Official 2022 Boston Marathon Live Discussion and Coverage Thread

letitbleed wrote:

runne wrote:

Chebet wins.

Fastest guy in the field wins, makes sense.

So disappointed in Kamworor...

kmaclam wrote:

How great is this race shaping up!?

adiBRO wrote:

Unofficial 2:06.52 win for Cherono.

Alexi Santana wrote:

Steve's good, productive brother wrote:

Earlier his dad said his CJ had a 4.0 and 'isn't stupid'.

But running a race like that certainly isn't intelligent. If the goal is to be competitive, that is. If the goal is sponsor air time than good for him.

If his goal is to maximize his chances of running 2:06 then it's less crazy. If he has a marathon stick at that pace someday he'll be a legend.

Don't agree with the tactic myself, but he's said that's how he approaches it.

runn wrote:

wser100 wrote:

$10,500 bucks for Fauble. Geez, Spieth won $1.4M yesterday playing golf.

How much of an appearance fee did he get?

If our sport didn't have appearance fees then the prize money would increase significantly.

Maybe not as much as golf but it would increase and if the general public knew how much they were getting there would be more interest and even more money.

I'd love to know total money paid out for the Majors. Then, remember, golf pays only men in any single tournament- no women, no wheel chairs, no masters.

Ackley wrote:

runn wrote:

How much of an appearance fee did he get?

If our sport didn't have appearance fees then the prize money would increase significantly.

Maybe not as much as golf but it would increase and if the general public knew how much they were getting there would be more interest and even more money.

I'd love to know total money paid out for the Majors. Then, remember, golf pays only men in any single tournament- no women, no wheel chairs, no masters.

Actually, prize money is arguably what killed elite American marathoning.

Is Fauble still unsponsored?