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Coming sunday will be the marathon worlds! Guess we won't be so lucky to watch on tv?

 

Will Suazie retain title? i see it is only over 84km. Rather short..............

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Will it be on live streaming ? Can you give me a decent web address without porn ads every couple of minutes?

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If the mechanical demons stay away i really think KNox and maybe Evans can get good results. With this i mean top 10 or 15

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Suzi and Lakata both strong. Don't know about about the other marathon specialists. No Burry/Kulhavy/Naef etc, with that said I really hope our Saffa boytjies gooi. Evans schemes at least one of them can get a top 10. My money is on Max Knox.

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Only news is from @africanmtbkid

 

"bit of an underdog wins marathon worlds. periklas from greece.well done to the safas. not our fav conditions."

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i cant help get the feeling we're missing the plot a bit with marathon racing locally, we now have these ultra marathon with distances in excess of 100kms, but whenever its marathon worlds or other high profile marathon event its like 70-80kms with a heap more climbing an its often being referred to as a XCO type course with stacks of singletrack....

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Judging by the photos i've seen on twitter it looks like it was a bit of a lottery in the mud today

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I was there spectating and can confirm that the course was way harder than any one of the MTN national races in SA.

 

There were plenty of grown racing snakes in tears.

 

The real problem was that the conditions were so different to anything we have in SA that it was hard to translate local form into a result.

 

Max Knox and Yolande Speedy were great though!

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