Official 2019 Chicago Marathon Discussion Thread

All 4 still there with 4 minutes to go!

kmaclam wrote:

...and as far as coverage. Don't any of you in the US have cable and the Olympic Channel? It was $10 more per month for me to get the upgrade which included NBCSN, Olympic Channel and a gazzilion others.

$10 more on top of how much you're already paying.

kmaclam wrote:

Debela with 5 minutes to go starting to go

Faster?

rojo wrote:

So I just got to the office about 10 minutes ago. I haven't seen a single mention - not one word that Brigid Kosgei - is on world record pace or even in the race. I've seen the lead men's pack, a women's wheelchair interview, commercials, more men's pack info and now more commercials.

Lots of talk about the 2:11 men. What a joke.

Has the whole broadcast on the Olympic channel been this bad? Is there anyway to watch the local stream?

Are you trolling or intentionally stupid?

I’ve been watching since about 45 min in. They’ve mentioned it multiple times.

Men's leaders are slowing down. Mengstu starting to grimmace, doesn't look good but still with the leaders.

Four men in it at 2 hours, and Kosgei on world record pace. It's an incredible race! But the coverage is extraordinarily bad! Almost nothing about Kosgei. No idea who the men are if it wasn't for other sources. No mention of Hasay / Rupp dropping out. The most wheelchair coverage I have ever seen.

Karoki, the best kicker?? or Cherono. I think they finish 1, 2 in either order. That hill is coming up.

Tim L wrote:

kmaclam wrote:

...and as far as coverage. Don't any of you in the US have cable and the Olympic Channel? It was $10 more per month for me to get the upgrade which included NBCSN, Olympic Channel and a gazzilion others.

$10 more on top of how much you're already paying.

Not worth it. The race will be on YouTube in about 8 hours. Grab it fast before it gets taken down. Plus it sounds like coverage totally sucks anyway.

Cherono looks the best, imo.

They are jogging. 5th should catch them at this point.

Where is Mo Farah ?

Hot damn, this is going to be great!

Thanks for the updates!

My Flying-Spaghetti-Monster! We have a women's marathon World Record in play - and we have close to ZERO coverage of her.

EssosLindi wrote:

Where is Mo Farah ?

#8 place on 02:09:12. I'm picking Cherono!

Hardloper wrote:

Mo Farah is getting rocked. Worst race he's run in years

Rupp and Hasay both out. They went to Salazar couple days ago to get some meds, but sadly his doors were closed.

As they crest the hill, the big guy, Debela leads

GET OUT OF THE WAY PUSHRIMMER WTF

Cherono takes the W!!