Official 2026 Boston Marathon LIVE Thread

hmm m wrote:

We have to clean up the sport so the results are actually exciting again.

Slo-Jo wrote:

Makes Paper wrote:

Announcers said American women's CR at Boston is 2:22:02, and McClain currently on 2:21:24 pace. The amazing speed of the leaders may hide the fact that she is having a great day (as are the other top American women; Frisbie on 2:22:14 pace).

Jess McClain has arguably one of the most frustrating career stories. 4th at trials and healthy in Paris only to sit out so O’Keefe could limp over the start line to have Olympian attached to her name. Led off course and missed getting much deserved credit for crushing US half marathon champs. Today running a stellar marathon only to get her doors blown off by finishes “too good to be true”. The fact that she still keeps showing up and being consistently awesome is a testament to her character. She has had to absorb some disheartening circumstances.

otteson wrote:

what did Michael otteson run

LetsRun.com wrote:

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Bob Sac wrote:

Slo-Jo wrote:

Jess McClain has arguably one of the most frustrating career stories. 4th at trials and healthy in Paris only to sit out so O’Keefe could limp over the start line to have Olympian attached to her name. Led off course and missed getting much deserved credit for crushing US half marathon champs. Today running a stellar marathon only to get her doors blown off by finishes “too good to be true”. The fact that she still keeps showing up and being consistently awesome is a testament to her character. She has had to absorb some disheartening circumstances.

Just needs to be patient. The 2028 LA Olympics are her shot for a medal.

Hope to see you rojo wrote:

To whoever said this is a great second marathon for Klecker, this is his DEBUT marathon

running historian wrote:

fitolddude wrote:

Klecker passed 4 runners the last mile, ran it in 4:38. Solid second marathon. Would love to see him do a flat course next like Chicago or Berlin.

Those workouts have paid off!

VaporBoi wrote:

Ja Morant wrote:

It's not eligible for any records no matter what. And if you've ever been to Chicago you know how the wind is there.

I've run Chicago once and Boston 5 times. Boston is not easy at all. I'm not saying it should count as a record but like I said, the times are more comparable than you think other than maybe the tailwind today. There's a reason why Boston has much slower times on average than flat courses.

Hope to see you rojo wrote:

running historian wrote:

Those workouts have paid off!

This is Klecker’s FIRST not second marathon

god people are stupid

Hope to see you rojo wrote:

running historian wrote:

Those workouts have paid off!

This is Klecker’s FIRST not second marathon

god people are stupid

Course record wrote:

Kenyans collecting some well deserved paychecks. They just train harder than everyone else and want it more.