Official 2016 Boston Marathon Live Discussion Thread

rojo wrote:

Jenny simppsn's husband has moved into 3rd on the AMerican side:

1 Mecheso, Girma (USA) 22 Male 18-39 GA 02:17:51 12:17:54PM +00:00 00:31:22

2 Burrell, Ian (USA) 21 Male 18-39 CO 02:17:59 12:18:01PM +00:26 00:31:48

3 Simpson, Jason (USA) 40 Male 18-39 CO 02:22:01 12:22:04PM +00:39 00:32:01

A crushing unravelling of the spool from the first mile to the last -

Jason Simpson

Split time of day time diff min/mile miles/h

5K 10:15:56AM 00:15:54 15:54 05:07 11.74

10K 10:32:04AM 00:32:01 16:07 05:12 11.56

15K 10:48:46AM 00:48:43 16:42 05:23 11.17

20K 11:06:05AM 01:06:02 17:19 05:35 10.77

HALF11:09:51AM 01:09:48 03:46 05:32 10.86

25K 11:24:11AM 01:24:09 14:21 05:55 10.15

30K 11:44:27AM 01:44:25 20:16 06:32 9.20

35K 12:05:19PM 02:05:16 20:51 06:43 8.94

40K 12:27:32PM 02:27:30 22:14 07:10 8.39

Finish Net 12:37:36PM 02:37:33 10:03 07:23 8.14

tv coverage is brutally awkward

how many people have submitted bingo? thought about doing it but wasn't worth the time..

douglas burke wrote:

Womens winner Atsede Baysa is also a great singer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVhAmiza4T0

That was actually really cool. Thanks.

Seriously mate? wrote:

Is that like the Ethiopian version of the chicken dance?

douglas burke wrote:

Womens winner Atsede Baysa is also a great singer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVhAmiza4T0

Two comments and a question.

- Very cool

- Its like twerking, but not

- Am I hearing auto-tune? Sounds a little weird

El Keniano wrote:

Ethiopia completes a double. Fair to say we've seen four of their marathon team for Rio.

Keniano,

I think Hayle and Desisa are a lock.

Let's wait fo rBekele's performance on Sunday to see how he fairs.

If he has a nice day, he'll seal the team. If not, Ethiopia will be in a tight spot.

As for the women, I am not sure. That race was just too slow. Baysa may be but Tsegaye, Not sure.

elmore345 wrote:

Wow Tiki Gelana looked like a fat hobby jogger!

Tiki is done. Forever!

Awkward? How about awful. Unable to identify competitors, talking to me in mixed units, contradicting each other, failed to recognize that there was a huge move in the women's race until she pretty much ran through the screen.

Actually asked out loud how these thin women could have enough 'nutrients' to complete a marathon. WTF?

How about a split screen and no audio.

Worse and Worser wrote:

Actually asked out loud how these thin women could have enough 'nutrients' to complete a marathon. WTF?

How about the line about the women with longer legs having an advantage?

I don't think I've seen it mentioned that at one point Trautwig seemed to think Neely Spence Gracey's last name was Neely. Rawson subtly corrected him without embarrassing him. Also, does Rawson always give distances in metric form? Pretentious, moi?

Watched and listened to the American TV broadcast here in Australia (no choice) and in one word it was 'woeful'.

Glad we're getting London Marathon TV broadcast from Eurosport and knowledgeable easy to listen to commentators.

coach deez nuts wrote:

Cowards and losers complain about the conditions, champions rise above them.

Coaches spout clichés.

come on man wrote:

Worse and Worser wrote:

Actually asked out loud how these thin women could have enough 'nutrients' to complete a marathon. WTF?

How about the line about the women with longer legs having an advantage?

Well that's obviously true. It's the stupid, unscientific shit that was said that I'm on about.

Bill Rodgers in his prime woulda kicked butt today, despite there being one of the first hot days in Beantown this spring, after a cold, damp string of weeks, although not much of a winter.

As a spectator with a keen eye, I must say I have never seen so many flat-chested women. I heard Kate Upton had been training for Boston but is now running London.

Trews wrote:

No. The first guy is an idiot alright. Maybe you too?

nonsense

In ideal Boston conditions, the best time is 2:03. todays race was won in 2:12.. best women's is 2:18, won in 2:29. according to my calculations, if they paved the road with Mondo track, and they ran in spikes, it would be 4 seconds faster per mile, 4 seconds for 26.2 miles, lets say we save 2 minutes.

proof: Leonard Komon ran 26 44 on the road. WR is 26 17. this is 27 seconds for road vs track, 10k. with 42k this is 27*4.2=113.4 sec

Heat was already calculated to be a constant 9-10 minutes delay (10 min for around 3 hr, 11-12 for 4 hr).

carbon dioxide and monoxide from the city and leading cars delay 1 sec per mile to the lungs. if the city did a pollution control, this would save 26 seconds on each mile. stop driving hummers and range rovers!

The winner is worth 2:00 flat! in ideal conditions. with tail wind we save 2.5 sec per mile (65 sec overall). this marathon was well worth a sub 2, in the range of 1:58-9 effort, given the ideal weather conditions, tailwind, pollution control 65 + 26+ 113 + 9 min = 12:24 saved

2:12:45 - 0:12:24= 2:00:21

given crowd hype, this would shed 1.7 seconds in the last half marathon. the crowd will realise they can break 2 if the split is just right. 1.7 * 13= 22.1 sec!

2:00:21 - 0:00:22.1 = 1:59:59!

not to mention if the city planted more greenery, more oxygen would be available. this could shed 0.5 sec per mile. proof: someone here ran 4:02 on the Oregon Michael Johnson Track, but ran 4:04 on a standard track.

not to mention, if they did EPO, and we assume Paula DID dope, we can use the Paula standard, assume 3 min faster (2:15 to 2:18) however, we cannot assume Paula doped, so we will cause this the "secondary pacing" method. that is, we have pacers pace the leaders in the second half

1:59:59 - 0:03:00= 1:56:59!!!

58 back to back halfs are doable, considering east africans go through the 10ks in 30 and 29s

now if we can only get a mondo track paved for 26 miles, abundant greenery, strict carbon emission laws, ideal temperature then we could have seen a sub 2 today. it was a sub 2 effort, but external conditions were not setup right.

ventolin^5 wrote:

Trews wrote:

No. The first guy is an idiot alright. Maybe you too?

nonsense

In ideal Boston conditions....

I read your post. The whole thing. Not sure why, but I did. I'm a sucker for a good parody, but that was rubbish that made us all a little dumber.