Chicago Marathon 2007! Ivuti + Gharib Fight To The Finish!
September 20, 2010 by Darren
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Patrick Ivuti and Jaouad Gharib race to the finish of the 2007 Chicago Marathon
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patrick ivuti won
EXCELENT GHARIB
just watching this convinced me that i just ran…. im all puffed out
maroccan’s men is very very strong
@llandudnoboy 2:20! That’s nearly my 25 km..
@llandudnoboy Unless Boston and Fukoaka I think every “slow runner” like me can have the opportunity to run in the other mrathons. You can secure a place with an international operator, run for charity or have luck in the ballot! as I did
@ivanno193
Berlin may be one of the major city marathons having seen several World Records including the current one set by Gabersalassie but it is a mass participation event where anyone can enter.
It is still Chicago,Boston,NewYork,London and the elite only Fukaaka that feature on every elite runners want to win list.
Unless you can run sub 2-20 you will not get into Fukoaka.
@llandudnoboy Berlin is a World Marathon Major as Chicago,Boston,NY and London. No Fukoaka in this list
The Kenyan took that baby at the line.
@marwanin. Nope the Kenyan took it. Look up the results. Gharib cheated anyways by pushing the Kenyan at the last second, but the Kenyan still came out on top.
@llandudnoboy Understandable.
@chimarathon
No Berlin is not in the top five dream Marathons every elite runner wants to win in their career.
Berlin has only become famous due to it’s very quick times and World Record attempts.
It has always been the case from the early seventies that the top five Marathons are London, New York , Chicago, Boston and Fukiaok in Japan.
You have to be an elite runner who can run a 2-20 for the marathon to qualify for Fukioka, it’s not a mass participation race like New York or London.
@llandudnoboy no Berlin?
There are five marathons every elite runner dreams of winning
New York, Boston,Chicago,London and Fukioka (sorry for the spelling) in Japan.
You have to be an elite runner to gain entry in Fukioka and winning it is a dream for only the cherished few.
Steve Jones the famous Welsh Marathon runner set a new World Record in Chicago i believe back in 1985 in horrible conditions of driving rain.
Steve used to race the distance and feared nobody.
Setting a new Worlds best time brings with it huge cash bonuses as does winning the race
A marathon is not a sprint event as Gahrib demonstrates here.
Top runners know what time they want at the start of the race and their start & finishing pace will reflect that
10k pace at 43K is crazy
Times do equal money
If you set a new World Record as Paul Tergat and others have done in the past then there are huge money bonuses paid out to the top athletes ontop of their big appearence fees
As for me not being an athlete or runner
Ive been a runner for nearly 29yrs and have a marathon pb of 2-47-31 so i have some idea about pace judgement
If your marathon pb is better than 2-47 then i might listen to your argument but it appears you donot understand distance running
They both waited until the sprint finish it doesn’t matter about times it’s all about winning and the money. Dont u get it? And when u say “race the full 44k”. These guys did race. Racing a bit slow is still racing its just tactical racing each other running waiting for the other one to make the move. Your clearly not a runner or not a serious runner if you are because you really dont have a clue. Most runners dont bid for glory any paticular place virtually every race is different!
Gharib only kicked in at the end because he had company near the final few kilometers of the race.
No top athlete likes to sprint for the finish because there is a good chance he will loose out to a quicker runner.
Martin Lel is a superb sprint finisher but the difference in prize money from 1st & 2 in big city marathons is considerable.
Only with the likes of Sammy Wanjuri who races the full 44K are sprint finishes unlikely.
Most runners make a bid for glory at around 42K.
When were they ever out!
Ok. Firstly Your an idiot. Secondly once a pace slows down an athlete isnt going to sacrafice his chances of winning by putting himself out front like a pace maker! If both athletes fancy their chances winning in the sprint then i dont see the problem! And in many top marathon races this is just the case and what you seen at the end is called a sprint finish. It happens in loads of races.. And it wasnt poor race judgement they both planned to kick at the end and only cared about the win!!
Tactical or not, theres serious money bonuses paid to top athletes by the sponsors of major capitol Marathons
You may have watched the previous Olympic Games in Beijing where Sammy Wanjuri set an Olympic record of 2-06 and beat some incredible runners, Martin Lel being one of them
These elite athletes know the finishing time they are after in the race and in this case tactical running was certainly not on their minds
Any athlete finishing 44Km at this pace has used poor race judgement
it was a tactical race what more is there to say. They only cared about the win not the time. Both runners must of faniced their chances in a sprint finish. Its like how in the olympics track middle distance races the finish is somtimes crazy fast because a lot of the runners think they can win the sprint…
wait then who won?
Now if you want a serious marathon why not try the Snowdonia Marathon in North Wales.
Extreamly picteresque and very challenging with some serious hill work from mile 21 onwards.
I live in Llandudno nearby and have run the last 15 of them.
I ran London in 2001 and found it too noisey and crowded.
I finished in a time of 2.58.
My best time for Snowdon is 3.11 and i find it easier than a totally flat course like London.
This year will be my 16th race and i have always had no 108
They were running unbelievably fast for the end of a marathon. Possible poor pace judgement was used, but it depends on their goals also. A lot of races are run to be won and time is a non-factor except how it relates to that runner’s chance of winning or placing in a race. The Chicago Marathon carries a serious purse for finishing high, so these guys may have run to place, not for time. Thanks for the conversation man, I’m trying to save enough cash to go London in 2012.