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Rotich winning is a big surprise. She was just 4th last year in Tokyo and 4th in Yokohama. Now she's the Boston champ.

2:24:55 for Rotich, 2:24:59 for Dibaba, 2:25:09 for Deba.

Rotich coached by Ryan Bolton, the triathlete, former U of Wyo All American runner?

Leading 2 women in sprint finish are 'smiling' apparently! Why is the american commentary poor marathon after marathon.

These morons actually made me miss Carol Lewis today.

desisa is gonna lose because he turns his head every 5 seconds

At 2:00:50 Tsegay got even with Desisa, but Desisa looks smooth and Tsegay looks to be straining a bit.

He still put a move in, which Desisa responded to and put another small gap immediately.

v6 wrote:

Tsegay is back baby!

Indeed, what a comeback, still looks like he's about to die though ! Desisa not looking so smug now...

Fernando Cabada really living up to all his pre-race talk. Top 5? He'll be lucky to finish top 30

Rotich coached by Ryan Bolton, the triathlete, former U of Wyo All American runner?

hahahaha, i had forgotten how awful she was, she would have fit right in!

asdcc wrote:

These morons actually made me miss Carol Lewis today.

That is one magic loogie.

Can we get the mile by mile splits on the men's side?

scratch that desisa breaking away

Tsegay attacks and blows up ? Weird...

asdcc wrote:

These morons actually made me miss Carol Lewis today.

Bite you tongue! Bite it hard!

Top 10 Women's Results unofficial:

Pos. Name BIB Division State/ Province Proj. finish Proj. daytime Diff Time

1 Rotich, Caroline (KEN) F11 Female 18-39 - - +00:00 02:24:55

2 Dibaba, Mare (ETH) F2 Female 18-39 - - +00:04 02:24:59

3 Deba, Buzunesh (ETH) F1 Female 18-39 - - +00:14 02:25:09

4 Linden, Desiree (USA) F10 Female 18-39 MI - - +00:44 02:25:39

5 Cherop, Sharon (KEN) F8 Female 18-39 - - +01:10 02:26:05

6 Kilel, Caroline (KEN) F9 Female 18-39 - - +01:45 02:26:40

7 Kebede, Aberu (ETH) F3 Female 18-39 - - +01:57 02:26:52

8 Demise, Shure (ETH) F6 Female 18-39 - - +02:19 02:27:14

9 Flanagan, Shalane (USA) F4 Female 18-39 OR - - +02:52 02:27:47

10 Chepkirui, Joyce (KEN) F16 Female 18-39 - - +04:12 02:29:07

Top Men at 35km.

1 Tsegay, Yemane Adhane (ETH) 4 Male 18-39 02:09:26 12:09:26PM +00:00 01:47:59

2 Chebet, Wilson (KEN) 8 Male 18-39 02:09:46 12:09:47PM +00:00 01:47:59

3 Desisa, Lelisa (ETH) 3 Male 18-39 02:09:23 12:09:24PM +00:00 01:47:59

4 Korir, Wesley (KEN) 10 Male 18-39 02:10:11 12:10:12PM +00:00 01:47:59

5 Chepkwony, Frankline (KEN) 9 Male 18-39 02:10:11 12:10:12PM +00:00 01:47:59

F 6 Keflezighi, Meb (USA) 1 Male 18-39 CA 02:10:11 12:10:12PM +00:00 01:47:59

7 Tola, Tadese (ETH) 5 Male 18-39 02:10:12 12:10:12PM +00:01 01:48:00

8 Kipyego, Bernard (KEN) 11 Male 18-39 02:10:16 12:10:17PM +00:04 01:48:03

C 9 Ritzenhein, Dathan (USA) 14 Male 18-39 MI 02:10:19 12:10:20PM +00:07 01:48:06

10 April, Lusapho (RSA) 15 Male 18-39 02:10:21 12:10:22PM +00:08 01:48:07

11 Shafar, Vitaliy (UKR) 16 Male 18-39 02:12:16 12:12:17PM +01:44 01:49:43

A 12 Tegenkamp, Matt (USA) 22 Male 18-39 OR 02:12:27 12:12:27PM +01:53 01:49:52

D 13 Eggleston, Jeffrey (USA) 19 Male 18-39 CO 02:12:51 12:12:52PM +02:13 01:50:12

B 14 Arciniaga, Nicholas (USA) 20 Male 18-39 AZ 02:16:54 12:16:54PM +05:34 01:53:33

15 Hasegawa, Kiyokatsu (JPN) 26 Male 18-39 02:17:26 12:17:27PM +06:01 01:54:00

16 Macpherson, Scott (USA) 27 Male 18-39 MO 02:18:20 12:18:21PM +06:46 01:54:45

E 17 Cabada, Fernando (USA) 21 Male 18-39 CA 02:18:31 12:18:32PM +06:55 01:54:54

18 Canaday, Sage (USA) 28 Male 18-39 CO 02:18:32 12:18:32PM +06:55 01:54:54

19 Goffi, Danilo (ITA) 76 Male 40-44 02:18:33 12:18:34PM +06:56 01:54:55

20 Richards, Malcolm (USA) 24 Male 18-39 CA 02:18:34 12:18:35PM +06:57 01:54:56

21 Zyryanov, Sergey (RUS) 54 Male 18-39 02:18:34 12:18:35PM +06:58 01:54:57

22 Kirui, Abel (KEN) 7 Male 18-39 02:18:42 12:18:43PM +07:04 01:55:03

23 Zablocki, Christopher (USA) 33 Male 18-39 CT 02:19:35 12:19:36PM +07:48 01:55:47

24 Sanca, Ruben (CPV) 35 Male 18-39 MA 02:19:56 12:19:57PM +08:05 01:56:04

25 Chavez, Chris (USA) 29 Male 18-39 CA 02:19:56 12:19:57PM +08:06 01:56:05

26 Zywicki, Benjamin (USA) 32 Male 18-39 CO 02:19:57 12:19:58PM +08:06 01:56:05

27 Viau-Dupuis, Philippe (CAN) 41 Male 18-39 QC 02:19:57 12:19:58PM +08:06 01:56:05

28 Chida, Yosuke (JPN) 31 Male 18-39 02:19:59 12:20:00PM +08:08 01:56:07

29 Atkins, Cole (USA) 53 Male 18-39 NC 02:20:36 12:20:37PM +08:39 01:56:38

30 Serafini, Louis (USA) 269 Male 18-39 MA 02:21:53 12:21:59PM +09:42 01:57:41

Desisa has this wrapped up. Has a huge gap, looks good, Tsegay looking back to check on 3rd.

Men’s Splits

Mile 1: 4:39

Mile 2: 4:48 (9:27)

Mile 3: 4:44 (14:11)

5K: 14:44

Mile 4:42 (18:55) … Tadese Tola pulling away from the rest of the pack

Mile 5: 4:53 (23:48) … Tola and Tsegay leading just ahead of the group. Meb and Arciniaga in there with Ritz at the very back of the pack.

Mile 6: 4:51 (28:39) … Desisa/Tsegay leading … pack getting spread out

10K: 29:42

Mile 7: 5:05 (33:45) … Slowed down and everyone is bunched up again and Teg caught back up. Teg, Ritz, Meb, Arciniaga all in there with a pack of about 15ish (just eye balling).

Mile 8: 5:03 (38:44)

Mile 9: 4:44 (43:28) … Desisa out pushing now, Chebet in 2nd, Korir, Tsegay, Meb only American still with the lead pack. … Desisa is now putting a bit of a gap on the pack.

15K: 44:57

Mile 10: 4:42 (48:10)… Desisa still out front pushing, Tola leading chase pack which has Tsegay, Chebet, Meb

Mile 11: 4:45 (52:56)… Tola has caught up to Desisa and they are running together with a gap to the rest of the pack … Chebet working to catch those two

Mile 12: 5:16 (58:10) … Desisa still leading, but everyone has caught up and running together as a pack again, Meb right in the thick of it. … 11 men in lead pack, Tola leading with Desisa drafting off him.

20K: 1:00:27

Mile 13: 5:12 (1:03:27) … Tsegay was pushing the pace out front, but Ritz caught back up to the back of pack. So 12 in lead pack now. Ritz leading now.

Half: 1:04:00 … Zersenay Tadese still in it. Has he ever made it this far with the leaders in a marathon? I'm only sort of joking.

Mile 14: 4:57 (1:08:23)… Ritz is breaking this open with Tsegay the only guy going with him. … We heard from a friend of Ritz yesterday that he was going to "run his own race" and looks like that's what he's doing. Didn't go with the pack when they sped up and went by them when they slowed down.

Mile 15: 5:00 (1:13:24) … Ritz still leading, but the pack has caught up.

25K: 1:16:04

Mile 16: 4:42 (1:18:06) … Ritz still pushing at the front. Looking good.

Mile 17: 5:09 (1:23:30) … Ritz broke open a small gap on the field, but they reeled him back in. Worth noting that Ritz cut the tangents taking regular gatorade/water while the rest of the pack went a bit wider to get their own bottles.

Mile 18: 5:13 … Ritz swallowed up by the pack with Desisa out front pushing. Ritz fell off almost immediately. … Either they slowed down or Ritz sped up, because he's right back on the back of the pack. Tola out front.

30K: 1:31:58

Mile 19: 5:02 (1:33:44) … Meb and Ritz leading 1-2 side by side out front for a bit. GO USA! 10 men still in lead pack. … In the media room they noted the last 3 men to win Boston are still in the lead pack. On pace for 2:09:20.

Mile 20: 5:15 (1:39:01) … Ritz still leading now with Meb in 3rd. Ritz looks good. Meb dropping his arms like he's trying to loosen up a bit.

Mile 21: 5:25 (1:44:26) … Tsegay makes a move and Ritz looks to almost fall off, but now Ritz back on and Meb out front with a fist pump to the crowd. … Ritz took the lead for a bit, now Meb. This is the hilliest mile of the course.

35K: 1:47:58

Mile 22: 4:47 (1:49:13)… Ritz falling off, Meb hanging on as Tsegay out front pushing. … The pace has picked up after the slowest/hilliest mile. Ritz well off the leaders with a couple other casualties. Meb still in it looking ok.

Mile 23: 4:42 (1:53:55)… Desisa pushing now with Tsegay, Chebet, Korir in it. Meb a way back in 6th. … Now 3 men leading with Chebet falling off. Desisa, Tsegay, Korir your top 3 right now. … Chebet works his way back up to the group, a 4 man race now. Meb way back in 8th.

Mile 24: (1:58:31) … Desisa out front pushing now and Tsegay hanging with him, but Chebet and Korir have fallen back. … Desisa has broken them all and looks great pulling away.

40K:

Mile 25: 4:52 … Desisa has a gap, but Tsegay has definitely made up a ton of ground. and now is catching up. … At 2:00:50 Tsegay got even with Desisa, but Desisa looks smooth and Tsegay looks to be straining a bit gritting his teeth. … At 2:00:50 Tsegay got even with Desisa, but Desisa looks smooth and Tsegay looks to be straining a bit. He still put a move in, which Desisa responded to and put another small gap immediately.

Mile 26: … Desisa has this wrapped up. Has a huge gap, looks good, Tsegay looking back to check on 3rd.

Se-GUY. Not even close. Not that hard to learn how to pronounce the Ethiopian names--many of which share the same sounds.

I hate Larry Rawson. For those at home, that means when I go to my local track, I hate him.

Wego can you send a copy of this whole thread to the commentators so that they can see their mistakes?! Great thread btw, thanks!