I am watching the ESPN2 feed - who is the male commentator who spoke with some broken English? I assume this is a former pro runner, just curious who it is?
Yeah, maybe I never actually caught the start before, but don't they usually have all the sub-elites start at the same time, just in a separated corral right behind the elites?
NYC has a dedicated sub-elite corral that leads off from the lower bridge location or at least that was what happened the year I ran NYC. But with that few women on the start line why not combine/give OTQ hopefuls clear running with the elite women.
I count 4 Americans invited in the women's field & American only prize money goes 5 deep. Smh. So they're just going to pocket the $3k for 5th? It's a drop in the bucket for them -- give someone a chance to have a small pay day.