Official 2016 TCS New York City Marathon Live Discussion Thread

They also changed the course in 06 or 07, taking out a challenging part of Central Park and replacing it with a flat run down 5th Ave.

The Obvious Answer wrote:

nathancat wrote:

Strong headwind for most of race. I was on a bike spotting for TV broadcast. They spent most of the race running into wind. That's why the sub 2:08 is so impressive

Ah, okay, makes sense. Thnaks for the reply,

The headwind sucked. It was also sunny and around 60 degrees for much of the race, which is not terrible but still warmer than i would have liked it.

While I'm on my soapbox, for some reason NYRR put a few hundred hobbyjoggers right behind the elite men but before the first corral in blue wave 1. This obviously wouldn't have affected the elites but for those who worked their butt off to qualify it made the first couple miles a cluster.

Clerk wrote:

It's official, Ghebreselassie wins. 2:07:51

I'm wondering if Ritz and maybe one or two other Americans were paid off by someone to act as an unofficial pacemaker.

Besides the idea he was maybe an unofficial pacemaker, why would he lead and drop out? Did he have an injury again and faked it or was he just tired? or something else?

nittygritty wrote:

Clerk wrote:

It's official, Ghebreselassie wins. 2:07:51

I'm wondering if Ritz and maybe one or two other Americans were paid off by someone to act as an unofficial pacemaker.

Besides the idea he was maybe an unofficial pacemaker, why would he lead and drop out? Did he have an injury again and faked it or was he just tired? or something else?

Because I'll tell you something. You don't run a 1:00 half marathon and run 100 or so miles a week with no serious injuries and then only seem to get injured in races primarily.

Unless someone was scared of "in-competition" drug testing? I'm just trying to throw some ideas out here. What do you think?