Should NYC do what some of these chinese marathons do?
43 degrees, sunny, 8 mph winds out of the north at start of women’s race Women 1 mile 6:20 unofficial on the bridge Women 2 miles 5:16 (11:36) 18:16 at 5k Mile 4: 5:36 Mile 5: 5:21 Mile 6: 5:33 Obiri to the front at 6 miles, is she surging? No, just getting in position for her drinks 10k: 35:24 2:29:19 pace 1:13:59 at half, 21 women still in lead pack Mile 14: 5:43 Still a large pack at 16 mile
Men 1 mile: 5:36 Mile 2 miles: 4:46 Mile 3: 5:07 5k: 15:59 Mile 4: 5:08 Now Rory Linkletter making a break and Albertson & Nageeye follow him. Chebet and Mantz cover it and now the pack is together again Mile 5: 4:49 Chebet leading it and looking good Mile 6: 4:59 10k: 31:27 still a big pack Abel Kipchumba making a big move during mile 11 and stringing things out a little bit. But it doesn’t stay strung out for very long Mile 11: 4:52. Albertson pushing and takes lead during mile 13, then Tola takes the lead later in mile 13 and starts pushing and stringing things out 65:33 at halfway, 15 guys within 6 seconds of lead but a pack is separating. Mantz and Young go with it. Cut prize money if time is over a certain time?
Don't you love when we get "did you know you burn 100 calories per mile" on the broadcast?
How about them saying we've been seeing more of these runners come from the track. Are they just in a competition to see who can say the most asinine things on a public broadcast?
Every year we astonish how bad the coverage is. Ads, stupid interviews and wheelchair racing but the 2 main races nowhere to be seen. No wonder nobody in the world watches this sport.
For the last several years, I just pull up the LRC live thread. I don't even watch the coverage because we all know it sucks.