Martin Fagan In Houston?

stmochtas

Is Martin Fagan still running this one?


http://www.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=59128.html

ecoli

stmochtas wrote: »

Is Martin Fagan still running this one?


http://www.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=59128.html

As far as i know he is looking to do this ( and according to his facebook) and I read somewhere that Cragg was down for an assault on the Irish record for the half too though i cant find the link to that anymore. Dunno how much truth there is in this given he ran one two weeks ago

downwithfacses

cragg doing boston

DULLAHAN2

Is there any online feeds for this marathon?

shanegill

i have a sneaking suspicion fagan could break the irish marathon record this weekend. his mate brett gotcher did 2:10 there last year and Fagan is better than him.
Fingers crossed.

shels4ever

shanegill wrote: »

i have a sneaking suspicion fagan could break the irish marathon record this weekend. his mate brett gotcher did 2:10 there last year and Fagan is better than him.
Fingers crossed.

Would be nice to see but think his target is a a bit slower then that..

looking for sub 2:16

http://www.independent.ie/sport/other-sports/athletics-firedup-fagan-prepared-to-go-distance-in-houston-2514727.html

dermCu

This might be one of the best chances he ever gets to win a big marathon:

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/run/7401916.html

woodchopper

shanegill wrote: »

i have a sneaking suspicion fagan could break the irish marathon record this weekend. his mate brett gotcher did 2:10 there last year and Fagan is better than him.
Fingers crossed.

Since when is Fagan better than Gotcher at the Marathon, maybe he is faster at the half but Gotcher has 2.10 to his name. Remember different strokes for different folks and all that.

seanynova

anyone know if this race will be shown streaming online?

any links?

Ta

ecoli

seanynova wrote: »

anyone know if this race will be shown streaming online?

any links?

Ta

http://www.runnerspace.com/USA-Half-Marathon

marchino

Cheers ecoli... is there a link for the full marathon in the morning.? or is that site showing it too.. would like to catch it after tomorrow mornings long run, what is the time difference between here and houston! if theres a 8am start, is that 12 or 1pm here..? Cheers!

ecoli

marchino wrote: »

Cheers ecoli... is there a link for the full marathon in the morning.? or is that site showing it too.. would like to catch it after tomorrow mornings long run, what is the time difference between here and houston! if theres a 8am start, is that 12 or 1pm here..? Cheers!

Was sent that link saying they would be showing the weekends racing in Houston though i not sure as that looked to be just based round the US championship circuit. May work in the mean time i will try get a few more links just in case

seanynova

im not the best at finding streaming stuff online - but this link seams to be showing the marathon

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/feature?section=news/sports&id=7211603

JosDel

According to the Houston news the race could be delayed 2-4 hours or even shortened to a half marathon due to bad weather..

marchino

cheers guys. Seems like there 6 hours behind us any hu, so i guess it will be 3pm here anyways before they start, or 5/6pm if its delayed!! hope that site shows it, they said online they will show the finish line.
Hope he has a good solid race.

shanegill

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/livenow?id=7924372

thirstywork2

Fagan half way split 1.06.55
think he might have dropped out since.

thirstywork2

Mark English 1:48:63 Junior Record, Darren McBreaty 1:48:88 U23 Record both 800m & Ruairi Finnegan 3:54:93 1500m qualify for respected euro champs. All Info & Results to be posted on website soon. Also Martin Fagan runs 2:13:37 in Houston Marathon

The Hammer

thirstywork2 wrote: »

Also Martin Fagan runs 2:13:37 in Houston Marathon

here are the top 5 finishers in the Houston Marathon, could be wrong but don't think Martin Fagan actually finished.


1st - Bekana Daba, Ethopia - 2:02:04
2nd - Nick Arciniaga, US - 2:11:30
3rd - Wilfred Murgor, Kenya - 2:11:41
4th - Teyba Erkesso - 2:23:53
5th - Mamitu Daska, Ethopia - 2:26:33

shels4ever

The Hammer wrote: »

here are the top 5 finishers in the Houston Marathon, could be wrong but don't think Martin Fagan actually finished.


1st - Bekana Daba, Ethopia - 2:02:04 2nd - Nick Arciniaga, US - 2:11:30
3rd - Wilfred Murgor, Kenya - 2:11:41
4th - Teyba Erkesso - 2:23:53
5th - Mamitu Daska, Ethopia - 2:26:33

WTF is that correct???

DULLAHAN2

shels4ever wrote: »

WTF is that correct???

No it should read 2.07.04

ecoli

The Hammer wrote: »

here are the top 5 finishers in the Houston Marathon, could be wrong but don't think Martin Fagan actually finished.


1st - Bekana Daba, Ethopia - 2:02:04
2nd - Nick Arciniaga, US - 2:11:30
3rd - Wilfred Murgor, Kenya - 2:11:41
4th - Teyba Erkesso - 2:23:53
5th - Mamitu Daska, Ethopia - 2:26:33

Hearing this to has anyone got a link to the results?

Hard Worker

Martin Fagan pulled out at halfway. He injured his ankle 5 days ago.

Kristopherus

The Hammer

ecoli wrote: »

Hearing this to has anyone got a link to the results?

http://live.houstonmarathon.com/

on the right hand side of the page


and

http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/8042776-houston-marathon-2011-live-updates-and-results777



and the winner should be as previous posters said 2:07

asimonov

Hard Worker wrote: »

Martin Fagan pulled out at halfway. He injured his ankle 5 days ago.

jaysus; he has turned into the darren anderton of running. he must be gutted.

woodchopper

Hard Worker wrote: »

Martin Fagan pulled out at halfway. He injured his ankle 5 days ago.

The same thing happened last year before LA marathon only then he twisted his knee in the lead up to the race. Maybe his coach should have Fagan run a few strides on grass in the week of the race not hammering 200s and 400s on the track. What works for some does not work for others. Fagan can seemingly handle the mileage but cannot transition to speed work in the taper. This should have been changed following last year but instead Fagan after another 16 week 140 mile a week build up is left dejected and dishearted.

ss43

woodchopper wrote: »

The same thing happened last year before LA marathon only then he twisted his knee in the lead up to the race. Maybe his coach should have Fagan run a few strides on grass in the week of the race not hammering 200s and 400s on the track. What works for some does not work for others. Fagan can seemingly handle the mileage but cannot transition to speed work in the taper. This should have been changed following last year but instead Fagan after another 16 week 140 mile a week build up is left dejected and dishearted.

What's the logic behind doing speedwork coming up to the marathon? Seems backwards to me - I thought you should do fast work early and more specific work later on.I would also have thought McMillan would know a lot more than me!

Do you know much about his training? He's obviously very fragile, does he do anything to work on this or is it just hope for the best each time. Unfortunately I wasn't even surprised to hear he dropped out injured. I was shocked when I read thirstywork2 saying he had finished.