I think they should have the elite races on a different day than the masses. What's the point of having the two races on the same day? It just adds chaos and confusion to the elite runners who've been preparing months for this.
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Look at those "cheater chairs." They should make them do the course in normal hospital wheelchairs.
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I'm just praying for a safe, disturbance free race. There are some things to be worried about today. Radical left wing pro-Palestinian groups have promised an economic blockade (i.e. stopping traffic in major cities) today. This race in particular, because of its past, is always something to worry about.
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Jerkface101 wrote:
I think they should have the elite races on a different day than the masses. What's the point of having the two races on the same day? It just adds chaos and confusion to the elite runners who've been preparing months for this.
Yeah it's a great idea. Always easy to close down roads. People love that
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Hannah Storm looks great at 61. / You'd think after all this concentrated coverage on the wheelchair races, that by 9:35 we could stay with the runners.
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Romanchuck started right on Hug, and then it looks like in the second or third mile Hug just opened up a massive lead on him? The coverage (which was great last year) missed the separation when it happened.
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This race shuts down the major roads in most of the 8 cities and towns. Hopkinton is completely closed down, Framingham and Natick get divided into two halves, and the course runs by/through the town centers of Natick, Wellesley, and Newton City Hall.
After COVID, the police departments along the course asked the running clubs to stop doing Hopkinton long runs on the course. On Charity Sunday, there were thousands out there.
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Present! 👋 Hoping for gutsy underdogs to try and shake the form book.
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Local station has coverage here:
Current commentators are John Anderson, Carrie Tollefson, and someone I don’t know (Amanda? a wheelchair racer?).
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All right guys I'm stuck in the office today so I'm hoping for lots of detailed updates in this thread. Usually following this thread is better than watching the sh*tty coverage anyway.
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Run4funn wrote:
Chebet and Lemma will be a good match.
Will watch after work
I can't wait to make some money when Esa wins
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Aussiestatman wrote:
Run4funn wrote:
Chebet and Lemma will be a good match.
Will watch after work
I can't wait to make some money when Esa wins
Its a bold prediction, NN Running Team barely mentioned he's racing but lets see what happens
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"David Weir can run and win." -Carrie Tollefson
He's in a wheelchair, Carrie.
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Lol. You really think there are even 5,000 US citizens willing to go out today and try to blockade streets for Palestine? How do you live your life?
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another casual observer wrote:
Romanchuck started right on Hug, and then it looks like in the second or third mile Hug just opened up a massive lead on him? The coverage (which was great last year) missed the separation when it happened.
I really think the WMM should have one super wheelchair race a year. They don't need one at every major. There are so few wheelchair racers to begin with, it's a logistical nightmare to close the roads just for them and they already get way too much tv time given the interest.
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is there a RADIO broadcast of the race, or only tv broadcasts?
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rojo wrote:
another casual observer wrote:
Romanchuck started right on Hug, and then it looks like in the second or third mile Hug just opened up a massive lead on him? The coverage (which was great last year) missed the separation when it happened.
I really think the WMM should have one super wheelchair race a year. They don't need one at every major. There are so few wheelchair racers to begin with, it's a logistical nightmare to close the roads just for them and they already get way too much tv time given the interest.
Smarter people than you in charge of bigger financial decisions have chosen otherwise.
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