Highlight of the day no Josh Cox wrote:
ZidaneValor wrote:
Kitara is fucking gone now and ESPN does not care.
No ! far more important we don't have to listen to Josh Cox today!
I couldn't care less what you think about the coverage, I'm trying to follow the race. Isn't it ironic.
4:54 for the lead 3 women? That's completely insane for only mile 17
Please stop with the bellyaching about all the shite coverage, go to Teledeporte Firstone tv and watch uninterrupted coverage in Italian or Spanish. What a great race on both Mens and Women's side.
I’m here because I can’t watch it in TV. About half the posts are complaining about the Tv coverage. Repeatedly by the same people. Can we have two threads - one about the race and a separate one to complain about the TV coverage?
Or just accept the coverage sucks and stop talking about it?
Or at least include one race factvwith the coverage complaint?
These announcers are crazy. ONe of the top 3 are winning this race. The ESPN announcers are debating if one of the women in the chase pack can catch up.
Mile 16
1 Mary Keitany KEN 1:30 5:09 2:28:36
2 Netsanet Gudeta ETH 1:30 5:10 2:28:36
3 Rahma Tusa ETH 1:30 5:10 2:28:37
4 Vivian Cheruiyot KEN 1:31 5:21 2:29:14
5 Mamitu Daska ETH 1:31 5:23 2:29:18
6 Shalane Flanagan USA 1:31 5:25 2:29:19
7 Molly Huddle USA 1:31 5:23 2:29:20
8 Desiree Linden USA 1:31 5:34 2:30:07
9 Lisa Weightman AUS 1:31 5:32 2:30:21
10 Stephanie Bruce USA 1:32 5:40 2:32:15
11 Allie Kieffer USA 1:32 5:41 2:32:16
12 Roberta Groner USA 1:32 5:41 2:32:18
13 Belaynesh Fikadu ETH 1:32 5:42 2:32:19
14 Carrie Dimoff USA 1:32 5:41 2:32:19
15 Gerda Steyn RSA 1:33 5:43 2:32:31
16 Brittany Charboneau USA 1:33 5:45 2:32:38
17 Samantha Bluske USA 1:33 5:47 2:32:40
18 Sydney Devore USA 1:33 5:48 2:32:43
19 Sarah Sellers USA 1:34 6:03 2:34:58
Mile 17 Wow. 4:54!! Now that mile is downhill. 38 feet downhill. According to JK that would be worth about 6.9 seconds!!
1 Mary Keitany KEN 1:35 4:55
2 Netsanet Gudeta ETH 1:35 4:56
3 Rahma Tusa ETH 1:35 4:55
4 Vivian Cheruiyot KEN 1:36 5:09
5 Shalane Flanagan USA 1:36 5:07
6 Mamitu Daska ETH 1:36 5:08
7 Molly Huddle USA 1:36 5:07
If they really wanted people to watch commercials surely they should put a silent PiP in the corner just showing the action. Wayyyyyyy more people would watch the commercials if you actually got to see the race during it.
Ehso wrote:
I started watching maybe 15 minutes ago, and they haven’t shown the elite men once in that time.
Please keep us regularly updated with your latest fascinating opinions of the coverage. Try to totally drown out what little useful information might show up on the thread.
Lead women down to two. Mary working hard to shake off the Ethiopian.
Ehso wrote:
I started watching maybe 15 minutes ago, and they haven’t shown the elite men once in that time.
Jesus, ESPN coverage is horrible. Why is NYC the only world major marathon on ESPN?
Keitany makes this torrid pace look so easy and smooth!
Here are women's mile by mile splits
Mile 1: 6:44
Mile 2: 5:41 Linden now starts to push a bit during mile 3.
Mile 3: 5:47
18:45 thru 5k 19:09 in 2017 17:43
Mile 4: 6:09
Mile 5: 5:49 (30:11)
Mile 6: 5:45
10K: 37:05 (2017 split was 36:52)
Mile 7 5:46
Mile 8 5:50
Mile 9 5:48
15k: 55:08
Mile 10: 5:31
Mile 11: 5:37
Mile 12: 5:21
Mile 13: 5:22
Half 1:15:49
Mile 14: 5:14
Mile 15: 5:08
25k 1:28:23
Mile 16: 5:09
Mile 17: 4:55!!!
2nd pack is 36 seconds back. They lost 14 seconds on that mile!
Front pack is now only 2. Gudeta has cracked big time, very quickly in the last mile. If Keitany overcooks this, someone from 2nd pack could win. Still got 9 miles to go.
Keitany and Tusa alone now
Terrible but it's always an event to celebrate the neighborhoods, etc. Would have been better if this was a triathlon with all the drama about how the lead athletes got here, the strategy.
This women's race is hot. WHAT WILL HAPPPEN??
If they really want people to watch commercials. wrote:
If they really wanted people to watch commercials surely they should put a silent PiP in the corner just showing the action. Wayyyyyyy more people would watch the commercials if you actually got to see the race during it.
No I want a PiP to drown out your irrelevant carp,
kmaclam wrote:
Please stop with the bellyaching about all the shite coverage, go to Teledeporte Firstone tv and watch uninterrupted coverage in Italian or Spanish. What a great race on both Mens and Women's side.
The only reason I have any idea what is happening is because of that random Spanish feed someone posted earlier.
Also, what happened with Kitara? He's still leading, but I swore he had like 100 meters on everyone. Now it's a pack of four again.
Tim H just said Kitata's lead was "snaffled up" by the chase pack. I've never heard that word before, but my browser didn't underline it when I typed it just now so I guess it's legit. I gotta start using that one.
In other news, those women are flying. Guess that's what happens when you run the first 15k in like 1:00:00.
Mary's dropping Tusa. On her own now.
The 5:04 up the 59th bridge is going to destroy the top three girls. Followed by the 4:57 down the bridge. That is a tough mile (raced NYC twice- experienced it). They will break and come back to Vivian. Keitany may be able to hold, but NYC catches up with you.
How far in front will Mary be after the commercial break?