Official Boston Marathon Thread

Truth Sayer wrote:

Hall dropped cuz of a 4:23 mile. Even he ain't that crazy

yep. clearly the plan is to let everyone else yo-yo if they'd like. men's pack regrouping. too grainy to see who's who.

kim stretching at mile 20.

desi looks like she's going to join the lead 4.

Hall is running a smart race. If he had dropped a 4:28 mile everyone would he saying he is killing himself.

Truth Sayer wrote:

Hall dropped cuz of a 4:23 mile. Even he ain't that crazy

If I am not mistaken, 15 to 16mi is downhill.

Is that Desi tailing the lead pack???

Oops, Hall in the lead?

1:51 in women's race Desi it back on women's pack

Ryan Hall has caught back up to men's pack. 1:24 in

Disiree is looking strong. Amazing performance so far.

Ryan hall is back in the front !!!!

Davila now moves up into the lead pack!

USA USA USA!

Davila in the hunt!

26mi235 wrote:

It is INDEED World Record PACE, it just will not be a WR. A 9.57 100m is world-record pace even with a 4.0mps wind, it just will not be a WR.

Before you get nasty you should be correct.

You seem to have missed the point badly. Before you use words you should understand thoughts. You either being deliberately obtuse or accidentally moronic. I don't care which - just shut up.

Desi davila and ryan hall both leading!! Go USA!!!!!

Cragg - looks gone - 20k split was already 1.5 minutes off the pace

Well, now that it's just a bunch of really skinny Africans fighting it out, I'm not really interested anymore, but I'll venture some guesses.

Here are my predictions:

Men's Winner: A Skinny African Guy

Women's Winner: A Skinny African Girl

hall doing very well. just needs to figure out which move is the real move. desi leading? looking strong.

That depends on race strategy. Essentially every winner now at Boston runs harder the second half. Now, they just threw in a 4:23 mile after the 'fast' first half; that seems like they may well run the second half fast enough to run faster than WR.

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26mi235 wrote:

It is INDEED World Record PACE, it just will not be a WR. A 9.57 100m is world-record pace even with a 4.0mps wind, it just will not be a WR.

Before you get nasty you should be correct.

I think that you missed his point. He is not saying that they may well run under 2:03:59 but that it will not count as a WR. He is saying that they will not run under 2:03:59 and that it only appears that way because the first half of the course is downhill, leading to deceptively fast first half times.

US leading both races... Hot damn!

A bit crazy it took for Desi to take the lead for her to be mentioned on the broadcast. They were showing Goucher a ton before now.

Ryan Hall, Desi Davila both move to the front. THERE ARE TWO AMERICANS LEADING