Official 2021 Chicago Marathon live discussion thread

casual obsever wrote:

wannabepro25 wrote:

Go Emma Bates!

Hall in 3rd now, wow.

lol

Fizzy O. Logic wrote:

runne wrote:

Curious why you feel like that. You don’t like Rupp or something else?

Nah, Rojo is just an edgelord in addition to not being able to spell.

Emma looks fantastic. Wow. Top 10 U.S. all time

rojo wrote:

Ignoring the shoes, 2:06 in these conditions is better than the AR.

I don't like Paul Swangard raving about 2 Americna women in the top 3 as being historical. When you don't bring in any foreigners, that's what's going to happen.

They wanted to hand it all to Hall. Look how that turned out. lol

Time to get off her damn high horse and show results when it matters

Wheelchair dude that Ruth passed on the “hill” was in pure agony. I wonder if they ever backslide before reaching the top

Dude you’ve had it out for Galen to an unhealthy degree for as long as this message board has been in existence.

habs wrote:

Final men's results, USA got 5 in of the top 10 surprisingly:

Remarkable how many US men snuck into the top 10 down the final stretch. Good pace stalking? Or were the leading East Africans not as prepared to handle the conditions after 30K as the Americans were?

Emma Bates should be studied by evey female runner in the US. She looks like I ke she has an amazing attitude to go along with her talent

DecaBurrito wrote:

I'm African and rooting for Rupp. I dont know why you Americans hate him so much. He has never tested positive just like Kipchoge. I love Rupp, I love his temperament.

👍🏼

rojo wrote:

casual obsever wrote:

No.

But you said he is a god!

Go Rupp Go!

(Like I respect him amazingly but him winning is like too much for my brain to handle with the Salazar stuff.)

Haha, If Al-Sal would have chosen you to be his prodigy you would have been all over it.

Don't be a hater

Congrats to Emma and Sara.

Two elite Americans who did it right. Clean, hard training, with no shady coaches or scandalous surroundings.

Yusef Scumm. wrote:

Congrats to Emma and Sara.

Two elite Americans who did it right. Clean, hard training, with no shady coaches or scandalous surroundings.

One of them is doing things right. The other one is just in over her head. Clearly in AR shape. lol

DecaBurrito wrote:

I'm African and rooting for Rupp. I dont know why you Americans hate him so much. He has never tested positive just like Kipchoge. I love Rupp, I love his temperament.

hdhja wrote:

Emma Bates should be studied by evey female runner in the US. She looks like I ke she has an amazing attitude to go along with her talent

Why study her over the countless other female runners with the exact same attitude and habits except they haven't finished top 2 in a WMM?

Rojo goes home DEVASTATED! Rupp gets second. I was thinking third was the best he would do. That was a good run.

I don’t get the long standing hate for Rupp. You have endless busts from Kenya. Shelburrito gets properly busted. Yet Rupp is the bad guy. It is weird mental gymnastics.

If there was another half mile for Hall, D’Amato definitely would have passed her for third. Great race from her again.

DecaBurrito wrote:

I'm African and rooting for Rupp. I dont know why you Americans hate him so much. He has never tested positive just like Kipchoge. I love Rupp, I love his temperament.

Lance Armstrong never failed a test either.

Who do you think Salazar had in mind when conducting the experiments that got him banned for life?

Jordan Tropf 2:31:54

Random question xyz wrote:

Random question xyz wrote:

Masterclass last 5k from Tura. Good race all around good runs from Galen and Kiptanui

To be clear ‘good race’ is an understatement for Galen’s run… third race and second marathon in 8 weeks and he does this?? It was quite warm, windy, not super even pacing…. He has to be able to get into the 2:04s. AR next year?

Yep. All the folks who said he was in terminal decline now look really stupid.

He should definitely take a crack at the AR. This is worth 2:04:xx in conducive conditions for sure.