Official 2018 Chicago Marathon Discussion Thread

Nooostadumass wrote:

OK, letsrun, on what mile will the break come and how will the coverage miss it?

18 and an Inane sideline interview?

Pretty much right. They brought in a sideline interview with a financial employee as Mo and Geremew were blowing away the others.

some random predictions wrote:

Winner will come in at 2:05 high. Choge will run slower than 2:08. Kipkemoi will challenge for the win. Rupp will not beat Farah. Osako will not be anywhere close to the Asian record. Stinson runs 2:13.

I'll give myself a B-.

Winner 2:05 low. Choge dropped out? Swap Kipkemoi (4th) with Geremew (2nd). Rupp lost to Farah, but ran Farah's previous PR. Totally wrong about Osako! Stinson ran 2:14.

Looked like Mo had at least another minute in him today. If pushed I say sub 2:04:30 was possible.

rare wrote:

grumpyoldman wrote:

And.....after 35k, Alexi Pappas is on pace for a 2:39:40 finish. LOL

Honestly shocked she’s even on track to break 3:30

Aaaaand Sarah Crouch is going to beat both her and Jorgensen. Let's not talk about Jorgensen or Pappas as top marathoners ever again until they actually DO something at that distance. Gold medal? Jorgensen won't even make the team for Tokyo unless there's a swim obstacle on the course in Atlanta.

wet and raining? lmao

In an interview Galen said he was doing more long runs. Sounds like his training for this marathon was slightly different. To me he looks a little tired. I don’t think he recovered well from Prague. He needs to recover well from this one.

Finish line is CRICKETS. Embarrassing.

ZidaneValor wrote:

Why the fook is a random Riddler spectator on one of my feeds?

What feed?

Stinson alert:

Split Time Of Day Time Diff min/mile

05K 07:44:59AM 00:14:57 14:57 04:49

10K 08:00:29AM 00:30:28 15:31 05:00

15K 08:16:08AM 00:46:07 15:39 05:03

20K 08:31:48AM 01:01:47 15:41 05:03

HALF 08:35:13AM 01:05:12 03:25 05:01

25K 08:47:34AM 01:17:33 12:21 05:06

30K 09:03:28AM 01:33:26 15:54 05:07

35K 09:19:50AM 01:49:48 16:22 05:16

40K 09:36:42AM 02:06:41 16:53 05:26

Finish 09:44:30AM 02:14:29 07:49 05:44

Hardloper wrote:

Yuki 2:16, not a good race.

If you look at his recent results on Japan Running News, this is not a surprise. He has not run well this year.

grumpyoldman wrote:

dickhead wrote:

That's not Yuki. dickhead.

Maybe he thinks the Japanese are like the Africans? "They all look the same!"

Nah, just was up all night taking care of my wife who just had surgery. Woke up to catch the final few miles and TOTALLY missed that it was Osako off the back in the hat fighting for 3rd. I was pretty psyched for Yuki to succeed today; I guess a mix of ignorance and fanboy blindness.

My apologies to all of you, to all Asians, and to Osako and Yuki for f***king that up.

AT LEAST I WATCHED THE RACE ON TELEMUNDO THOUGH!!!!!!!!!!

Yuki is getting tired. He actually ran slower today (2:16:26) than he did in Boston (2:15:58).

Brigid Kosgei's form with the arms reminds of, yes, Rita Jeptoo. Ridiculous form, yet 2:18.

Mo made this look very easy. He will be a very strong contender for a medal in Tokyo. Congratulations to Osako on a big Japanese record and bonus, and you have to give it up to Rupp for running a second consecutive 2:06 marathon in 2018.

Sarah Crouch now looking at 2:31:40 with 2.2k to go

Fred Gwynne wrote:

Clerk wrote:

Again, that is the trade off.

We could be like cycling, with 100% coverage of Men's races, but no women's sport at all.

Imagine the Chicago Marathon being a men's only event, and the Women running a 15k the day before.

That is what cycling is right now between genders

That would be fine with me

Because you are an idiot.

Mo’s interviews are, for lack of a better word, generic. Says all the right things.

Kosgei, don't talk about taking painkillers in your post race interview...

El K what was Abel saying on Kenyan media? He got crushed today

Wow, Florence Kiplagat looked like she was hurting.

Jorgenson not looking at 2:35:13 through 40k