Official 2021 Boston Marathon Discussion Thread

CJ is on the local broadcast. He said he is just really a good downhill runner and he wanted to do his own thing as that was his best way to be competitive.

He said he was planning on running 19 flat for first 4 miles but went a little faster. He said he knew he wouldn't be good on the uphill. He would just chill on that.

"Realistically, if I was 10th, that is good for me." His wife is due in 3 weeks.

More than a feeling wrote:

Ghost1 wrote:

Albertson, 2:11:40ish...great run!

Not bad for an slow ultrarunner.

more an

rojo wrote:

CJ is on the local broadcast. He said he is just really a good downhill runner and he wanted to do his own thing as that was his best way to be competitive.

He said he was planning on running 19 flat for first 4 miles but went a little faster. He said he knew he wouldn't be good on the uphill. He would just chill on that.

"Realistically, if I was 10th, that is good for me." His wife is due in 3 weeks.

And so I will stand by my post that there is no chance that he ever regrets the way he chose to race today. Good for him!

Oh, look, they brought back my feed now,... 5 minutes after the race ended.

How lovely.

Colin Bennie….

It m eans the world to me. It’s muy first major marathon.

I have an older brother who ran it twice...

Kara is fantastic.

Honestly I don't really know what anyone on LR expects to hear. They have to talk for 2.5 hours about people running! There are no "plays", most races unfold exactly the same- steady until very late stages then the racing.. and if you are in the USA, very few US runners in the front to talk about.

THAT is a darn difficult assignment, I don't care who you are.

sp2 wrote:

TryAthlete wrote:

Actually this coverage is terrible. No one knows where anyone is. Did I hear anything about Desisa getting dropped? No. How about all the other americans? No. They just cant get it right.

The last thing I heard before they decided to permanently cut my feed was Toni R yammering on for a long time about Scott Smith,... except that Scott Smith was nowhere in sight, and the guy he was looking at (the only white guy in the lead pack) was actually Jake Robertson.

What a gargantuan freaking embarrassment at every level.

The only good things about this weekend for US 'thoning were Galen Rupp and Emma Bates.

Everything else is a disgrace.

decent performance for Bennie. He ran 2 mins slower at boston than he did at a pancake flat course and was top 10. Not great mind you, but it could be considered a good performance considering the caliber of the field.

rojo wrote:

Are any of these two lead women in our prediction contest? I hope not as I picked "unnamed Ethiopian" and "unnamed Kenya" to go 1-3 and I want to win it.

good one...

RossiCheated wrote:

rojo wrote:

CJ is on the local broadcast. He said he is just really a good downhill runner and he wanted to do his own thing as that was his best way to be competitive.

He said he was planning on running 19 flat for first 4 miles but went a little faster. He said he knew he wouldn't be good on the uphill. He would just chill on that.

"Realistically, if I was 10th, that is good for me." His wife is due in 3 weeks.

And so I will stand by my post that there is no chance that he ever regrets the way he chose to race today. Good for him!

He ran the only way he could. What can an American do when there's almost always an East African runner who can casually drop a 14-low 5k at the end of the race? Albertson got to lead for a long way and finished well. No doubt he was in the Brooks "supershoe" as well, so he started at a disadvantage

Edna Kiplagat is going to make a real good attempt at the masters record (2:27)

Agreed. I think she is amazing. Plus, she has RUN the race. She has infinite knowledge of Boston.

Fun fact: Kiplagat is a police woman in her home country, according to Wikipedia. How amazing. Hopefully that's still a good career, unlike the US :/.

rojo wrote:

Colin Bennie….

It m eans the world to me. It’s muy first major marathon.

I have an older brother who ran it twice...

Was this on tv? Thanks for the coverage, bring us more!

Parker Stinson is done. Time to drown his sorrows inside another barfly

rojo wrote:

Colin Bennie….

It m eans the world to me. It’s muy first major marathon.

I have an older brother who ran it twice...

Huh?

dblizz wrote:

Fun fact: Kiplagat is a police woman in her home country, according to Wikipedia. How amazing. Hopefully that's still a good career, unlike the US :/.

Fun fact, tons of Kenyans are "police officers" because I believe it is mandatory to do some sort of police or military service. Many top runners have been.

rojo wrote:

"Realistically, if I was 10th, that is good for me."

He is not wrong.

Amazed how well he held together on that last part - actually picked it up from 21 in. Great run by CB - also with a very strong finish. Comparing times to other majors in a race like this where everyone sits around looking at each other for 21 miles is silly, esp on a course like Boston which can be so tactical.

dblizz wrote:

Fun fact: Kiplagat is a police woman in her home country, according to Wikipedia. How amazing. Hopefully that's still a good career, unlike the US :/.

its just a pro runner. In Kenya and Ethiopia, the money for pro runners comes from the police or armed forces instead of a shoe company. It would be like saying Galen Rupp worked for Nike.

Nell Rojas 6th place 2:27:12 PR. Great performance!!!