Official 2018 Boston Marathon Live Discussion Thread

stateroftheoblivious wrote:

nbskis wrote:

Any chance a woman from the field beats Desi's time?

Great question. There should be some women in the later waves who have a shot at beating 2:40.

Check my post above yours. The top finisher from the mass start is 5th overall. Still pretty remarkable.

robert678 wrote:

Sprintgeezer wrote:

So WTF happened to Kirui?

Was there really a 90-second gap, or did the splits get screwed up, maybe because of the weather?

Well, Kirui ran his last mile in 7:18 while Yuki ran his last mile in 5:12. This site has splits and results if you're interested:

http://www.baa.org/

Got damn. I would have beaten Kirui in this weather!

Yuki is just a beast in bad conditions.

teddy_farley wrote:

BLACK PAGE FOR YUKI

otsukaresamadeshta.... sugi wa London-O. Sumi ma sen

Great race by Shadrack, Pennel, and Bumbi! Impressive, game running. Times of course don't tell the story. What's next for these guys?

Man some of the age groupers are gonna have a rough go of the last few miles, Molly Huddle ran the last mile in 9:08, Kirui over 7:00.

starter in corral NOT eligible for prize money.......regardless. does create a bit of a PR nightmare for BAA, but in theory she would have had to run in the elite solo women's race only

One of the greatest days in marathon history!

So happy to see Des get the win. North American women sweep the top 7 spots with US taking 6 of them. And US men also performing very well with 6 in the top 10.

Congratulations/Omedetou gozaimasu to Kawauchi! Been a long-time fan and carried a quote from him with me in my last marathon a few years ago: "Every time I run, it’s with the mindset that if I die at this race it’s OK.” Ran my PR by a few seconds, as his inspiration carried me through the final miles. (An hour slower than him but that's ok.)

Great last 6 months for American women and superb 2018 for Japanese runners with one (Shitara) finally breaking the national record and being rewarded with over $1 million for doing so. (His coach earned over a half million for this!)

2018 Boston Marathon: Blue collar heroes showing their grit in horrible weather conditions. Can't ask for a better day than today!

In the know guy wrote:

starter in corral NOT eligible for prize money.......regardless. does create a bit of a PR nightmare for BAA, but in theory she would have had to run in the elite solo women's race only

Can anyone confirm?

Did Galan finish?

xhr wrote:

joho wrote:

Did Molly finish?

Yes. Ran 2:50.

Ran 2:30. Walked 0:20

USA USA wrote:

American domination in Boston!!

4 out of top 6 men all Americans!

6 out of top 7 women all Americans!

Go USA!

Yup, now we know how to break the African stranglehold.

From henceforth, all marathons/big races should be run in freezing cold conditions, preferably with snow!

runrikujo wrote:

El Keniano wrote:

Objectively, he's the big story.

You know the running community and the public of Japan will go crazy over this!

running community yes. Japanese public..... not a chance. Kawauchi will get beat by Ohtani, anything Kauwaiim and by Tommy Lee Jones who is still selling BOSS coffee on every train....

crosscounts wrote:

no YOURE hilarious wrote:

Do you think average runners handle the weather better than elites?

Have you seen the women's top 5? That is exactly what happened!

A very small fraction of high performing amateurs ran well and that skews your perception. The overwhelming majority of average runners in today's race ran like absolute dog sh*t, don't give me that crap that elites can't handle the weather as well as anyone else.

Josh Cox spent his whole career doing whatever he could to be on camera. Ran some ok races here and there, but his appearance always made it obvious he was mostly just a pretty boy looking to be on TV. Some things never change I guess.

OregonLive.com reporting that Rupp may have been having breathing problems due to asthma. May be why he was wearing the mask over his face.

no YOURE hilarious wrote:

crosscounts wrote:

Have you seen the women's top 5? That is exactly what happened!

A very small fraction of high performing amateurs ran well and that skews your perception. The overwhelming majority of average runners in today's race ran like absolute dog sh*t, don't give me that crap that elites can't handle the weather as well as anyone else.

I've got friends running, and splits suggest that they are mostly in fact running like dogshit.

sources close to Rupp are saying its a major injury. He's at mass general right now.

Hope it's not though and they're just being precautious..

Two stunning victories, the most exciting marathon I've ever watched. The Kawauchi legend is now complete.

Yep my Global warming got em all!