Official 2019 Boston Marathon Live Discussion Thread

Hasay looks damn good: like she’s might finish 2nd. She was born to run the marathon.

NBC only showing the womens race and no american men left. Zero reason to watch this terrible broadcast anymore

NativeSon wrote:

Timmy thompsons wrote:

Africans are winning in a sporting event. How many African countries have robust economies? How many African countries have solid democracies?

It all depends on what the definition of 'solid democracy' is.

In the US, of the last four presidents, two didn't win the popular vote when they became president.

It is still a democracy.........sort of............. but solid?

We have a constitution here in the US where every state is represented and the winner of the popular vote does not win the presidency. The electoral college decides the winner of the presidency.

Hardloper wrote:

kmaclam wrote:

Degefa with a 3 min. lead according to Shalane!

They said it's down to 2:30, so they're closing but there's not a lot of time left

2:59 at 30k

Jordan definitely on the gallon of L-carnitine training plan

kmaclam wrote:

hour wrote:

One hour is not a lot of time left? Learn to think before posting something clueless like that.

An hour?? More like 32 minutes

32m for the last 12k?

What if the women's chase pack doesn't know that Degefa is ahead? They're running a tactical race 3 minutes back

Facts of the matter wrote:

jhand366 wrote:

Man Hasay looks pretty good!!!

And bulimic.

As soon as a mod sees this, it will be deleted. Even though we are just trying to prevent another fracture.

Defega still increased her lead from 25k to 30k. It's now 2:59.

Des has been dropped from 2nd group.

Jared Ward only US man with lead group.

perfect answer sonnative may god bless u,i had trainning partner from navajo indian reservation eleite too at time of coach man nau

did the men's pack just get larger?

Chris Lear has also texted to say "Ward looks good!"

Scott and Dathan close to lead grp

wejo wrote:

Defega still increased her lead from 25k to 30k. It's now 2:59.

Des has been dropped from 2nd group.

Jared Ward only US man with lead group.

Ritz only 5 seconds adrift

Leading women at 30km

pos / name / bib / pred fin / pred time / diff / split

1 Degefa, Worknesh (ETH) F2 02:21:47 11:53:46AM +00:00 01:40:48

2 Kiplagat, Edna (KEN) F4 02:25:59 11:57:58AM +02:59 01:43:47

3 Rotich, Caroline (KEN) F11 02:25:59 11:57:58AM +02:59 01:43:47

4 Saina, Betsy (KEN) F10 02:25:59 11:57:58AM +02:59 01:43:47

5 Assefa, Meskerem (ETH) F6 02:25:59 11:57:58AM +02:59 01:43:47

6 Eshetu, Biruktayit (ETH) F12 02:25:59 11:57:58AM +02:59 01:43:47

7 Ngugi, Mary (KEN) F24 02:25:59 11:57:58AM+02:59 01:43:47

8 Hasay, Jordan (USA) F7 02:25:59 11:57:58AM +02:59 01:43:47

9 Linden, Desiree (USA) F1 02:26:07 11:58:06AM +03:05 01:43:53

10 Cherop, Sharon (KEN) F9 02:26:58 11:58:57AM +03:41 01:44:29

cheers.

If they are going to start the elites separately, they need to start the elite men first. The mens' races are just more interesting.

wejo wrote:

Defega still increased her lead from 25k to 30k. It's now 2:59.

Des has been dropped from 2nd group.

Jared Ward only US man with lead group.

I thought I saw Kibet up there just now. Maybe it's the camoulflage shirt.

Take that back.

Men have slowed and now Elkaneh Kibet and Fauble have caught back up to lead pack.