Official 2021 Boston Marathon Discussion Thread

too soon wrote:

should be studying 102 wrote:

seriously... there should be a rule that if you bomb a marathon you are banned from posting on social media until you actually deliver a good performance in a race....

Have those brothers been posting?

ouch ok hopefully the mods delete my previous post, poor choice of words. If you run extremely poorly in a marathon, especially relative to pre-race hype, then you should be banned from social media until you actually deliver

TMADDDHASFNE wrote:

No Balls no Babies may get you some screen time, but rarely will it win a 'Thon.

Tell that to Yuki & Des!!

fish man wrote:

So did all of NAZ elite quit?

Not according to the "experts" on CBS Boston who seemed to think Scott Smith is in the lead pack.

4:29 23rd mile!!!

21 1:45:51 0:05:27 Bib# 14 Geoffrey Kirui / Albertson 20 meters behind pack

22 1:50:42 0:04:51 Pack / Pack bunched up, no clear leader, Albertson nowhere to be seen

23 1:55:11 0:04:29

Women's splits - 504 19th mile!!

16 1:29:57 0:05:19 Bib# 121 Caroline Chepkoech / Close pack of 12

17 1:35:43 0:05:46 Bib# 120 Nell Rojas / Pack of 12

18 1:41:08 0:05:25 Bib# 111 Diana Kipyogei / 3-4 second lead on 2nd & 3rd place

19 1:46:12 0:05:04 Bib# 111 Diana Kipyogei / 12-14 second lead on pack

Did Jordan Hasay drop out?

It might have a different race if CJ could have finished the hills before being caught.

2 Adidas athletes leading the fields, making the Adizero Pro 2 look good

wejo wrote:

CJ Albertson at one point rallied back into 2nd place.

I would have bet a TON of money that wasn't possible. Dropped again, but guy does have some balls.

Damn straight!

NBC is terrible . They actually showed the pack catching Albertson when they should have been interviewing the wheelchair runner up .

Kvothe wrote:

He's a pro athlete. He is concerned about a personal best or at least placing. This isn't the same as a 230 guy leader a race with a bunch of low 220s guys. This was a bad strategy and he should have backed off the pace by 10k when he realized no one was near him.

Totally incorrect. His goal is to win the race. He had a .001% chance at the start. Midway through it, his odds went up at least 10 or 20 times that. He did hte only thing possible to give him shot a win.

Bad weather year maybe.

sp2 wrote:

So, on the biggest weekend for US marathoning in a long time, with 2 of our biggest 3 races lumped together,... the US men will produce exactly *two* performances under 2:13. (If Bennie holds it together.)

Holy sh*t, what a disgrace.

All due respect clown. Americans don’t care enough. Therefore the only disgrace if you and your emotions.

...and now the stream dies --apparently for good-- cuz they decided at mile 22 we're not allowed to watch the race if we're outside New England.

Perfect.

kmaclam wrote:

wejo wrote:

CJ Albertson at one point rallied back into 2nd place.

I would have bet a TON of money that wasn't possible. Dropped again, but guy does have some balls.

Damn straight!

No, he’s an idiot

I knew he was done from the beginning

Ite ad Joseph wrote:

Did Jordan Hasay drop out?

She has a 30K time. Slowed down. Shalane may catch her.

Are any of these two lead women in our prediction contest? I hope not as I picked "unnamed Ethiopian" and "unnamed Kenya" to go 1-3 and I want to win it.

sp2 wrote:

...and now the stream dies --apparently for good-- cuz they decided at mile 22 we're not allowed to watch the race if we're outside New England.

Perfect.

Don't worry, the local TV stream is probably going to show us a Jordan's Furniture commercial instead of the finish

sp2 wrote:

So, on the biggest weekend for US marathoning in a long time, with 2 of our biggest 3 races lumped together,... the US men will produce exactly *two* performances under 2:13. (If Bennie holds it together.)

Holy sh*t, what a disgrace.

There is almost no support for guys in the 2teens trying to break 210 and none for guys in the 220s trying to break into the 2teens. What do you expect. If you pay mcdonalds prices, you don't get a 5 star meal.