Official 2017 Boston Marathon Live Discussion Thread

Anybody hat thought Rupp wasn't going to win this is crazy. He's a 10K silver medalist and the Oly marathon 3rd placer (behind the GOAT).

He's also doping like crazy (just like Osako and Hasay).

Man, K is putting in WORK, but Galen is covering the moves nicely. This is the kind of race I love to watch. You have to think Galen is thinking - I WON'T lose this.

LOL Osaka... so much for the Japanese finally having a 5k runner

Rupp and Kirui just dropped a 4:39 21st mile coming off the Newton Hills. Osako in third about 10 seconds behind.

Queen Jordan Hasay!

Cmoon osako!!

rojo wrote:

I wish Edna had just tossed over all of the tables.

What would have happened? Can they DQ you? Under what grounds?

Just saw Kirui completely clear a table of its contents and toss them on the ground. Maybe he heard and wanted to find out?

well...here goes wrote:

Seriously mate? wrote:

No reason to have commercials the last 10k of a marathon..what a joke NBC (also last 3k for the women!)

But boy oh boy do those commercials stream clearly, uninterrupted, with no skipping or lagging. That's great technology!

I wonder when they'll apply it to the actual broadcast?

I haven't had any skipping or lagging all day.

looks like Rupp will be relying on his famous sprint finish

i chose D2 wrote:

what did Kiriui throw on the ground?

Rupp's nuts.

The Chinese stream is awesome minus the commentary of course. No freakin' commercials!

If Kirui starts flooring it now Rupp's gonna blow...

First grimace spotted on Rupp's face, but still looks smooth hanging on Kirui's shoulder

I'm rooting for Rupp, but it's still gross.

I think Kirui has the best shot. Totally sharp

RedBloodSells wrote:

rojo wrote:

Yep. It's coming down to the two sub-27 guys on the track. And my god, They are going to commercial.

Jon Gault is reporting that Rupp just did the sign of the cross as he went up heartbreak hill. I didn't see it.. Wow.

JEBUS! He needs your help now!

Who's Jebus?

ChinaFeed wrote:

The Chinese feed keeps showing some guy running on a treadmill in a split screen with the race. My guess is they do it every time the NBC commentators mention what pace you would be running on a treadmill. The guy looks like he's dying, anyway.

This is the best part and actually makes it relateable for most people. Plus you can hear the treadmill get faster in the background so it's a good cue. I love it.

Edna rockin' it at 37yrs. Wow.

bostonwatcher wrote:

Watch the chinese stream

link?

Jonathan gault syas Kirui is dropping rupp as they show the wome'ns finish!!!