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commercial break with 5k left to go. what a crock.

Men's race at mile 23. Meb and Yuki Kawauchi are tied for 6th/7th. Yuki said he wanted to be top 6 - highest ever for Japan.

Women's all 26 splits.

55 degrees at start

Women

Mile 1: 5:58

Mile 2: 5:14 (11:12)

Mile 3: 5:36 (16:48)

5K: 17:21 Moreira, Daunay and Fien have been doing the work up front

Mile 4: 5:32 ( 22:20 )

Mile 5: 5:28 (27:48)

Mile 6: 5:29 (33:17)

10K: 34:27 (17:06)

Mile 7: 5:40 (38:57) Deba back up with the leaders too. Prokopcuka at the back so she’s there too)

Mile 8: 5:40 (44:37) Moreira keeps leading but they’re not going that fast

Mile 9: 5:35 (50:12) Lead pack down to 10

15K: 51:55 (17:28)

Mile 10: 5:27 (55:39)

Mile 11: 5:35 (1:01:14) Lead pack still at 10. Thweatt is visibly working to stay up there.

Mile 12: 5:27 (1:06:41) Ding dropped in mile 13. Down to 9

20K: 1:09:03 (17:08)

Mile 13: 5:37 (1:12:18)

HM: 1:12:54 Nine in lead pack. Buzunesh Deba has stopped running.

Mile 14: 5:34 (1:17:52)

Mile 15: 5:36 (1:23:28)

25km: 1:26:39 (17:36) Daunay of France has been dropped

Mile 16: 5:38 (1:29:06) Leaders down to 9 with Daunay off the back.

Mile 17: 5:27 (1:34:33) Daunay has caught them again

Mile 18: 5:25 (1:39:58)

30K: 1:43:31 (16:52)

Mile 19: 5:29 (1:45:27) Move in women’s race. Only 5 in lead pack.Keitany leading it, Tufa behind, then Mergia, Jeptoo, Moreira. Others, including Thweatt, are dropping back.

Mile 20: 5:22 (1:50:49). Moreira dropped. It’s down to four-- Keitany and Tufa in the front, Jeptoo and Mergia at the back.

Mile 21: 5:14 (1:56:03) Keitany and Tufa dropping Jeptoo and Mergia. This is playing out similar to London. Jeptoo fighting back to try to hold on, she’s only a few meters back but Mergia is dropped. But by 21 miles, she can’t hold on. It’s down to two.

35km - 16:24 (1:59:55)

Mile 22: 5:13 (2:01:16)Keitany makes her bid during mile 22. She gets a gap on Tufa. Within a minute, she has a lead of about 30 meters and it’s growing.

Mile 23: 5:15 (2:06:31) Her lead is 45 seconds. Wow.

Mile 24: 5:32 (2:12:03)

Mile 25: 5:25 (2:17:27)

Mile 26: 5:13 for Keitany

MenMen

Mile 1: 5:24

Mile 2: 4:45 (10:09)

Mile 3: 5:09 (15:18)

5K: 15:47 Meb leading

Mile 4: 5:07 (20:25) 17 in the lead pack. Meb at the front

Mile 5: 5:01 (25:26)

Mile 6: 4:59 (30:25)

10K: 31:31 (15:44)

Mile 7: 5:08 (35:33)

Mile 8: 5:10 (40:43)

Mile 9: 5:09 (45:52)

15K: 47:29 (15:58)

Mile 10: 5:07 (50:59)

Mile 11: 5:21 (56:20)

Mile 12: 4:47 (1:01:07) Now down to eight men up front -- Kemal, Tsegay, Desisa, Kamworor, Kipsang, Biwott, Keflezighi, Kawauchi.

20k: 1:03:14 (15:45) Now they’re grouping up together again. Kemal has a gap to leaders, which is now 15 in total (including him)

Mile 13: 5:07 (1:06:14) Arciniaga is off the back of the lead pack. All the other main players are around, with Kemal still slightly off the front of the pack

HM: 1:06:49

Mile 14: 5:01 (1:11:15) Leon and Meb 1-2

Mile 15: 5:21 (1:16:36)

25km: 1:19:38 (16:24). Meb pushing up front

Mile 16: 5:23 (1:21:59)

Mile 17: 5:05 (1:27:04) Pack is down to eight. Biwott, Tsegay, Desisa, Kipsang, Kawauchi, Kamworor, Meb, Kemal. Biwott pushing

Mile 18: 4:40 (1:31:44) Still eight in lead pack

30k: 15:19 (1:34:57)

Mile 19: 5:03 (1:36:47) Still same eight leaders.

Mile 20: 5:14 (1:42:01) Right after 20 miles, Kamworor goes for it. Only Kipsang, Desisa, Biwott can match it. Kipsang falling back just before 21 miles. It’s down to three.

Mile 21: 4:24 (1:46:25). Ridiculous move from Kamworor. Only Desisa and Biwott can answer. Kipsang is nine seconds down.

35 K: 1:49:47 (14:50)

Mile 22: 4:31 (1:50:55) 8:55 for the last two miles for Kamworor, Desisa and Biwott!!!

Mile 23: 4:33 1:55:28. Kamworor disappeared off-screen to the side for about 10 seconds before reappearing.

Kawachi ahead of Meb now.

LOL. 100% chance the race breaks up before commercial break ends.

Thweatt 2:28:29.

Desisa dropped. Biwott did the ol' zig-zag to shake him off. Kam goes around him still chasing Biwott.

So just before they came into the park. Biwott went to the lead. Desisa was dropped.

Kamworor is still trying to hang on. About 3 seconds back.

Phredryka wrote:

Hope this guy gets some cash...

What you say???

The race is about to be decided right here and now. So let's cut away. This is just pathetic

"During the break, Tom Brady led the Patriots on a scoring drive to retake the lead late here in the 4th quarter."

rupp-certified salaadbar wrote:

slo-twitch wrote:

I'm going to say advantage Biwott- Desisa is being smart and drafting though. They are running into the wind now. Impressed that both of them covered that move, kamworor dropped it hard

With a 13-mile warm-up, 7-mile build, and 10k race up 5th Avenue and through rolling Central Park, the dominating World XC Champion is the correct answer.

Let's see

Kamworor is actually 2 seconds back.

ESPN misses the move. As always. Biwott going for it.

Sally Kipyego, who must've dropped out turns spectator cheering Biwott and Kam on.

Phredryka wrote:

I remember this happened one time back in Chicago with an uninvited athlete finishing in the prize $.... And there was a kerfluffle as to if she actually could receive any as an uninvited athlete....

There must have been some real idiots involved there, because obviously she could.

slo-twitch wrote:

rupp-certified salaadbar wrote:

With a 13-mile warm-up, 7-mile build, and 10k race up 5th Avenue and through rolling Central Park, the dominating World XC Champion is the correct answer.

Let's see

I may have to eat my words! What a race and what a sustained push by both of them.

Anyone else notice Desisa take a glance back soon after the break, and when he saw nobody near him behind, he started shuffling?

Looks like curtains for Kam as Biwott steps on the gas again.

rupp-certified salaadbar wrote:

Phredryka wrote:

I remember this happened one time back in Chicago with an uninvited athlete finishing in the prize $.... And there was a kerfluffle as to if she actually could receive any as an uninvited athlete....

There must have been some real idiots involved there, because obviously she could.