When I saw the weather forecast for Boston this was my first thought. London is only about a week later, and has many of the top marathoners in the world, so it would've been a good place for him to run fast.
When I saw the weather forecast for Boston this was my first thought. London is only about a week later, and has many of the top marathoners in the world, so it would've been a good place for him to run fast.
In retrospect, obviously.
At the time...it looks like he rolled the dice and figured a shot at first in 2:10-2:12 at Boston was worth more than 2:06-2:07 for third to fifth place in London.
Contracts, appearance fees and such dont work that way.
Am I living in the twilight zone? The Boston Marathon weather was terrible!
Des Linden: "The entire sport" has changed since she first started running Boston.
Matt Choi was drinking beer halfway through the Boston Marathon
Ryan Eiler, 3rd American man at Boston, almost out of nowhere
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