Worlds Bets Settles, a rambling update on my heart and ChatGPT failed me again!

25/09/2025 38 min Temporada 1 Episodio 25

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Todays episode is from Sept 22
1. What recording artist ran the Berlin Marathon in under 3 hours?

https://therunningchannel.com/harry-styles-berlin-marathon/

2. Debrief on World Track and Field Championships

https://www.flotrack.org/articles/14534302-2025-world-athletic-track-and-field-championship-results-see-who-won

Observations:
a. Men vs women - it seems like there were way more upsets on the men's side. The favorite women won almost all (100 - MJW, 200 - MJW, 400 - SML, 1500 - Faith, 5000 - Chebet, 10,000- Chebet) running events (except 800). Why?
b. Will Kenny Bednarek ever win an individual global gold?
c. Crazy run off between USA and Kenya in the men's 4x400 - Zambia impeded both the USA and Kenya in different exchanges in the qualifying round. After a protest, at 11PM on Saturday night that there would be a run-off on Sunday morning at 10:40 AM before the finals later that day - USA was 2nd to Botswana in the finals.
d. Biggest surprises
- Men's 1500 - the big five all with no medals? Kerr and Laros were the only ones to make the finals and he hurt his calf a couple of laps in. Laros had no kick in this race.
- Grant Fisher no medals?
- Ingerbrigtsen - no medals?
- Cole Hocker winning the 5000 in a fast race. His last lap was 52 seconds.

3. Another marathon major - Berlin
Sawe was at WR pace at half way (60:16) but warm conditions slowed him down in the second half. Finished at 2:02:16 - four minutes ahead of second place. Rosemary Wanjiru (Ken) won the women's race in 2:21:05 (not particularly fast).

https://www.letsrun.com/news/2025/09/sabastian-sawe-stays-perfect-at-26-2-by-winning-2025-berlin-marathon-in-20215/