Official 2017 Chicago Marathon Live Discussion Thread

Men

Mile 1: 5:10 first mile for the men. Aaron Braun has a few meters on a very large men’s pack.

Mile 2: 4:59 (10:11) braun still in front but closer to the rest of the field. Still a large pack of 20+

Mile 3: 15:10 (5:00)

5k: 15:42

Mile 4: 20:12 (5:02)

Mile 5: 25:15 (5:04) Still huge pack. Emmanuel Bett now moving into the lead.

Mile 6: 30:18 (5:03)

10k: 31:24 (15:42) Still a huge pack. Braun leading, Bett behind. 26 men in lead pack.

Mile 7: 35:16 (4:58)

Mile 8: 40:21 (5:05)

Mile 9: 45:24 (5:03)

15k: 47:02 (15:38) Bett to the front now. 22 men within five seconds of the lead.

Mile 10: 50:23 (4:59) Bett at front of lead pack but a couple others next to him.

Mile 11: 55:26 (5:03) Braun now going to the front again

Mile 12: 60:31 (5:05) Braun has about 7 meters on Bett, rest of the pack right behind Bett.

20k: 62:43 (15:39) 21 men within five seconds of lead. Braun still leading.

Mile 13: 1:05:36 (5:05) Still Braun up front.

Half: 1:06:06. Official split is different (1:05:49) but I think the official split is off. 24 guys within five seconds of lead.

Mile 14: 1:10:42 (5:06) Bett now leading it. It’s picking up and the pack is stringing out.

Mile 15: 1:15:38 (4:56) Fastest mile of the race so far. Derrick, Chelanga and Rupp only Americans still in the lead pack.

25k: 1:18:15 (15:32) Now 14 guys within 3 seconds of the lead. Bumbalough just struggling to hold on, Rupp, Derrick, Chelanga all up there.

Mile 16: 1:20:34 (4:56)

Mile 17: 1:25:14 (4:40). Is that right? There’s still a bunch of men up there

Mile 18: 1:30:08 (4:54) Derrick leading. Now Kirui moving to the front.

30k: 1:33:21. (15:06) 11 men in the lead group. Rupp, Derrick and Chelanga all in lead group.

Mile 19:

1 Kirui, Abel (KEN) 1 35-39 35 05:01 02:11:18 09:41:19 +00:00 01:33:21

2 Rupp, Galen (USA) Portland, OR 10 30-34 31 05:01 02:11:18 09:41:20 +00:01 01:33:21

3 Kipyego, Bernard (KEN) 7 30-34 31 05:01 02:11:18 09:41:20 +00:01 01:33:21

4 Tadese, Zersenay (ERI) 12 35-39 35 05:01 02:11:18 09:41:20 +00:01 01:33:22

5 Chebii, Ezekiel (KEN) 6 25-29 26 05:01 02:11:19 09:41:20 +00:01 01:33:22

6 Derrick, Chris (USA) Portland, OR 30 25-29 26 05:01 02:11:19 09:41:21 +00:01 01:33:22

7 Lilesa, Feyisa (ETH) 4 25-29 27 05:01 02:11:19 09:41:21 +00:01 01:33:22

8 Lemma, Sisay (ETH) 5 25-29 26 05:01 02:11:19 09:41:21 +00:02 01:33:22

9 Chelanga, Sam (USA) Colorado Springs, CO 29 30-34 32 05:01 02:11:20 09:41:22 +00:02 01:33:23

10 Sambu, Stephen (KEN) 18 25-29 29 05:01 02:11:23 09:41:24 +00:04 01:33:25

11 Bett, Emmanuel (KEN) 35 30-34 32 05:01 02:11:23 09:41:25 +00:04 01:33:25

12 Miyawaki, Chihiro (JPN) 15 25-29 26 05:02 02:11:37 09:41:38 +00:14 01:33:35

13 Matsumura , Kohei (JPN) 9 30-34 30 05:02 02:11:37 09:41:38 +00:14 01:33:35

14 Bumbalough, Andrew (USA) Portland, OR 20 30-34 30 05:03 02:12:01 09:42:03 +00:31 01:33:52

15 Braun, Aaron (USA) Flagstaff, AZ 17 30-34 30 05:03 02:12:16 09:42:18 +00:42 01:34:03

16 Shelley, Michael (AUS) 14 30-34 33 05:03 02:12:19 09:42:20 +00:44 01:34:05

17 Estrada, Diego (USA) Flagstaff, AZ 19 25-29 27 05:03 02:12:20 09:42:22 +00:45 01:34:06

18 Hampton, Jonas (USA) Medford, MA 23 25-29 28 05:05 02:13:05 09:43:07 +01:17 01:34:37

19 Droddy, Noah (USA) Boulder, CO 31 25-29 27 05:05 02:13:05 09:43:07 +01:17 01:34:38

20 Osman, Ahmed (USA) Flagstaff, AZ 390 25-29 29 05:05 02:13:06 09:43:07 +01:17 01:34:38

21 Matsuo, Ryoichi (JPN) 16 25-29 26 05:06 02:13:28 09:43:30 +01:33 01:34:54

22 Puskedra, Luke (USA) Eugene, OR 11 25-29 27 05:06 02:13:39 09:43:40 +01:41 01:35:02

23 Eggleston, Jeffrey (USA) Boulder, CO 13 30-34 33 05:07 02:13:50 09:43:52 +01:49 01:35:10

24 Gregg, Brendan (USA) Davis, CA 25 25-29 28 05:11 02:15:54 09:45:55 +03:16 01:36:37

Women

Mile 1: 5:18

Mile 2: 5:09 (10:27) Pack of five with several men. Hasay toward the back of the pack and threatening to drop. Dibaba leading it, Kiplagat, Kosgei and Kipketer are others with her.

Mile 3: 5:05 (15:32)

5k: 16:08. 27 men in lead pack.

Mile 6: 31:16

10k: 32:28 (16:20) Five women in lead pack and Luke Humphrey running with them. Dibaba, Kiplagat, Kosgei, Kipketer, Hasay.

Mile 7: 36:34 (5:18)

Mile 8: 41:56 (5:22)

Mile 9: 47:13 (5:17)

15k: 49:02 (16:34). Hasay actually leading it!

Mile 10: 52:38 (5:24)

Mile 11: 57:57 (5:19). Still five women but Dibaba back to the front.

Mile 12: 1:03:15 (5:18)

20k: 1:05:35 (16:33)

Mile 13: 1:08:35

Half: 1:09:06. Dibaba stringing it out now. Kosgei the only one going with her.

Dibaba/Kosgei have separated from the others.

Mile 14: 1:13:48 (5:13)

Mile 15: 1:19:08 (5:20) Still Dibaba and Kosgei, they have gapped the remaining women significantly

25k: 1:21:59 (16:24) Dibaba/Kosgei have 19 seconds on Kiplagat/Hasay. Hasay moves into third ahead of Kiplagat just after 25k

Mile 16: 1:24:28 (5:20) Dibaba pushing again, starting to get a couple strides on Kosgei. Dibaba has had a few strides on Kosgei for a mile or so now but Kosgei hanging in there.

Mile 18: 1:35:00 Kosgei, after running a few meters behind DIbaba for the last mile or two, has almost drawn level with Dibaba.

Dibaba looks puffy. Weight gain?

This race needs to bring back pacers.

v2 wrote:

I run insteadrun 99 wrote:

Galen Rupp isn't a 26:40 guy anymore though

True. He's past his prime IMO, as the US Trials and Rio showed.

Did you mean Rio showed Rupp is past his prime as he won bronze in the marathon?

It would prove that he can win marathons, which is the main point of running marathons.

This is an awesome interview.

Wheel chair racing is the best.

Legs, arms, torso, face wrote:

Dibaba looks puffy. Weight gain?

No.

Which means he's on the edge of his energy, and will fall back soon.

Name of the woman interviewing McFadden?

crosscounts wrote:

v2 wrote:

True. He's past his prime IMO, as the US Trials and Rio showed.

Did you mean Rio showed Rupp is past his prime as he won bronze in the marathon?

On the track. The point from the OP was that Rupp was no longer a 26:4X guy anymore.

v2 wrote:

Almost a star......... wrote:

When they started running faster.

Thanks! Was wondering about a mile marker or something, but thank you for the typical Letsrun.com productive answer.

Sorry about that. He was overtaken at 14.28745 miles into the race. I have a direct link to his gps he is wearing.

Hrgfhtfvguh wrote:

Victor Alexander wrote:

Also today, the Eindhoven Marathon (The Netherlands) was won in 2:06:13...

Literally no one cares

I do. Won by Festus Talam apparently in wet and slippery conditions.

Puskedra in free fall

Estrada not looking to go big today either.

McFadden says she has great doctors...

Hows the testing in wheelchair racing?

crosscounts wrote:

Anyone ever eaten at AL'S ITALIAN BEEF?? Sounds good.

Yes. It was good.

No. That’s her regular look, but has become stronger for the longer distance.

She’s a powerful high kicker like her male equivalent: Bekele

Was curious about the prize money at Chicago after I saw David Monti tweeting about it. It only goes 5 deep in the open. Then it goes 10 deep American only but from just $15k down to $500.

In all of the previews bashing the lack of a quality field, maybe this would have been something to look at. Without pacers and slower winning times on the men's side, if you're not American and finish 6th running 2:14 in a 2:11 race that gets you nothing. No prize money. No invite to a big spring marathon. For a race as big as Chicago, you should go at least 10 deep, if not 15 or 20. You have the money.

cxcv wrote:

This is an awesome interview.

Wheel chair racing is the best.

Apparently during that awesome interview two top contenders dropped out.

Half an hour later they realize Kimetto & Biwott are not there...