Kipchoge has become such a joke. Basically there to market product and host worthless announcements. One of the most talented runners to live has been reduced to an IG influencer. Really sad to see...
I can’t WAIT to given the opportunity to buy the Nike Elite Cable Knit Racing Sweater for many hundreds of dollars !!!
On Friday, Myles Hogan of Princeton and Fordham Prep lowered the Van Cortlandt course record in winning the Heptagonals. Cross country has been run at VCP for over 100 years and Hogan's 23:26 on a slow, historic course should be significant.
I telephoned both former NYRR Board Chairman George Hirsch and current Chairperson Nnenna Lynch to suggest that the NYRR recognize the historic accomplishment in New York running by inviting Hogan to be a guest at the marathon finish area. Hirsch told me that he didn't think they would do it. Ms. Lynch wrote back that no more finish line tickets were available. I doubt that either of them checked with anyone at the NYRR because they knew in advance that the answer would be "No".
I guess they realize that the people at NYRR are only interested in money from their big time races, money from their weekly "races" with huge fields of joggers, and their own high salaries. They have no need or incentive to be innovative.
I'm pretty sure that Lebow would have reached out to the VCP course record holder without a second thought.
On Friday, Myles Hogan of Princeton and Fordham Prep lowered the Van Cortlandt course record in winning the Heptagonals. Cross country has been run at VCP for over 100 years and Hogan's 23:26 on a slow, historic course should be significant.
I telephoned both former NYRR Board Chairman George Hirsch and current Chairperson Nnenna Lynch to suggest that the NYRR recognize the historic accomplishment in New York running by inviting Hogan to be a guest at the marathon finish area. Hirsch told me that he didn't think they would do it. Ms. Lynch wrote back that no more finish line tickets were available. I doubt that either of them checked with anyone at the NYRR because they knew in advance that the answer would be "No".
I guess they realize that the people at NYRR are only interested in money from their big time races, money from their weekly "races" with huge fields of joggers, and their own high salaries. They have no need or incentive to be innovative.
I'm pretty sure that Lebow would have reached out to the VCP course record holder without a second thought.
I’m born and raised and a loyal Minnesotan, but I’ve always felt there are some frustrating training periods in winter with bitter cold, crappy footing, etc but you come out strong mentally and physically. Look at Matt Richtman grinding it out in Montana all winter, you just can’t get caught up in slower paces on runs. Work is work and running in the cold and snow gives a challenging stimulus as well.
Seems to be mostly Midwest folks on MDE but absolutely a good spot to land for grinder athletes on the verge of professional running. Would be cool for them to get a shoe sponsor
Kipchoge and Bekele have earned the right to do whatever they please. These aren't guys that fluked a medal on a bad day for all the top guys once in their careers. They're genuine, undisputed GOATs. If they want to wind down their careers pairing mediocre times then I'm all for it. If organisers think they bring eyeballs so they're worth the fees, then all power to them.
How do we rate this Klecker debut? Not great by any means, but 2:10 in New York is far from terrible and probably an improvement from what he’s done on the roads so far.
Someone with the know how should use the tullyrunners speed ratings for marathons.
On Friday, Myles Hogan of Princeton and Fordham Prep lowered the Van Cortlandt course record in winning the Heptagonals. Cross country has been run at VCP for over 100 years and Hogan's 23:26 on a slow, historic course should be significant.
I telephoned both former NYRR Board Chairman George Hirsch and current Chairperson Nnenna Lynch to suggest that the NYRR recognize the historic accomplishment in New York running by inviting Hogan to be a guest at the marathon finish area. Hirsch told me that he didn't think they would do it. Ms. Lynch wrote back that no more finish line tickets were available. I doubt that either of them checked with anyone at the NYRR because they knew in advance that the answer would be "No".
I guess they realize that the people at NYRR are only interested in money from their big time races, money from their weekly "races" with huge fields of joggers, and their own high salaries. They have no need or incentive to be innovative.
I'm pretty sure that Lebow would have reached out to the VCP course record holder without a second thought.
Though I agree that NYM is an overly commercialized piece of shxt, cross country doesn't have a whole lot to do with road running. 95% of the today's audience wouldn't even know what xc is.
This may be my Minnesota bias coming out but MDE seems to do a fantastic job of developing marathoners. They certainly don’t get the firepower of some of the other teams around the country but ended up with top American man (Reichow) and second woman (Frisbie), who along with Popehn and others continue to progress and outperform expectations. Fun to see, hats off to Chris Lundstrom.
Lundstrom was a solid grinder (self coached?) back in the day... not surprised to see a lot of people having success under him
I have not read this whole thread so my apologies if it's already been mentioned, but I find it pretty cool that the top 10 women's finishers were wearing NINE different shoe brands!
Obiri- ON
Lokedi- Under Armour
Chepkirui- adidas
O'Keeffe- Puma
Frisbie- Puma
Hassan- Nike
Warner-Judd- Hoka
Sisson- NB
Vestri- Brooks
McCormack- Asics
I think this is a good sign compared to where we were 5 years ago. Obviously the athlete wearing the shoe is most important performance indicator, so this also shows that there are a lot of good training setups available for athletes right now. But now every company has innovated to make competitive road shoes for their athletes, rather than them needing to wear blacked out Vaporflys.
