tarckstar wrote:
The men's marathon was not slow, other than the outlier Paris Olympics it was true to form. The 1500 could also go 3:28, not slow.
Why a slow 5k when everyone knows the risk? Not buying it, unless that new guy wants to shut everyone up.
These days, a 2:09 is arguably a little slow for a winning time at a major marathon. I’ll concede that it was not crazy slow like the steeple but it was still 9 minutes slower than the world record—rather a lot!