Yesterday, the 127th edition of the Centennial Boston Marathon, one of the oldest marathons in the world and one of the highest entry thresholds in the world, Boston's place in the eyes of runners is irreplaceable. Reaching the Boston Marathon Criteria (BQ) and winning Poma in his lifetime has become one of the ultimate dreams of many runners.
The highlight of this year's race is the marathon world record holder Kipchoge, and Poma has never lacked a luxurious lineup of the world's top athletes.
Kipchoge had a poor performance yesterday in Poma, passing through the supply station around 30km and failing to get a sports drink, starting to lose speed, and he finished sixth in around 2:09, while another star Chebet won the Poma championship. However, when other runners were unwilling to lead, and Kipchoge repeatedly hoped that other runners could lead but to no avail, Kipchoge carried forward the sportsmanship of climbing the peak of his competitive performance, and led the 30 kilometers alone, whether it was too much physical exertion or failed to complete a key supply of 30 kilometers and caused the loss, let's wait and see if Kipchoge replayed after the race.
The men's elite competition took place on April 17 at 21:37 p.m. Beijing time, and it is well known that Poma's shot was followed by a big downhill. The temperature was 9 degrees when Poma fired the gun, but it was drizzling and slightly slippery, and Kipchoge's 2020 London horse failure was also a rainy weather, but I believe Kipchoge will not attribute the defeat entirely to the weather, after all, the weather is fair to everyone.
The woman fired 10 minutes later.
After the starting 5km, there were more than ten men in the leading group, and the first 5km leading group was 14:17, which was quite fast.
Kipchog took the lead, he brought the whole first group speed up, and there were no rabbits in Poma today.
Kipchog made a resupply in 30 minutes and another in 45 minutes.
Kipchoge hoped that the other runners would step forward to lead the band, but no one responded, and it looked like Kipchoge was breaking the wind for the troops.
The women's runners started slower at first, but after 10 kilometers their speed increased, and after the speed increased, the leading group began to divide. No longer huddled together, last year's Valencia Marathon women's winner Beresson was in the lead.
Although Poma is a six-proslam tournament, the live footage provides too little information, less segmented timing footage, and not much further information.
The men's half took about 1 hour and 2 minutes, Kipchoge again signaled the other players to step forward and take a band, but no one responded again, presumably Kipchoge was also very helpless, after the half, there were more than ten people left in the men's leading group.
The interval between Poma shots was long, and with the men already halfway through, some of the mass runners had not yet set off.
By the time the race reached 1 hour and 15 minutes, there were less than 10 players left in the leading group.
Judging from the segmented timing shown, the men's leading group, except for the first 5 km faster than the track record, the 5 km later results are slower than the track record.
At about 1 hour and 20 minutes into the game, Kipchoge also took off his gloves, before he took off his hat, which shows that Kipchoge pays great attention to the warmth of the body ends, and this warmth is also important to ensure the stability of the body's blood supply and metabolism, and to avoid cold and stiff at the end of the body caused by low temperature and affect body feeling.
During the 1 hour and 30 minutes of the game, Kipchoge failed to get supplies, and it is not known whether it affected Kipchoge's back-up form.
At this point, Tanzanian national record holder Gie rushed out of the troops, whose personal PB was set at the 2022 Valencia Marathon, where he finished runner-up, and Gie finished fourth at last year's Boston Marathon, but then the army quickly caught up with him.
Surprisingly, Kipchoge began to fall out of the first group at this time.
The live screen saw Kipchoge lagging behind significantly.
The live broadcast cut to the leading group and Kipchoge, as the top seed of this competition, it is estimated that no one expected Kipchoge to lose speed at 30 kilometers.
In the women's competition to about 1 hour and 30 minutes, there are more than ten people in the leading group. It is difficult to predict who will die from the deer.
Then, last year's Poma champion, Chebet took the lead, and only a few players remained at the top of the ranking.
The live broadcast has been given to the men's leading group and the backward Kipchoge, which shows the importance of Kipchoge.
With 1 hour and 50 minutes to the race, with 5 kilometers left, Gie, Chebet and Kipluto competed for the championship. Benson Kipruto is Chebet's training partner, who won the Chicago Marathon in 2022.
The three contestants are clinging to each other.
Chebet rushed to the finish line.
In the end, Chebet won the Poma championship back-to-back, while Gie and Kipruto finished second and third respectively.
Kipchoge then rushed to the finish line.
Was Kipchoge the defeat because he missed a 30km resupply? This reminds us of the details of Kipchoge's world-record resupply at last year's Berlin Marathon.
In that game, Kipchoge's supplies were talked about by the media and the public, and Kipchoge's exclusive water delivery man, the German Claus-Henning Schulke, danced happily after delivering water to Kipchoge in an extremely dedicated and dedicated work attitude, and after a short period of excitement, he continued to rush to the next water delivery point, the picture was cute and touching.
The liquid that Klaus was carrying in his hand—a mixture of water, carbohydrates and energy bars—was made individually for each athlete due to the different physiques of each athlete, and the ingredients and proportions of these "mixed supply drinks" were different.
Klaus rides all the way, gets the right bottle, and ensures that the energy supply is accurately delivered to Kipchog at specific intervals, striving for a continuous and steady energy input to continue to challenge the limits of humanity. Details determine success or failure, winning the first place in the race and even breaking the world record is no accident, which requires athletes to take scientific training as the foundation, scientific and technological training as the bracelet, careful planning and meticulous preparation, every detail should not be missed, so for Kipchoge, Klaus's timely delivery of water is crucial for him to break the marathon world record.
Surprisingly, in this race in which Kipchoge broke the world record, he made a total of 13 replenishments, this supply frequency may be much higher than that of ordinary athletes, ordinary athletes generally replenish every 5 kilometers, then the number of supplies in a full-horse race is about 8 times, but Kipchoge's supply times are 5 times more than 8 times, this 13 times is a random replenishment, or a carefully planned replenishment number, maybe we should believe the latter, that is, before the race, Klaus has already carefully planned with Kipchoge's team, when will it be supplied? Are the drinks all 13 times the same or different? What is the scientific basis behind this? It is derived from the secret weapon Kipchoge wears on his arm, the Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM).
Kipchoge especially emphasized that in the process of preparing for the Berlin Marathon, he used continuous glucose sensors to monitor blood glucose levels during training, blood glucose stability is essential for endurance training, traditional blood glucose measurement is taken from the fingertips, and through the continuous glucose equipment, continuous blood glucose monitoring can be achieved, which is very convenient and fast.
In last year's Berlin Marathon, Kipchoge has also been wearing a continuous glucose meter, of course, it is unlikely to check his continuous glucose data at any time during the race, but obviously Kipchoge has used a lot of continuous glucose meters in daily training, that is to say, Kipchoge's team has long figured out the blood glucose change law of Kipchoge in long-distance training, so as to develop the Berlin Marathon 13 refined replenishment strategy according to its blood glucose change characteristics, and Kipchoge also wears a continuous glucose meter in the race. It is convenient for his team to analyze his energy supply and blood sugar levels during the game after the game, summarize his performance in the game, and provide a fuller basis for Kipchoge's future scientific training.
Current research believes that it is important to maintain relatively stable blood sugar during endurance exercise, and the absolute value of blood sugar has nothing to do with pace, but excessive blood sugar fluctuations or later blood sugar drops will lead to a decline in athletes' sports performance. As a new technique, continuous continuous glucose measurement plays an important role in monitoring feedback to ensure the energy supply of long-term endurance programs.
As for Kipchoge, what exactly is the reason why Poma failed to achieve the championship this time? Whether there is no objective rule of victory in the race, or whether Kipchoge's blood sugar fluctuations affect his energy supply after the race due to missing an important supply, or some people suspect that Kipchoge is slipping in running shoes, or leading 30 kilometers and causing excessive physical exertion, or other reasons, we hope to get answers from Kipchoge's next Facebook.
In terms of women, the leading group was fiercely contested, and in the final stages of the competition, the American native Bates gradually fell down.
Ye Shaneh, who was dressed in yellow, actually caught up again when he fell.
Obiri competed with Beresson, and in the end, Obiri won the 2023 Boston Marathon Women's Championship.
Hellen Obiri, a native of Kenya's East African Rift Valley, moved her family from Kenya to Boulder, Colorado, last year. Obiri, 33, won a silver medal in the 5,000-meter race at last summer's Tokyo Olympics as proof that she is the best female endurance athlete in the world. In order to provide her daughter with the best educational opportunities and experience training under different cultures and systems, Obiri came to the United States to live and train, and she gradually transitioned from the long distance of the venue to the marathon.
As part of the move, Obiri joined Boulder-based On Athletics Club, an elite athlete running club (OAC) organized by Swiss running shoe brand On. Obili's Nike contract expired at the end of 2021, and although several brands wanted Obili to join, Obiri eventually chose the Swiss brand On, which is why Obiri relocated his family to the United States.
"I want to live and train in the United States, but I will retain my Kenyan citizenship and continue to fight for my homeland," Obiri said. "For several years, I have been planning to move to the United States with my family, but it was postponed due to the pandemic," she said. I'm coming to America now, and that's not to say I'll never come home. I still miss my friends and family in Kenya, but for now I hope that my family and I can settle down in the U.S. and work hard to train."
Obiri is one of the most awarded female middle-distance runners of the past decade, winning 10 global medals in the 1500m, 3000m, 5000m and cross-country since 2011. She is a two-time world champion and two-time Olympic silver medalist in the 5,000 meters, and based on her success in the 10,000 meters, she has a considerable advantage in the marathon, and moving from 10,000 meters to the marathon is also the usual path for the world's best runners, including Kipchoge and Becquele.
brief summary
Maybe we expect too much from Kipchoge, there are no winning generals on the field, winning and losing is the order of the day, accept the result calmly, and then go, Kipchoge has always done this.
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