Official 2013 ING New York City Marathon Live Discussion Thread

wegottaracegoingonhere wrote:

This message board is terrible. No one is discussing the race! I hardly have any idea what happened!

there's a race being shown? I thought it was human interest stories

I love the way Mutai runs. Always looks powerful and moving forward with force. I know his legs must be tired but they never look it.

Tommy2Nuttz wrote:

Incorrect again. She can clean up her form and become a much better more efficient marathoner. Even her upper body motions are wasteful.

Down below shes knock kneed and has a wierd outward kick.

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At her age nothing changes , you should know that , her mechanics work as she accepts her $600k check, she may not get a world record but she wins races.

7 min negative split for Jeptoo!

That sucks about Hartman.

They showed Mutai passing Hastings and it was not a pretty sight.

Deba looked so disappointed at the finish... Not her fault that Jeptoo is such a bada$$!

Mutai just passed Hastings. She looks to be hurting bad

Women's top 10:

Place Bib Runner State/Country Age Time Differential Pace/mile

1 103 Priscah Jeptoo KEN 29 2:25:07 +00:00 5:33

2 104 Buzunesh Deba ETH 26 2:25:56 +00:49 5:35

3 107 Jelena Prokopcuka LAT 37 2:27:47 +02:41 5:39

4 106 Christelle Daunay FRA 38 2:28:14 +03:08 5:40

5 105 Valeria Straneo ITA 37 2:28:22 +03:16 5:40

6 110 Kim Smith NZL 31 2:28:49 +03:43 5:41

7 112 Sabrina Mockenhaupt GER 32 2:29:10 +04:04 5:42

8 134 Tigist Tufa Demisse ETH 26 2:29:24 +04:18 5:43

9 102 Edna Kiplagat KEN 34 2:30:04 +04:58 5:44

10 117 Diane Nukuri-Johnson BDI 28 2:30:09 +05:03 5:44

Julie Hilsenteger wrote:

wejo or rojo - you could tell us updates on more than just the leader! how are americans doing? Did Meb drop? Is Vail the first american now? What!?!

Meb and Hartmann haven't dropped out but they're WAY back. 22 miles in 1:59 for Meb, 21 miles in 1:59 for Hartmann. Vail hit the 22 mile split in 1:51 so he's looking solid.

How's Ryan hall dong

Pointing Out the Obvious wrote:

You are perfectly capable of determining what form you find aesthetically pleasing.

You have ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA what form is efficient for a given body.

Glad I could clear that up for you.

Of course we know what form is efficient for a given body like Jeptoo's: the form that is being employed when $500,000 is on the line and she is not bonking, dehydrated, or having any other sort of energy issue.

t94bell wrote:

Pointing Out the Obvious wrote:

Proving once again that you have absolutely no idea what you are talking about.

Instead of trolling and yelling blatant insults, how about providing some constructive criticism.

Already did that.

All of the form, ahem...gurus, can say absolutely nothing about what form is efficient for a given body. To think otherwise is astonishingly ignorant and arrogant given the level of complexity of the human body in motion and the huge differences that a millimeter difference in length of bones, placement of attachment of tendons, size of every muscle compared to others within its group as well as its opposing group or an ounce in weight differential between parts of the body. It is nothing short of hilarious that these...ummm...gurus think that they have even the most rudimentary idea what an individual runner's form 'should' look like.

On the other hand, they are quite qualified to say what they find aesthetically appealing.

Julie Hilsenteger wrote:

wejo or rojo - you could tell us updates on more than just the leader! how are americans doing? Did Meb drop? Is Vail the first american now? What!?!

The NY Marathon website tracker shows that Vail was about 4 1/ minutes behind Mutai at mile 24

They have a camera following Amy Hastings here.

She is suffering. It's not being shown on ESPN but the camera has followed her for the last couple of miles.

Kebede is finishing really well.

Hurting wrote:

How's Ryan hall dong

Ryan hall's dong is doing great

I agree. This has been the worst message board following of a race to date.

Mile 25 449 for Mutai. He's just rolling. Kebede is now second.

TOP 30 LEADERS — MILE 25

PLACE BIB RUNNER STATE/COUNTRY AGE TIME DIFFERENTIAL PACE/MILE

1 1 Geoffrey Mutai KEN 32 2:02:15 +00:00 4:54

2 3 Tsegaye Kebede ETH 26 2:03:11 +00:56 4:56

3 11 Lusapho April RSA 31 2:03:14 +00:59 4:56

4 8 Stanley Biwott KEN 27 2:03:19 +01:04 4:56

5 19 Julius Arile KEN 30 2:03:31 +01:16 4:57

6 18 Jackson Kiprop UGA 27 2:04:07 +01:53 4:58

To Be Disclosed wrote:

Pointing Out the Obvious wrote:

You are perfectly capable of determining what form you find aesthetically pleasing.

You have ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA what form is efficient for a given body.

Glad I could clear that up for you.

Of course we know what form is efficient for a given body like Jeptoo's: the form that is being employed when $500,000 is on the line and she is not bonking, dehydrated, or having any other sort of energy issue.

That is a very sensible answer. I certainly cannot disagree.

Of course, the form morons apparently know better.