The Standard Chartered Duba Marathon always delivers. This year will be no exception. How fast will Worknesh Degefe run? Will Soloman Deksisa win here in his first time?
The men are going out in 61:45, the top women in 68:30.
Weather should be excellent: cool, but some wind.
The event begins at 8:55 PM Eastern US, 7:55 PM Central, and 5:55 PM Pacific.
RunBlogRun will be there, so check twitter, facebook, and instagram to enhance your viewing of the Dubai Marathon!
See you in 5.5 hours!
Can Worknesh Degefa take the Dubai marathon today? Watch it in less than six hours and find out! photo by SC rrDubai Marathon
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Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys. Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."
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