{"id":16336,"date":"2019-03-09T11:36:38","date_gmt":"2019-03-09T11:36:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/run.hwinter.de\/?p=16336"},"modified":"2019-03-09T11:36:38","modified_gmt":"2019-03-09T11:36:38","slug":"2-the-vitality-big-half-marathon-in-london-am-10-maerz-2019-mo-farah-testet-fuer-den-london-marathon-ende-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/run.hwinter.de\/?p=16336","title":{"rendered":"2. &#8220;The Vitality Big Half&#8221; (marathon) in London am 10. M\u00e4rz 2019: Mo Farah testet f\u00fcr den London Marathon Ende April"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"sp-story-body__heading\">\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-13152 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/run.hwinter.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/big-half-london-2018-logo.jpg\" alt=\"big-half-london-2018-logo\" width=\"290\" height=\"190\" \/><\/h2>\n<p class=\"content__date\">Die Lauflegende <strong>Sir Mo Farah<\/strong> (GBR) ist der Topstar der<strong> 2. Ausgabe des Vitality Big Half<\/strong> in den Stra\u00dfen der britischen Haupstadt. Mo konnte die Premiere dieses Laufs \u00fcber die Halbmarathon-Distanz im letzten Jahr in 1:01:40 gewinnen. Diese Zeit ist trivialerweise auch der Streckenrekord, der bei der Konkurrenz am Start am Sonntagmorgen sicher fallen d\u00fcrfte. <!--more-->Bei der ersten Ausgabe der eigentlich sonst meisterhaft agierenden Organisatoren vor Ort lief bei weitem nicht alles perfekt, zun\u00e4chst sorgte ein sp\u00e4ter Wintereinfall f\u00fcr Probleme mit der Strecke und f\u00fchrte fast zur Absage, zudem gab es auch in der Logistik und Versorgung der Teilnehmer deutliche M\u00e4ngel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"content__date\">An den organisatoren Defiziten hat man in der Zwischenzeit gearbeitet, beim Wetter sind auch den Machern in London die H\u00e4nde gebunden. Und da sieht es sehr durchwachsen aus. In der Nacht wird eine Regenfront die Metropole an der Themse erreichen und mit dem abziehenden Schauern zur Startzeit wird bei Temperaturen um 10\u00b0C ein strammer Wind durch die Stra\u00dfen und am Ufer der Themse wehen. Somit werden auch bei der zweiten Auflage des Laufs die \u00e4u\u00dferen Bedingungen keinesfalls optimal sein, und die Chancen f\u00fcr Mo, sich seinen Europarekord im Halbmarathon von 59:32 Minuten, den vor einem Monat Julian Wanders (SUI) in Ras Al Khaimah auf 59:13 steigerte, zur\u00fcckzuholen, sind so gut wie auszuschlie\u00dfen. Mo bereitet sich nach seinem Europarekord von 2:05:10 \u00fcber die volle Marathondistanz in Chicago im Oktober 2018 auf das Duell gegen Marathon-Weltrekordler Eliud Kipchoge (KEN) beim London Marathon am 28. April vor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"content__date\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-13781 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/run.hwinter.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/london-mar-2018-mo-100m-vor-ziel-633x640.jpg\" alt=\"london-mar-2018-mo-100m-vor-ziel\" width=\"426\" height=\"431\" srcset=\"http:\/\/run.hwinter.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/london-mar-2018-mo-100m-vor-ziel-633x640.jpg 633w, http:\/\/run.hwinter.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/london-mar-2018-mo-100m-vor-ziel-768x776.jpg 768w, http:\/\/run.hwinter.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/london-mar-2018-mo-100m-vor-ziel.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 426px) 100vw, 426px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Vorjahressieger Mo Farah ist auch dieses Jahr bei dem Vitality Big Half am Start. (c) H. Winter<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Obwohl die Klasse des Elitefeldes f\u00fcr diesen Halbmarathon nicht in Ans\u00e4tzen an den gro\u00dfen Bruder Ende April heranreichen kann, sind mit Ex-Weltrekordler <strong>Wilson Kipsang<\/strong> (KEN) und <strong>Daniel Wanjiru<\/strong> (KEN) zwei L\u00e4ufer am Start, die beide schon den London Marathon gewinnen konnten. Somit wird das Rennen f\u00fcr Mo sicherlich kein &#8220;Spaziergang&#8221;, zumal der London Marathon-Sieger von 2016 Wanjiru im Interview mit der kenianischen Zeitung &#8220;Daily Nation&#8221; betonte: \u201cMy preparations are going on well and I will be using the race to gauge my performance ahead of the London Marathon. I know Farah is a tough athlete but I will use my tactics to make sure I beat him. I don\u2019t fear anyone because I have done good training.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>W\u00e4hrend Wilson Kipsang sich am Ende einer langen und erfolgreichen Karriere befindet und ggfs. nicht mehr ganz an seine PBs im Halbmarathon von 58:59 in Ras Al Khaimah im Jahr 2009 und im Marathon von 2:03:13 heranlaufen d\u00fcrfte. Wie realistisch allerdings das neu eingef\u00fchrte Ranking der IAAF die Dinge widerspiegelt, die Kipsang auf Platz 49 im Marathon und ca. Platz 200 im Stra\u00dfenlauf sehen, m\u00fc\u00dften die Verfasser solcher Listen beantworten. Die pers\u00f6nlichen Bestzeiten von Daniel Wanjiru sind etwas moderater als die von Kipsang, stammen aber daf\u00fcr aus dem Jahr 2016: 59:20 (Halbmarathon Prag), 2:05:21 (Marathon Amsterdam).<\/p>\n<p>Auch Mo Farah, der extra aus dem Trainingslager aus \u00c4thiopien nach London angereist ist, hat sich zum Lauf ge\u00e4u\u00dfert: &#8220;Sunday\u2019s race is really important to me. It\u2019s the last race before the Virgin Money London Marathon. The most important thing for me is to see what I can do in the race, where I am (in my preparation) and what I need to do to get ready for the London Marathon. It\u2019s nice to test myself but, as well, when you are racing in London, you want to win in your home town. Wilson (Kipsang) and Daniel (Wanjiru) are both strong athletes, really strong. Both of them have won the London Marathon and if you have done that then you have to be world class. It will be nice to test myself against them and to see they are ready for London, too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Im weiteren Elitefeld ist <strong>Bashir Abdi<\/strong> (BEL) vertreten, der beim letzten Great North Run 1:00:42 schaffte. Die restlichen Topl\u00e4ufer rekrutieren sich aus dem einheimischen Pool, bei den Frauen sind nur L\u00e4uferinnen aus Gro\u00dfbritannien am Start.<\/p>\n<div class=\"textplugin\">\n<p><strong>2019 Vitality Big Half Elitefeld M\u00e4nner (c) Veranstalter<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<table class=\"data\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><strong>MO FARAH (GBR)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"30%\">\n<div class=\"plugin_picture\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"block-image\" title=\"Mo Farah\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/london-marathon\/thebighalf\/live\/uploads\/imageuploader_cms\/c44155e354b221462609e4d5e1fa384c54e4\/i640x315.png\" alt=\"Mo Farah\" \/><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" width=\"70%\"><strong>Born:<\/strong> 23\/3\/1983<br \/>\n<strong>Half Marathon PB:<\/strong> 59:22 (Great North Run, GBR, 2015)<br \/>\n<strong>The Vitality Big Half record:<\/strong> 1st 2018 (61:40)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"data\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><strong>WILSON KIPSANG (KEN)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"30%\">\n<div class=\"plugin_picture\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"block-image\" title=\"Wilson Kipsang\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/london-marathon\/thebighalf\/live\/uploads\/imageuploader_cms\/ea92d8ac1d76b74a9e98596f964afb0efa21\/i640x315.png\" alt=\"Wilson Kipsang\" \/><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" width=\"70%\"><strong>Born: <\/strong>15\/3\/1982<br \/>\n<strong>Half Marathon PB:<\/strong> 58:59 (Ras Al Khaimah, UAE, 2009)<br \/>\n<strong>The Vitality Big Half record:<\/strong> First appearance<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"data\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><strong>DANIEL WANJIRU (KEN)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"30%\">\n<div class=\"plugin_picture\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"block-image\" title=\"Daviel Wanjiru\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/london-marathon\/thebighalf\/live\/uploads\/imageuploader_cms\/232fcf5d7fa208488b7b94d406e0cdb7d7cd\/i640x315.png\" alt=\"Daniel Wanjiru\" \/><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" width=\"70%\"><strong>Born: <\/strong>26\/5\/1992<br \/>\n<strong>Half Marathon PB:<\/strong> 59:20 (Prague, Czech Rep, 2016)<br \/>\n<strong>The Vitality Big Half record:<\/strong> 2nd 2018 (61:43)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"data\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><strong>BASHIR ABDI (BEL)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"30%\">\n<div class=\"plugin_picture\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"block-image\" title=\"Bashir Abdi\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/london-marathon\/thebighalf\/live\/uploads\/imageuploader_cms\/00e72bce47f6fe4cd5686fd4f62db6b9ba93\/i640x315.png\" alt=\"Bashir Abdi\" \/><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" width=\"70%\"><strong>Born: <\/strong>10\/2\/1989<br \/>\n<strong>Half Marathon PB: <\/strong>60:42 (Great North Run, GBR, 2018)<br \/>\n<strong>The Vitality Big Half record:<\/strong> First appearance<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"data\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><strong>ANDY VERNON (GBR)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"30%\">\n<div class=\"plugin_picture\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"block-image\" title=\"Andy Vernon\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/london-marathon\/thebighalf\/live\/uploads\/imageuploader_cms\/3029819d0453a8440a6be08df5232332e6c0\/i640x315.png\" alt=\"Andy Vernon\" \/><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" width=\"70%\"><strong>Born: <\/strong>7\/1\/1986<br \/>\n<strong>Half Marathon PB: <\/strong>62:46 (Great North Run, GBR, 2014)<br \/>\n<strong>The Vitality Big Half record:<\/strong> First appearance<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"data\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><strong>DEWI GRIFFITHS (GBR)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"30%\">\n<div class=\"plugin_picture\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"block-image\" title=\"Dewi Griffiths\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/london-marathon\/thebighalf\/live\/uploads\/imageuploader_cms\/8513563a01393e42e0ca290b09b89423a6f8\/i640x315.png\" alt=\"Dewi Griffiths\" \/><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" width=\"70%\"><strong>Born: <\/strong>9\/8\/1991<br \/>\n<strong>Half Marathon PB: <\/strong>61:33 (Cardiff, GBR, 2017)<br \/>\n<strong>The Vitality Big Half record:<\/strong> First appearance<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"data\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><strong>CHRIS THOMPSON (GBR)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"30%\">\n<div class=\"plugin_picture\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"block-image\" title=\"Chris Thompson\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/london-marathon\/thebighalf\/live\/uploads\/imageuploader_cms\/47bdcea2119756471388743cd3ce0a20aa0c\/i640x315.png\" alt=\"Chris Thompson\" \/><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" width=\"70%\"><strong>Born: <\/strong>17\/4\/1981<br \/>\n<strong>Half Marathon PB:<\/strong> 61:00 (Great North Run, GBR, 2012)<br \/>\n<strong>The Vitality Big Half record:<\/strong> First appearance<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"data\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><strong>JONNY MELLOR (GBR)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"30%\">\n<div class=\"plugin_picture\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"block-image\" title=\"Jonny Mellor\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/london-marathon\/thebighalf\/live\/uploads\/imageuploader_cms\/5ac2a9d17f9cea4377b9c1ab2bb95fc3a2de\/i640x315.png\" alt=\"Jonny Mellor\" \/><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" width=\"70%\"><strong>Born: <\/strong>27\/12\/1986<br \/>\n<strong>Half Marathon PB:<\/strong> 62:23 (United Airlines NYC Half, USA, 2017)<br \/>\n<strong>The Vitality Big Half record:<\/strong> 4th 2018 (65:03)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>2019 Vitality Big Half Elitefeld Frauen<\/strong><\/p>\n<table class=\"data\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><strong>CHARLOTTE PURDUE (GBR)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"30%\">\n<div class=\"plugin_picture\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"block-image\" title=\"Charlotte Purdue\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/london-marathon\/thebighalf\/live\/uploads\/imageuploader_cms\/4b779020419fc14b12eb8d8cc17b2bff9e30\/i640x315.png\" alt=\"Charlotte Purdue\" \/><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" width=\"70%\"><strong>Born: <\/strong>6\/10\/1991<br \/>\n<strong>Half Marathon PB: <\/strong>69:46 (Marugame, Japan 2019)<br \/>\n<strong>The Vitality Big Half record:<\/strong> 1st 2018 (70:29)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"data\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><strong>CHARLOTTE ARTER (GBR)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"30%\">\n<div class=\"plugin_picture\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"block-image\" title=\"Charlotte Arter\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/london-marathon\/thebighalf\/live\/uploads\/imageuploader_cms\/edc38046ce6cf146648ac7000acff5d6330e\/i640x315.png\" alt=\"Charlotte Arter\" \/><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" width=\"70%\"><strong>Born: <\/strong>18\/6\/1991<br \/>\n<strong>Half Marathon PB: <\/strong>69:40 (Barcelona, Spain, 2019)<br \/>\n<strong>The Vitality Big Half record: <\/strong>3rd 2018 (71:31)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"data\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><strong>LILY PARTRIDGE (GBR)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"30%\">\n<div class=\"plugin_picture\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"block-image\" title=\"Lily Partridge\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/london-marathon\/thebighalf\/live\/uploads\/imageuploader_cms\/d3bc8977203e4748c2184886d2300147fe44\/i640x315.png\" alt=\"Lily Partridge\" \/><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" width=\"70%\"><strong>Born: <\/strong>9\/3\/1991<br \/>\n<strong>Half Marathon PB: <\/strong>70:31 (Reading, GBR, 2015)<br \/>\n<strong>The Vitality Big Half record: <\/strong>2nd 2018 (71:06)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"data\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><strong>STEPH TWELL (GBR)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"30%\">\n<div class=\"plugin_picture\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"block-image\" title=\"Steph Twell\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/london-marathon\/thebighalf\/live\/uploads\/imageuploader_cms\/2db60974d247ab40d1a8cbb1d46d568815e9\/i640x315.png\" alt=\"Steph Twell\" \/><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" width=\"70%\"><strong>Born: <\/strong>17\/8\/1989<br \/>\n<strong>Half Marathon PB: <\/strong>71:56 (Guernsey, GBR, 2010)<br \/>\n<strong>The Vitality Big Half record: <\/strong>First appearance<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"data\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><strong>GEMMA STEEL (GBR)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"30%\">\n<div class=\"plugin_picture\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"block-image\" title=\"Gemma Steel\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/london-marathon\/thebighalf\/live\/uploads\/imageuploader_cms\/68426cf5579a4041c15a04d0c2d4ce896803\/i640x315.png\" alt=\"Gemma Steel\" \/><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" width=\"70%\"><strong>Born: <\/strong>12\/11\/1985<br \/>\n<strong>Half Marathon PB: <\/strong>68:13 (Great North Run, GBR, 2014)<br \/>\n<strong>The Vitality Big Half record: <\/strong>First appearance<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Die Lauflegende Sir Mo Farah (GBR) ist der Topstar der 2. Ausgabe des Vitality Big Half in den Stra\u00dfen der britischen Haupstadt. Mo konnte die Premiere dieses Laufs \u00fcber die Halbmarathon-Distanz im letzten Jahr in 1:01:40 gewinnen. Diese Zeit ist trivialerweise auch der Streckenrekord, der bei der Konkurrenz am Start am Sonntagmorgen sicher fallen &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/run.hwinter.de\/?p=16336\" class=\"more-link\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">2. &#8220;The Vitality Big Half&#8221; (marathon) in London am 10. M\u00e4rz 2019: Mo Farah testet f\u00fcr den London Marathon Ende April<\/span> weiterlesen<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"table_tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/run.hwinter.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16336"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/run.hwinter.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/run.hwinter.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/run.hwinter.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/run.hwinter.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16336"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/run.hwinter.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16336\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16342,"href":"http:\/\/run.hwinter.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16336\/revisions\/16342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/run.hwinter.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/run.hwinter.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/run.hwinter.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16336"},{"taxonomy":"table_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/run.hwinter.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftable_tags&post=16336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}