ObviCPTN wrote:
The reality is that the weather could have been perfect and Desi’s considered more ‘legitimate’, but without Shalane’s white skin and blonde hair, she’s getting less attention than Meb.
Gotta play the race card, douche bag.
Can't enjoy the moment.
LetsRun.com wrote:
Let's hope it at least shows up on SportsCenter.
Does it show up on your local news? What about your local paper. Let us know.
Quite a bit, as I live in new England.
Austria: zero!
Not really the press, but talking to people is interesting. I live in New England but not near Boston.
My MIL thought that a woman won the whole race after she stopped to wait for her friend to go to the bathroom. She thought Desi actually stopped with Shalane so I explained what actually happened. Apparently a lady at the grocery store had misinformed her.
My neighbor told me that the second place woman is 'just some nurse'.
It is nice that people pay attention to the race, but the details get pretty funny.
I did spot a jacket at the convenience store so asked the young woman how the conditions were. She smiled and said it was pretty brutal. I'm happy that there weren't more serious medical issues. From the TV coverage it looked like lots of amateurs were dressed pretty light.
She got a standing O at the Celtics game.
Prediction for the Boston Marathon from April 12, 2018:
An American woman wins the Boston marathon for the first time in 33 years.
The clean female runners from the USA sweep Boston... and then marathon running in the USA goes crazy.
It's not a big surprise.
http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=8758944&page=1
Most viewed sport item on the Canberra (capital of Australia) Times website today is titled:
"The nurse who took a very different route to second place in the Boston Marathon"
Vnexpress - vietnam largest e-newspaper has a special article about him
N.J. Star-Ledger -- Banner headline across the top of page 1 of the Sports section, bigger story inside.