Mile and half left. Desi surging for home in lead, Shalane hanging on. Kara 10/20 yards back.
Mile and half left. Desi surging for home in lead, Shalane hanging on. Kara 10/20 yards back.
the smartest letsrunner wrote:
wejo wrote:Meb 2:09:08 (pr)
Hall 2:09:30
Abdi 2:09:47
Ritz 2:09:55
Damn, Hall. Getting done over at 2:09 pace? Pushing the pace and winning this should have been no problem for him. And don't tell me he held back to speed recovery. The guy split a 1:02 for the back half of the 2008 trials, remember?
This shows how "real" his 2:04 was.
It's not that simple. Was Sammy Korir's 2:04:56 not real because he never broke 2:06:30 in any other race?
any results past top 5??
this is an epic battle on the womens side!
malmo wrote:
Even a freshman sociology student would be befuddled with your logical leap.
Huh?
If Kastor ran under 2:20 in London, why is anyone surprised that some guy at FSU ran under 10 seconds for the 100 last spring?
Fail Fail wrote:
Hall won the last trials when Meb was 11th or so.
Masters Faasie wrote:So in head to head marathons that is Meb 2 - Hall 0
Hall also beat Meb at Boston in 2010.
2-2 right now.
Anybody else?
Now Davila has put on a little surge and caught up to Flanagan.
Mile 24 was 5:24 so they are picking it up a bit.
Flanagan takes lead again. Now Desi pulls even, side by side.
OK, women's race has only a little bit left. EVERYONE STOP TALKING ABOUT THE MEN NOW!
Deer Ryan Hall
Please run the 10000m at the Olympic trials
Women's race sounds exciting, wish I could see it
Hudson River wrote:
george oscar bluth wrote:Are people really trying to argue that Hall is better than Meb? Meb has an Olympic medal and a NYC title, during the same general era. It's not even close.
But they keep clinging to that "2:04" as the proof.
His 2:06 in London was also quite impressive though. I doubt Meb would have been faster than 2:08 in that race.
Now Flanagan back to the lead. Great battle here. She's got 3 meters on Davila Goucher probably 12-15 behind Davila.
KMB wrote:
Huh?
If Kastor ran under 2:20 in London, why is anyone surprised that some guy at FSU ran under 10 seconds for the 100 last spring?
Leave it to Kevin to put things in perspective.
The real question is. Will Bairu run faster than 2:09:08 tomorrow?
They just passed 40k.
C'mon GOUCHER. So f-ing tough.
not even here
A 2:04 is impressive regardless of where it was run. Whether or not it compares to other times is open to debate.
A 2:04 at Boston DOES compare to other times. End of story.
isn't Hall a 2:04 runner given that Boston wasn't wind-aided
this year?????