Official 2017 Tokyo Marathon Live Thread

2:03:58 for Japanese all-comers record by Wilson Kipsang.

203:58 ... great fvking run ..way too much speed through the first 10k.

Fractured wrote:

203:58 ... great fvking run ..way too much speed through the first 10k.

If only they hadn't gone out so hard.

I'll be interested to hear what the athletes thought about those turns

Yes 2:03:58. Glad he got under 2:04.00. He's done it 4 times. No one else has done it more than twice.

14th fastest marathon

wejo wrote:

Yes 2:03:58. Glad he got under 2:04.00. He's done it 4 times. No one else has done it more than twice.

Oh wow I didn't realize he is the only one. Beastly!

I am so sick of seeing sit and kick races in the marathon. 2:03:58. Are you kidding me?!?! Fvcking RUN from the beginning. That was pedestrian pace.

Japan>US wrote:

Taking out patriotic bias, how many Japanese guys could have been capable of making the US Olympic team? I think a fair share could have been under 2:12 in LA.

I'm not saying you're wrong, but how did Japan's best end up placing relative to the Americans in Rio?

I'll just tell you:

Americans - 3, 6, 33

Japanese- 16, 36, 94

bumbalough in 27th through 40k

wejo wrote:

Yes 2:03:58. Glad he got under 2:04.00. He's done it 4 times. No one else has done it more than twice.

He beat Haile Gebrasalassies best time of 2:03:59

Chumba got caught.

First japanese finisher in 2:08

Sad, but doesn't look good for Berlin as we might lose Kipsang to politics. Kenyan elections are in August and he's running for parliament. Such a class runner and person, Kipsang.

Four Japanese runners under 2:10, Shitara in his debut

huge PRs for Inoue and the second Japanese man

Why are they putting up the finishing tape for everyone?

El Keniano wrote:

Sad, but doesn't look good for Berlin as we might lose Kipsang to politics. Kenyan elections are in August and he's running for parliament. Such a class runner and person, Kipsang.

Bummer, I suppose that's why he wanted to go hard today rather than in Berlin.

2:03:13 2:03:23 2:03:42; 2:03:58 and 2:04:29... I'm going to go out on a limb ... The only other man in the same breath would be Kipchoge.

To cheap for finisher medals so everyone gets to break the tape instead.

VegetableSoup wrote:

Why are they putting up the finishing tape for everyone?

That's why he is the Goat and anyone aspiring for that title has to beat his record! His time here is worth the world record!