Hell of a run by Conner Mantz. He was pushing so hard to break Kotut and Simbu those last two miles but just couldn't shake them.
He'll be a little bummed to have just missed two HUGE accomplishments as he was only 4 seconds off the podium and 8 seconds off of Ryan Hall's 2:04:58, the fastest marathon ever by an American.
But a huge 2:05:04 pb and 4th place is a tremendous run -- the best marathon of his life to date.
Quit kidding yourself JG. No one considers Halls 2:04.58 a record. He had a hurricane at his back. Mantz had a headwind the entire way.
Hell of a run by Conner Mantz. He was pushing so hard to break Kotut and Simbu those last two miles but just couldn't shake them.
He'll be a little bummed to have just missed two HUGE accomplishments as he was only 4 seconds off the podium and 8 seconds off of Ryan Hall's 2:04:58, the fastest marathon ever by an American.
But a huge 2:05:04 pb and 4th place is a tremendous run -- the best marathon of his life to date.
Quit kidding yourself JG. No one considers Halls 2:04.58 a record. He had a hurricane at his back. Mantz had a headwind the entire way.
2:05:08 beats 2:04:58 as long as people on their computers say it does!
Was the camera not on the actual finish line? The runners were all trucking past the finish line like there was another finish line further ahead off camera.