Official 2017 Boston Marathon Live Discussion Thread

wejo wrote:

Men are through mile 18 (first 2 miles of hill). 19 is mostly downhill. 20 and 21 up hill with heartbreak hill on 21.

Men are jogging.

Half: 1:04:35. 12 guys in lead pack.

Mile 14: 4:51 (1:08:54)

Mile 15: 5:19 (1:14:14) Rupp, Abdi and Augustus Maiyo all up there along with Africans.

25K: 1:16:59 (15:43) 11 men in lead pack

Mile 16: 4:53 (1:19:07)

Mile 17: 5:16 (1:24:24) Still 10 guys in that lead pack Rupp into lead as they make turn past newton firehouse. Biwott, Maiyo, Rupp and Abdi all still up there. Stringing out a little behind rupp though.

Mile 18: 5:11 (1:29:36) Rupp, Kirui, Cheber, Kiwara and Lemi now getting a slight gap. Osako and Abdi trying to hold on. They catch them during mile 19. Eight guys up front. It’s Kirui, Kiwara, rupp, abdi, osako, maiyo and hayle. Biwott just behind trying to hold on as a ninth runner.

Mile 19: 5:11 (1:34:48)

when will rupp throw away the hat??? and replace it with a new, cold one. that's when you know it's on.

also is mike rossi update?

Lead men at 30K

1 Kirui, Geoffrey (KEN) 11 Male 18-39 02:10:49 12:10:50PM +00:00 01:33:01

2 Maiyo, Augustus (USA) 63 Male 18-39 CO 02:10:49 12:10:50PM +00:01 01:33:01

3 Kitwara, Sammy (KEN) 5 Male 18-39 02:10:49 12:10:50PM +00:01 01:33:01

4 Abdirahman, Abdi (USA) 15 Male 40-44 AZ 02:10:49 12:10:50PM +00:01 01:33:01

5 Chebet, Wilson (KEN) 9 Male 18-39 02:10:49 12:10:50PM +00:01 01:33:01

6 Osako, Suguru (JPN) 23 Male 18-39 02:10:49 12:10:50PM +00:01 01:33:01

7 Rupp, Galen (USA) 17 Male 18-39 OR 02:10:49 12:10:50PM +00:01 01:33:01

8 Hayle, Lemi Berhanu (ETH) 1 Male 18-39 02:10:49 12:10:50PM +00:01 01:33:01

9 Biwott, Shadrack (USA) 21 Male 18-39 CA 02:10:50 12:10:51PM +00:01 01:33:01

10 Mutai, Emmanuel (KEN) 3 Male 18-39 02:11:22 12:11:23PM +00:24 01:33:24

11 Ward, Jared (USA) 20 Male 18-39 UT 02:11:57 12:11:58PM +00:49 01:33:49

12 Puskedra, Luke (USA) 18 Male 18-39 OR 02:12:20 12:12:21PM +01:05 01:34:05

13 Korir, Wesley (KEN) 10 Male 18-39 02:12:36 12:12:37PM +01:17 01:34:17

14 Tsegay, Yemane (ETH) 6 Male 18-39 02:12:59 12:12:59PM +01:33 01:34:33

15 Keflezighi, Meb (USA) 14 Male 40-44 CA 02:13:13 12:13:14PM +01:43 01:34:43

16 Sefir, Dino (ETH) 7 Male 18-39 02:13:26 12:13:27PM +01:52 01:34:52

17 Quigley, Sean (USA) 22 Male 18-39 MA 02:13:35 12:13:35PM +01:58 01:34:58

The Chinese coverage is the best thing I've seen for a long time. Only thing I can fault them on is the lack of regular updates on treadmill guy's progress.

Great, more Clif Bar infomercials.

Remember Bill Rogers stopped while leading to tie his laces?

He later said he needed a rest.

https://twitter.com/runningclub/status/571050123708530690

minong wrote:

LM wrote:

Cost her ALOT of time making sure she got the right bottle.

When you're getting tested in an hour I wouldn't take a bottle that wasn't mine.

She was looking for Hasay's bottle and trying to convincingly "accidentally" drink the wrong bottle. . She knows that AlSal puts some undetectable PED's in there, and/or undetectable masking agents.

Augustus Maiyo has hung tough for WCAP/American Distance Project

If you're not gonna wear those glasses Abdi then chuck them! Great running tho.

This is why you don't hype yourself up like Desi did all week... gave herself pressure that wasn't needed. Unless you are a level higher than your competition, best to keep your mouth shut or else you end up looking.. well like this

Abdi is 40 and still up there.

Having a great run for sure but shows you this Boston race hasn't really begun yet.

Who's in third? Hmmm. Ever heard of jordan hassay? With almost a minute gap back to fourth.

Edna has a 40 second lead...wow ..and she slowed down. Respect the distance ladies!

Edna chilled while everyone was trying to push the pace...

This is going to come down to Rupp and Kurui.

Hot Damn! Rump could win this

abdi chill bro

ABDI IS A BEAST!!!

HEELSTRIKERS UNITE!

Osako FTW I'm calling it.

Rupp looks smooth as f