The RAK(Ras Al Khaimah) Half Marathon took place last night, or this morning, or yesterday, and might be happening somewhere else in the near future. It all depends where you live I guess.
I honestly don't know where Ras Al Khaimah is, and the press releases don't say either, but from the pics I saw, it looked warm and guys were wearing the towel hats.
The race was featuring Deriba Merga, who dropped out of his last two races(without explanation), and the running world was watching to see what he would do as he prepares to defend his marathon title in Boston this April. And he dropped out. And we will probably never hear an explanation for this one either.
And this is what drives me crazy about this sport.
Imagine if an NBA star left in the middle of a championship game and you never heard a thing about what happened to him.
It's almost impossible to follow the sport when; a very small percentage of races are televised, when they are the coverage is usually terrible, and when they aren't, it typically takes hours to get results and there are little to no details on the race.
It should be a REQUIREMENT, written into contracts, that these athletes need to answer questions regarding a DNF or DNS in a race.
Oh, but I guess that won't matter if there are no journalists there covering the event.
It all just pisses me off.
Here, have some results. Cause that's all we have.
Elite - Male - Finish
1 G. Mutai (KEN) 59:43
2 T. Tola (ETH) +0:07
3 T. Masai (KEN) +0:08
4 G. Feleke (ETH) +0:13
5 J. Chanchima (KEN) +0:48
6 S. Kibiwott (KEN) +0:55
7 J. Ndambiri (KEN) +1:25
8 W. Mwangi (KEN) +1:38
9 J. Kiprotich (KEN) +1:59
10 F. Joseph (TAN) +2:02
11 T. Aliyev (AZE) +2:32
12 J. Wambua (KEN) +2:34
Elite - Female - Finish
1 E. Abeylegesse (TUR) 1:07:07
2 M. Dibaba (ETH) +0:06
3 A. Mergia (ETH) +0:15
4 T. Erkesso (ETH) +0:35
5 D. Tune (ETH) +0:51
6 A. Habtamu (ETH) +1:23
7 H. Kibet (NED) +1:33
8 A. Kiprop (KEN) +1:41
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