"Conditions were pretty much optimum for the Olympic men's marathon"

Comments from some of the athletes who ran in the Olympic Marathon show that they thought it wasn't so hot. But, this is relative to their expectations, which were for really lousy temperature and air quality. In the end, the proof is in the performances. Guys were struggling out there. All of our runners were off their game. The reasons they offered were attributed to poor preparation, health/fitness issues during the training cycle. But, while those may have had some impact, I simply think the air temp, radiant temp, air quality, humidity combination had final say. And yeah, some guys probably are better in those conditions than others.