The 2015 TCS New York City Marathon  *Results *Mile-by-Mile Splits

Full Recap LRC Stanley Biwott Blasts 28:35 Final 10K to Capture 2015 TCS NYC Marathon Title (Updated) He had to be sensational over the final 10k to beat back a strong, strong challenge from Mo Farah’s #1 rival Geoffrey Kamworor. Meb finished 7th and Craig Leon 8th for the Americans.

Full Recap  LRC Mary Keitany Repeats as 2015 TCS NYC Marathon Champion as Laura Thweatt Runs 2:28:23 Debut Mary Keitany was back on top in NYC and is now tied atop the $500,000 Abbott WMM standings with one race to go. Sally Kipyego and Alana Hadley dropped out.

LRC A Look at Laura Thweatt’s 2:28:23 Debut and Decision to Skip The US Olympic Marathon Trials We break down Thweatt’s impressive debut and her decision so skip the Olympic Marathon Trials.

2015 NYC on the Messageboard:

• MB: Official 2015 TCS New York City Marathon Live Discussion Thread
• MB: Why does Alana Hadley drop out?
• MB: Mike Rossi’s Quest for $100,000…. Delayed
• MB: Great day for Kenya, Kipsang is most probably done. We thank him for the great ride!

Pre Race

• Way To Go NYC: In Wake Of Doping Scandals, There Will Be Absolutely No Russians In The Elite Field In NYC Agent Andrey Baranov (previously agent for doper extraordinaire Liliya Shobukhova) is complaining that none of the five athletes he submitted were invited to the race.
• NY Times: At 40, Meb Keflezighi Shows No Signs of Slowing Over the years, Meb has cut his daily calories from 5,000 to 3,000 or less to maintain his weight. “I’m so efficient. I’ve been running over 25 years. When I’m doing 6:30 miles, I’m not burning anything. I’m burning half a banana.”

Friday: RRW Alana Hadley, Laura Thweatt And Sally Kipyego Are Ready For New York City Marathon Debuts

American Laura Thweatt Gets Pub In UK’s Guardian Thweatt: “The strengths you can get from marathon training, and then the race itself, is huge, so it was going to be a good way to get the foundation and strength going again to really just get back on track.”

LRC 2015 NYC Marathon Men’s Press Conferences: Geoffrey Kamworor Is Committed To The 10,000 In Rio But Very Excited To Run NYC Kamworor said it has been his dream to run in the New York City Marathon. We also catch up with Boston champ Lelisa Desisa, World Champs silver medalist Yemane Tsegay, 2:04 man Stanley Biwott and Mexico’s Juan Luis Barrios.

LRC America’s Nick Arciniaga Is Ready For A Top Five Finish And PR In New York Nick also said he thinks there are over 20 guys who have the potential to run sub-2:10 in the marathon at the Olympic Trials.

RRW Veteran Jelena Prokopcuka Set For Another NYC Podium Run

Thursday:

RRW Meb Keflezighi Is Running His 10th NYC Marathon – Ten Facts You May Not Know About “Marathon Meb”

LRC 10 Minutes With Legend Haile Gebrselassie: Geb Reveals How He’d Beat Mo Farah – “I’d finish him early” – As He’s Inducted In NYRR Hall Of Fame With Paul Tergat, Paula Radcliffe And Tegla Loroupe It doesn’t get any better than Thursday in NYC for LRCers as Haile Gebrselassie, Paul Tergat, Paula Radcliffe and Tegla Loroupe were all in one room.

LRC Wisdom From Meb Keflezighi And Bob Larsen: How Meb Is Approaching His First Marathon As A Master Larsen: “His training in this last month has been really good … When he’s been healthy for several weeks, like he is now, he usually comes up with a real good performance.”
*Bob Larsen Jokes That If Meb Isn’t Recovered For Olympic Trials, USATF Should Just Postpone Them Shhh. Bob, don’t give them any ideas. USATF is famously known for doing whatever it wants.

LRC NYC Marathon Thursday: A Look Into The Buildups Of Defending Champions Wilson Kipsang And Mary Keitany We get insight into the fitness of the two defending champs.

 New Of Note That’s Not NYC Or NCAA-Related

• Jessica Ennis-Hill Talks About Her Fabulous Career And Her Final Olympic Preparations Ennis-Hill surprised herself by winning Worlds in August.
• Meet South African Sprint Prodigy Tlotliso Leotlela – 17-Year-Old Has Run 10.20 And 20.56!!
• Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Appeals To Sponsors To Support Her Six-A-Side Football Matches
• Former 13:18/27:41 And 2:12 Marathoner, Yu Mitsuya, Finds New Life As Paralympic Pacer

Sportsmanship (???)

• Dennis Young Calls For An End To “The Assist” At The End Of Races Recently an Iowa high schooler was DQed for helping a collapsed runner finish and Young agrees he should have been.
• Minnesota’s Kate Bucknam Wins NCAA Sportsmanship Award For Helping A Struggling Baylor Runner Cross The Line At NCAA XC Champs Last Year
  *MB Archive: Collapsing at the 6km XC finish? A new thing? Theatrics or real exhaustion?

Words Of Wisdom From TJ World Champ Christian Taylor Taylor talks of the lessons he’s learned from track, like having to be smart with his money when he lost his sponsorship for 6 months. “I treat track and field like my internship for my next life.”

Olympic News

• IOC Member Says LA 2024 Bid Start Process With “Clean Slate”
• Los Angeles Mayor Says IOC Members Focusing On Success Of LA 1984 Rather Than Boston Failure
• Another Strike Against Rio: Doha To Replace Rio De Janeiro As Host Of The 2016 ANOC General Assembly Meeting This breaks the tradition going back to 1983 of the Olympic host holding the last General Assembly before the Games.
• Bid Chief Says German Soccer Scandal Has Damaged Hamburg’s 2024 Olympic Hopes
• Thomas Bach Announces That Refugees Will Be Allowed To Compete Under The Olympic Flag At Rio 2016

• Video Of Kenyan Runner Who Tried To Fake His Way To Second Place In Last Weekend’s Nairobi Marathon Hilarious video as the cheat is surrounded at the finish line by angry Kenyans who call him an imposter and mock his running shoes (which are trainers). *2nd Video
  *MB: Cheater at Nairobi marathon finished 2nd
• Heartbreaking Video Of Kenyan Collapsing And Failing To Make It To The FInish Line At The Victoria Marathon 2 Weeks Ago Tisia Kiplangat was leading near the end, but had to DNF with 800m left.
• Haile Gebrselassie’s Sister Passed Away After Fighting Battle With Cancer Geb was supposed to run his last competitive race at the Great Scottish Run in September, but had to miss it to be with his family.

Week That Was

LRC WTW: Chris Solinsky Doesn’t Do 26.2, Arne Gabius Does Do 26.2, Remembering When 2:06 Was Really Fast, Meb K Has Run A Lot And Wilson Kipsang Is Psychic Quick quiz: How many African runners have run sub-2:10 this year in the marathon? Non-Africans? We tell you the answer.

Meet High Point Runner Chernet Sisay Orphaned at age 9, he roamed the streets of Addis Ababa until he got adopted by a Boston family, where he led Brookline to two state titles in XC.

Disordered Eating, A Huge Silent Problem

LRC Huge Thumbs Up To Crystal Nelson For Discussing Her Eating Disorder And A Call To Hear From Those Who Have Overcome Eating Disorders Eating disorders are a hidden plague in our sport. We praise Crystal Nelson for being willing to talk about hers and call for other people to keep talking.
*Discuss: Finding The Proper Way To Discuss Eating Disorders/Women’s Weight Issues On LetsRun.com

Great Outside Read: The Silent Sports Health Crisis, Female Athlete Triad Everyone talks about concussions, but no one talks about the female athlete triad (disordered eating, low bone density, and amenorrhea – the absence of menstruation).