Ryan Hall Boston Prediction Thread

Realism wrote:

Halls not gonna run 2:08+, if hes running like sh*t he'll just DNF

If he finishes, 2:06:15

2:08 is very good at Boston, would win in any non-tailwind year.

DNF.

If not, 2:05:47

Local forecast for the bed's of Ryan Hall and Shalane Flanagan is calling for sh*t. Stay tuned.

What do you do, just put apostrophes here and there hoping that once in a while they belong?

Dennis Reynolds 2.0 wrote:

Local forecast for the bed's of Ryan Hall and Shalane Flanagan is calling .

Ventolin^3.1 wrote:

Do they have pacing information available like London did? Do we know how many groups will have pacers and what pace they'll be running at?

I don't believe Boston utilizes pacers.

I predict 2:06:25.

Hopefully he does better. Wouldn't it be awesome if both he and Shalane were to win?

2:15:23. He cracks about 30 km, but actually jogs in and finishes this time to silence all the haters who predicted a DNF.

So basically, a DNF with an official time.

2:11:15

which would be fine

If there were pace groups in Boston like there were in London, he would go with the first group.

He is a front runner, always has been, always will be. This, I believe, is part of the reason why he is Americas most admired long distance runner.

I can't believe how many people are predicting times several minutes better than the winning times most years. At first I assumed they were sarcastic but now I'm not sure. Unless there's a tailwind, do you guys really realize how incredible a 2:06 at Boston would be even for a top African?

DNF. Hope I get proved wrong

HardLoper wrote:

I can't believe how many people are predicting times several minutes better than the winning times most years. At first I assumed they were sarcastic but now I'm not sure. Unless there's a tailwind, do you guys really realize how incredible a 2:06 at Boston would be even for a top African?

You do realize that he ran 2:04:58 in 2011, right?

Really... wrote:

HardLoper wrote:

I can't believe how many people are predicting times several minutes better than the winning times most years. At first I assumed they were sarcastic but now I'm not sure. Unless there's a tailwind, do you guys really realize how incredible a 2:06 at Boston would be even for a top African?

You do realize that he ran 2:04:58 in 2011, right?

HardLoper's point was that all of the fastest times in Boston Marathon history - including Hall's 2:04:58 - were run in 2011, the year of the big tailwind. The fastest time ever run in any other year in Boston is 2:05:52.

Kimetto may be capable of breaking 2:05 in Boston in a "normal" year + maybe 1 or 2 of the top Ethiopian guys, but I don't think Hall is.

For Hall, I'd say anything under 2:08 is very good and gives him a legit shot at going top 3 [maybe even winning if Kimetto and the top Ethiopian guys all blow up - stranger things have happened.]

Even Cheriyot's 2:05 was slightly wind-aided, and people on here were arguing it was better than Geb's WR. In fact I don't think 2:08 has ever been broken without at least some tailwind. Kimetto could maybe break 2:06 with pacers but I don't think they'll go out fast enough on a calm day.

Hall will run 2:13:37

HardLoper wrote:

Even Cheriyot's 2:05 was slightly wind-aided, and people on here were arguing it was better than Geb's WR. In fact I don't think 2:08 has ever been broken without at least some tailwind. Kimetto could maybe break 2:06 with pacers but I don't think they'll go out fast enough on a calm day.

In good but not bizarre conditions, G Mutai ran 2:05:06 in NYC without pacers. If Kimetto is in the same kind of shape he was for Chicago and the conditions are low wind, temps in the 50s, I think he's capable of pacing himself to 2:04 high in Boston.

2:08.23

2:06:45. Not his best time but his best marathon.

2:07:55 FTW.

LR crashes due to all of LR regulars rushing to post how *they* never doubted Ryan's greatness.

At least that's what I hope....

Put me down for DNS.