04 Dave Hampton Can't get the player working (my inner geek malfunctioning, must be old age). Never mind I'll just follow on here.
10:44:07 Lee Davis have you setup pptp?
10:45:49 Ian Schofield tom's wife hellen williams is on for a 3.30
10:46:18 Dave Rothery wow go Helen :)
10:47:17 Dave Rothery nice dress the pacer is wearing! little black and white number
10:48:04 Dave Rothery ooh has Claire Hallissey made a break?~
10:49:59 Dave Rothery Kipsang through half way in 1:02:12
10:53:19 Dave Rothery Lee Merrien is picking it up a bit
10:56:07 Jon Cox Dave H you can try this link http://livetv.ru/en/eventinfo/115302_london_marathon/
10:56:25 Ian Schofield liz is on for 2.36 just outside but she is slowing acording to her splits
10:59:16 James Armstrong go helen
10:59:42 James Armstrong Lee is 56secs of QT!!!!
11:00:15 Dave Hampton Jon, not Mac compatible
11:01:22 Narek Petrossian keitany is going away damn her last k was 3:10
11:01:42 Lee Davis Dave H, follow Richards instructions. Use PPTP config on your mac and it'll play fine. Step they don't explain is service order. You must move pptp to the top
11:01:48 Linda Barwick marty dent doing well picking up the pace at halfway after a bit of a dip, on for 2:11:24 now - really hope he makes the team!
11:02:12 Richard Mcchesney see the leading men are back on sub 2:04 pace
11:03:42 James Armstrong 2:03:50 pace!!! getting interesting and Lee Merrion is looking good
11:03:48 Dave Rothery Lee looks pretty comfortable :)
11:04:27 Linda Barwick on foxtel we're only seeing the leaders nobody further back
11:04:44 James Armstrong Lee into 20th place and only 23secs of QT he's picking it up well
11:06:37 Dave Rothery Brit girls have spread out a bit, Claire is in 10th place
11:07:21 Linda Barwick another good split for Marty Dent - not sure how to tell what place he's in but he was 1:17:46 through 25km
11:07:30 Dave Rothery CH: 2:27:15; FM: 2:27:26; LD: 2:28:17
11:08:55 Dave Rothery Matrin's metronomic - he's pacing a friend to sub 3 IIRC?
11:08:59 Linda Barwick marty dent 17th, just figured out how to see top 20
11:09:19 Lee Davis Liz really slowing now. Such a shame
11:10:25 Richard Mcchesney must be really hard for liz now. started full of hope, and now just trying to finish
11:12:53 Dave Rothery mary k thru 40km in 2:11:46
11:13:51 Linda Barwick she is looking fantastic!
11:14:26 Dave Rothery she's a 'probable'?
11:15:20 Ann Mathenge Wow. Mary is blistering!
11:15:54 James Armstrong Good point if she a probable!!!!
11:16:16 Dave Rothery she's pacing this much better than NY
11:16:34 Ian Schofield liz is 2:38 and going backwards. gutted
11:17:14 Richard Mcchesney first five women are all kenyans
11:17:54 James Armstrong Think I might become Kenyan!
11:18:46 Dave Rothery 2:18:36
11:19:01 Lee Davis and fall further down your national rankings! ;)
11:21:31 Dave Rothery awesome, well done Mary!
11:21:51 Dave Rothery ~6 mins til the brits come in.. Claire is in front
11:23:56 Dave Rothery come on Claire!
11:25:12 Dave Rothery Mikitenko first european 2.24.54
11:26:49 Linda Barwick Lee Merrien up to 15th place! hot on the heels of Marty dent
11:27:22 Dave Rothery Claie H just coming in
11:27:54 Ian Schofield Claire has done it
11:28:00 Dave Rothery 2:27:45 well done Claire!
11:28:06 Dave Rothery she looks v happy :)
11:28:14 Ann Mathenge @James A. I AM a Kenyan and I'll be ecstatic if I manage 4:30 at Manchester next week!
11:29:33 Richard Mcchesney a question for the selectors: fastest two gb women today are 20 seconds apart. the 2nd one on debut. which one is likely to run faster in august?
11:29:48 Dave Rothery Will be exciting to see the what the selectors do. Jo for the 10k then?
11:30:07 Richard Mcchesney i would pick the runner who was on debut. she will have learnt a lot today and could improve by several minutes in her second marathon
11:32:01 James Armstrong Ann Mathenge you must be so proud to be Kenyan, you have such an awesome marathon team men and women!
11:32:35 Lee Davis Louise Damen has an awkward style. More effective than mine, but awkward none the less
11:33:34 Ann Mathenge Indeed I am! I'm wearing my Kenya t-shirt and not ashamed to say I shed a little tear at Mary's national record. :)
11:34:56 Dave Rothery Congrats Ann and good luck next week :)
11:35:12 Dave Rothery Hope Lee can pick it up just a bit in the last 5k - how are his splits?
11:36:00 Ian Schofield how that can be comfortable i dont know. ? about efficiency
11:36:01 James Armstrong I bet you did Ann! Do you live in Kenya or England?
11:36:31 James Armstrong Lee Merrien just come through 35k est finish 2:12:58 needs to pick it up
11:36:54 James Armstrong I wish I was there to tell him. Do you think he'll know?
11:37:37 Ann Mathenge I've lived in England for ~11 years, but Kenya born and raised.
11:37:55 Dave Rothery I guess so? Not easy to just find a minute in 5km
11:38:34 Ann Mathenge Thanks, Dave!
11:38:35 Dave Rothery he is wearing a watch
11:39:25 James Armstrong Its going to be tough for him to qualify :-(
11:39:51 Ian Schofield blackfryers under pass on to embankment
11:39:58 Dave Rothery aye, so close :(
11:40:09 Ann Mathenge Good to see Liz still smiling.
11:40:24 Linda Barwick Marty dent has had a shocker 5km now 2:14 projected, recently passed by Lee Merrien
11:40:26 Ian Schofield liz comes in at 2:40:08
11:40:33 Tom Evans Liz is a class act!!!
11:41:01 Lee Davis Couldn't agree more Tom. Amazing
11:41:02 Dave Rothery still a time most of us can only dream about!
11:41:06 James Armstrong Great job Liz, what a professional!!
11:41:20 James Armstrong Absolutly Dave
11:41:21 Ian Schofield still smiling too true dave r
11:41:33 Ian Schofield agree james
11:42:24 Richard Mcchesney just been looking at the leaderboard - the guy in 8th place is in the 40-44 age group and on pace for 2:06:58!!!
11:42:59 James Armstrong On another note superb consistent pacing from Martin Yelling still on for 2:59
11:44:10 Richard Mcchesney tony is slowing in his school boy costume - on pace for 3:25
11:46:00 Dave Rothery doesn't having a course record $ bonus encourage them to break the record only by a small amount each time?
11:49:22 Dave Rothery 40yo Gharib is 6th now
11:50:08 Tom Evans wow
11:50:20 Ian Schofield missed the cr by 3 sec
11:50:22 James Armstrong Fantastic
11:50:37 Dave Rothery Kipsang 'decided' to miss the cr by 3 secs?! ;)
11:50:52 Ian Schofield lol
11:50:57 Linda Barwick go kebede!
11:51:19 Jon Cox race for second should be good
11:51:35 Ian Schofield martin yelling was 1:46:13 at 25k
11:51:43 Dave Rothery where's kirui?
11:51:57 Linda Barwick darn
11:51:59 James Armstrong What a finish for 2nd and 3rd
11:52:14 Ian Schofield big kick from lel
11:52:22 Lee Davis A sprint finish after 42.2km? That's just showing off
11:52:22 James Armstrong Not looking good for Lee unfortunatly
11:52:40 Dave Rothery So Gharib is racing for 4th!
11:52:43 Tom Evans thats how to finish a marathon
11:52:54 Dave Rothery awww.. still, amazing!
11:53:00 Linda Barwick ohhh poor Gharib!
11:53:22 Ian Schofield lee is looking to miss it by 1:30ish
11:54:28 Dave Rothery :(
11:54:39 Dave Rothery gutsy run though, he gave it his best shot huh
11:55:04 Ian Schofield he needs a big kick
11:55:26 James Armstrong Real shame.
11:55:27 Ian Schofield he should have stuck with scott at the start
11:56:41 Dave Rothery he'll be gutted I should think
11:57:28 Linda Barwick looks like he is really hurting
11:58:11 Ian Schofield that looks painfull now. hes guttsy il give him that
11:58:16 Linda Barwick foxtel taking a break just as lee coming around the bend grrr
11:58:36 James Armstrong So disappointing that in the whole of the British Isles we only have one man who can achieve the QT for Team GB marathon.
11:58:51 Linda Barwick women doing well though
11:58:58 Ian Schofield pb for lee
11:58:59 James Armstrong Good run Lee he will be deeply gutted
11:59:12 James Armstrong Yeh defo happy with Womens team :-)
11:59:20 Linda Barwick still ad break!!!!
11:59:49 Linda Barwick marty dent shouldn't be far off finishing now
12:00:24 Linda Barwick still meaningless ad break!!!
12:00:40 James Armstrong Think he'll come in about 2:18
12:01:20 Linda Barwick here he comes
12:01:51 Linda Barwick that doesn't look like him though
12:02:26 Linda Barwick here is dent they were calling someone different!
12:03:56 Linda Barwick it was a brit too - Phil Anthony
12:04:03 Dave Rothery 8 days til the 2013 ballot opens - good luck all :)
12:05:52 Linda Barwick hey that one who yelled out was Stephen Weigh who was interviewed last week but he was desperate for sub 2:18 so will be disappointed
12:05:55 James Armstrong I'll be trying for the 4th year in a row
12:06:25 James Armstrong Dent 2:17:33
12:07:20 Linda Barwick here comes scott westcott the other aussie
12:07:34 Linda Barwick looks injured
12:11:35 Narek Petrossian what a race!!!
12:12:54 Linda Barwick well bye all - end of the broadcast here
12:13:08 Lee Davis cya all. Good chatting
12:14:10 Richard Mcchesney I'm off to bed now. Got work tomorrow. Good talking to you all tonight.
12:20:54 James Armstrong Bye all. Good luck to anyone entering 2013 ballot
12:25:55 Ian Schofield what happend to the party am i the only one left?
12:44:28 Linda Barwick hey ian are you still there?
12:46:04 Ian Schofield yer im here was getting a bit lonly

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