ParisMarathon2013 told by Storify

Apr 7, 2013 by Alberto Stretti

View the story "PARISMARATHON 2013" on Storify PARISMARATHON 2013 Storified by Alberto Stretti· Sun, Apr 07 2013 09:34:45 Wikimedia My Paris Marathon statistical reference file is at trackandfieldnews.com/index.php?optiÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚Â¦K Ken Nakamura #parismarathon 1hour and 15min till starting time (8.45) great circumstances! Hardly no wind and low temperatures, athletes should be happyJurrievanderVelden Warm up Paris pic.twitter.com/HJVzd5dmeeJeroen Deen #parismarathon 40 min before start, temperature rising, as nerves. 4 degreesJeroen Deen #parismarathon sunny morning but too cold for me!Kip Evans #parismarathon Past winners pic.twitter.com/4kxkiySmkOKip Evans 5min till "Grand Depart" #parismarathon pic.twitter.com/cBXYqonKThJurrievanderVelden #parismarathon we are off! pic.twitter.com/WZ2IR6cWpLJeroen Deen Camera collision Paris marathon 2013docbyro Ce matin, au dÃƒÂƒÃ‚Â©part du marathon de Paris. #parismarathon pic.twitter.com/3rRNPFxgAMPhotos du Monde #parismarathon 14:44 at 5KKip Evans #parismarathon 16:44 at 5K for womenKip Evans #parismarathon 29.32 10km 22 guys all togetherJurrievanderVelden #parismarathon 29:31 at 10K. Last year split was 29:21. 18 Men in the lead pack.Kip Evans #parismarathon 44.28 15kmJurrievanderVelden #parismarathon 44:28 at 15K for men. 43:58 last year!Kip Evans Leaders in the Paris Marathon pass through 15km in 44:28. 5km splits - 14:44, 14:47, 14:57.Steven Mills 59.20 20km #ParijsMarathonJurrievanderVelden 59:13 (unofficial) at 20km in the Paris Marathon. Last 5km covered in 14:45.Steven Mills And we are half way in Paris, 1st group about 20 guys + 4 pacemakers, crossing 62.21 #parismarathonJurrievanderVelden #parismarathon 62:25 at Halfway for men. 61:51 last year.Kip Evans #parismarathon Last 2K under 5'50.Kip Evans 6 girls going through 70.08 half way #parismarathonJurrievanderVelden #parismarathon 70:08 for women at halfway.Kip Evans The women are comfortably inside CR pace. Halfway was covered in 70:08 while Beyene's split last year was 70:45. Can they maintain this?Steven Mills The leading pack in the women's race includes Merima Mohammed. She's only 20 but this is her thirteenth marathon in her career!Steven Mills #parismarathon 14:56 last 5K for men. 24K in the race.Kip Evans 1.29.35 at 30km and it's Tola who is putting in a 1st surge, a big one! #ParijsMarathonJurrievanderVelden @Kip3vans 1:14:19 was 25KKip Evans #parismarathon 1:29:35 at 30K for men.Kip Evans #parismarathon Peter Some (winner at Discovery Half this year) is going!Kip Evans Some put in a surge after 30km and his lead is growing. Probably no chance of beating the CR though.Steven Mills Peter Some has a 10second lead at 32km but it's now the Ethiopians who join forces and attempt to get closer #parismarathonJurrievanderVelden #parismarathon Some is also little broter to Mathew Kisorio and son of Some Muge.Kip Evans Tim Hutchings wasn't overly impressed by Some's track form but his 10,000m PB of 28:10.8 was set at altitude as a teenager.Steven Mills #parismarathon 10K to go. Peter Some 10 seconds lead over Tadese Tola and group of 4.Kip Evans #parismarathon Peter Some 15seconds lead ober a group of 3. 8K to go!Kip Evans Some leads 1.43.56, 2nd pack 1.44.30 #parismarathonJurrievanderVelden Some passed through 35km in 1:43:56 and he's established a 36-second lead. Biwott went through in 1:42:50 last year en route to the CR.Steven Mills #parismarathon Peter Some more than 20seconds lead. 7K to go! 1:43:56 at 35KKip Evans #parismarathon Peter Some 30 seconds lead. 6K to goKip Evans Some's really charging in the men's race. He covered the 5km between 30-35km in 14:21!Steven Mills #parismarathon Peter Some almost 1 minute lead with 3K to go.Kip Evans 1.58.50 at 40km for Peter Some who will clearly go home with the victory here #parismarathonJurrievanderVelden #parismarathon Tadese Tola (ETH) and Eric Ndiema (KEN) follow.Kip Evans If the splits are correct, I think Some have covered the last 10km in 29:15. He has a huge gap over Ndiema and Tola, who aren't moving well.Steven Mills Peter Some 2.05.36 big PB coming down from 2.08.30. He already showed good form two weeks ago by finishing 2nd in Lisbon Half running 60.21JurrievanderVelden Kenya's Peter Some wins 37th Paris marathon beating Ethiopia's Tadese Tola. bitly.com/16FJ9F2 pic.twitter.com/k0TGW1EATPGame Yetu 2nd Tadesse Tola 2.06.30 and 3rd Ndiema 2.06.31, two more guys in 4th and 5th sub 2.07 #parismarathonJurrievanderVelden 1. Peter Some (02'05"38), 2. Tadese Tola (2'06"33), 3. Eric Ndiema (2'06"34) RT @MarathonParis: Podium masculin... pic.twitter.com/iPCS7XEkZ0Sports.fr #parismarathon Top 5 Men Under 2:07Kip Evans Peter Some's winning time, 2:05:37 is the second fastest time in Paris, behind Biwott's time from last year.K Ken Nakamura Eric Ndiema ran fourth consecutive sub-2:07K Ken Nakamura Longest sub-2:07 streak in history is six by Haile; Sammy Wanjiru recorded five.K Ken Nakamura #parishalf Tadese (ETH) wins women in 2:21:05Kip Evans Feyse Tadese wins the women's race in the Paris Marathon in a huge PB and CR of 2:21:05 (unofficial).Steven Mills Women Podium; #parismarathon pic.twitter.com/EKUyUsExSPJeroen Deen In Paris marathon, Tadese became the 43rd woman to break 2:22 for the marathonK Ken Nakamura Paris marathon improved the top 10 performance average to 2:06:10, but it is still 9th fastest in the world.K Ken Nakamura Paris marathon's women's course record, 2:21:05, is now 11th fastest in the world.K Ken Nakamura The fastest women's marathon on French soil was recorded by Feysa Tadesse.K Ken Nakamura IAAF: Tadese breaks course record in Paris as Some smashes PB fb.me/1ZVVcq7JPAlberto Stretti

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