Matt Llano - 2:20:51 at Tokyo Marathon

For a #1, why wait for a portapotty? Go to the side of the road, unwind it (I assume we all have to deal with that), and whip it out. I've never run Tokyo, but I've seen this in other major 'thons like NYC.

In the tour de france the riders pee while riding. Why don't runners do that? I can see myself running at marathon pace slightly pulling down my shorts to pee to the side.

when in doubt, whip it out. wrote:

For a #1, why wait for a portapotty? Go to the side of the road, unwind it (I assume we all have to deal with that), and whip it out. I've never run Tokyo, but I've seen this in other major 'thons like NYC.

I saw two dudes get pulled by officials for trying this within the first 10k. I’ve been able to do this in Berlin and NYC but I guess they weren’t joking about this. They made repeated announcements about this before the start and I sort of assumed that it was something said and ignored like every other large race. The race staff wasn’t joking.

Observer II wrote:

I rewatched the race broadcast, specifically when Osako dropped out around 30K. He was shivering like crazy, likely hypothermic based on observed symptoms. Some earlier posters claim it was great weather to run fast. Maybe for some, not for all.

Yeah, nobody could be expected to dress to handle weather like that. It's not like Desi Linden did something similar in Boston last year…

tour de france peeing wrote:

when in doubt, whip it out. wrote:

For a #1, why wait for a portapotty? Go to the side of the road, unwind it (I assume we all have to deal with that), and whip it out. I've never run Tokyo, but I've seen this in other major 'thons like NYC.

In the tour de france the riders pee while riding. Why don't runners do that? I can see myself running at marathon pace slightly pulling down my shorts to pee to the side.

If you're already drenched from rain, why bother with pulling down your shorts?

Matt is cold intolerant? wrote:

Try running in hot, humid Tokyo during a July heat wave.

This Sunday's weather will seem like paradise in comparison.

Cold and rainy weather is awesome for runners, which is why we love Oregon.

I think Matt may have hypothyroid problems or thermoregulation issues. We often think of Asians as pretty cold-intolerant people compared to whites, but at the Tokyo Marathon we saw the complete opposite.

Anybody else surprised at Matt's cold intolerance? Sure, the wind chill and rain were bad, but a lot of other runners did perfectly fine. Something's gotta be wrong with Matt.

He's one of those people that runs cold. I asked him about his story on Instagram one time and he said he's always cold. I think that either you're correct that something is wrong with him or his low body fat is playing against him here

In his defense, a lot of other runners ran poorly. But how did the few Africans rock it? It must be just either it's your weather or not.

Yup. He underdressed and paid the price. Likely cost him a lot of money by dropping out versus running well. Maybe he thought he could Kawauchi it.

Another great Top 10 American. LOL

Matt Llano sucks!

Hahahaha