Mary Keitany just GODZILLA'D New York.

Did you know Gwen Jorgensen has a pet scorpion?

She smashed them

Tcdgv vyvvvhvb hgvubyv6gvy yvyfvhvc6v wrote:

She smashed them

No doubt about it. Probably her greatest win in my book. That was complete master class beat down.

Guess there was no "resilience" this year for slow USA runners.

That second half was truly extraordinary. She's run a lot of very hard grueling marathons now but it would be justice if she could hang around to win an Olympic gold and solidify her claim as the greatest of all-time.

Hey Whatever wrote:

That second half was truly extraordinary. She's run a lot of very hard grueling marathons now but it would be justice if she could hang around to win an Olympic gold and solidify her claim as the greatest of all-time.

Agree. As amazing as her women's only WR in London.

Scorpion_runner wrote:

Won by 4 freaking mins! and ran a NY PR.

Talk about a a beat down. NO one can hang with this woman.

She would probably be undefeated had she run all of her races, where she blazes in the second half of the race, instead of chasing WRs.

Shame on the field for not testing her and pushing the pace....to let a 2:17 runner chill for the first half of the race is just insane.

Beast Mode!

I'm more in agreement with the second part of your quote than the first. Could you imagine a major men's marathon where the first 1/2 was reached in 68-69 min. Would we really be all that excited if someone closed in 61 to run 2:09-2:10?

I take this performance as more of an indictment of the lack of depth in women's running. It's something that I thought would have diminished over the years, but I'm not sure if any progress has really been made.

Scorpion_runner wrote:

Won by 4 freaking mins! and ran a NY PR.

Talk about a a beat down. NO one can hang with this woman.

She would probably be undefeated had she run all of her races, where she blazes in the second half of the race, instead of chasing WRs.

Shame on the field for not testing her and pushing the pace....to let a 2:17 runner chill for the first half of the race is just insane.

Beast Mode!

Which runner in the field was fast enough to test her without blowing their own race?

She was massively dominant today, amazing to watch. I’m surprised Viv didn’t go with the initial break, but she didn’t seem 100% today, which I think showed in her performance.

75:50/66:58 split for Keitany is awesome. Even more mind boggling is Radcliffe doing a 67:23 after a 68:02 half.

xc# wrote:

Scorpion_runner wrote:

Won by 4 freaking mins! and ran a NY PR.

Talk about a a beat down. NO one can hang with this woman.

She would probably be undefeated had she run all of her races, where she blazes in the second half of the race, instead of chasing WRs.

Shame on the field for not testing her and pushing the pace....to let a 2:17 runner chill for the first half of the race is just insane.

Beast Mode!

Which runner in the field was fast enough to test her without blowing their own race?

Vivian has the chops, so does Shalane. the were running at 5:35 pace at one point. That's a nap for mary. Keep it a little tough. The pace should have been a lot faster than what it was, to put a little fatigue in mary's legs. The way to beat mary is to force her to blow up. But if she does not blow up, forget about it!

5:20 pace is just allowing Mary to conserve energy....Chic can drop 4:50 something in a blink of an eye.

Tt46 wrote:

75:50/66:58 split for Keitany is awesome. .

that's just laughable!

she was out there race walking for the fist half of the race. man, once they reached the half marathon point....I knew it was over.

Scorpion_runner wrote:

Tt46 wrote:

75:50/66:58 split for Keitany is awesome. .

that's just laughable!

she was out there race walking for the fist half of the race. man, once they reached the half marathon point....I knew it was over.

This was a training run for her...

13.1 mile jog warmup than 13.1 mile tempo

She could probably race again next weekend if she had to. The lead pack should have gone out in at least 70-72 minutes. It’s like they didn’t even want to try and race her.

I just don't believe that Paula Radcliffe was clean. So I guess Mary is the goat, even if she'll never have the WR?

Looking forward to seeing Gwen beat her to gold in Tokyo...

Nice job

Hunday wrote:

I just don't believe that Paula Radcliffe was clean. So I guess Mary is the goat, even if she'll never have the WR?

Looking forward to seeing Gwen beat her to gold in Tokyo...

Paula's not clean but Mary is?

Gonna say both dirty.

Let's not get carried away. The GOAT is Paula Radcliffe. 2:15:25 WR, a record that has now stood for 15 years with no one coming close. Keitany is 96 seconds behind. Wake me up when she goes sub 2:16.

In addition to the WR and having 3 of the fastest 4 times on the planet, Radcliffe has gold medals in the 5000M, 10000M, the half-marathon and XC. She's a beast.

Keitany has a gold in the half and the women's-only marathon WR, a participation-title due to political correctness. And her performance today - 1:15:30 in the first half? Embarrassing.

Fixed the title for you.

Kenster5000 wrote:

Keitany has...a participation-title due to political correctness....

Exactly how is it political correctness to distinguish a paced from an unpaced time?

Coevett wrote:

Fixed the title for you.

Fixed your handle for you