Official Boston Marathon Thread

I Try Harder wrote:

14. Zachary J. Hine USA 2:07:54

No... he was 16th in 2:16:54.

I think this goes some way to show the lack of depth in women's marathoning. The men ran super-crazy spectacular times. The women were two minutes off of the course record.

HOLD UP!!!! wrote:

IF this course won't count for WORLD RECORD and AMERICAN RECORDS, what about PRS? Will they count?

On a normal day...maybe...today, it gets a big ol' *

Bekana Daba really paid the price for being up there!

Under Ultra wrote:

MEB KEFLEZIGHI MUST FEEL LIKE AN IDIOT RIGHT NOW!!!!!!!!!

Right on. Any elite runner would have signed up for this race if they only knew BEFORE. That 2:04 will always stand next to Ryan Halls name and earn him TONS OF MONEY!

Another PR for Hall - only one mention of God in a lengthy postrace interview! And a relatively subtle reference at that. He came across as a regular, reasonable guy who was (rightfully) really happy with his race.

Waiting till Hall thanks God and says that he created the divine winds to carry him to a sub 2:05

I think it one of those things, Ryan Hall 2:04:58*, but I would still say that was his best performance ever at the marathon.They should still count as World and American Best I believe right?

HOLD UP!!!! wrote:

IF this course won't count for WORLD RECORD and AMERICAN RECORDS, what about PRS? Will they count?

iCoach wrote:

{quote]iCoach wrote:

Kim Smith could learn a few things about racing patience from Davila.

26mi235 wrote:

This is the type of day that you take a chance, I think. Running in the pack helps because of reduced wind resistance but the tailwind negates that.

Kim's pace was not suicidal given the conditions and she does not have a 'kick'; I like her plan -- so she cramps and her 1 in 5 chance of glory dies rather than fighting for fifth...

I respect your opinion, but I think it was foolish. That kind of strategy is very risky, to say the least.[/quote]

Both Kim and Desi had the right strategy for what they wanted to achieve, because they came into the race with different objectives.

Kim was unfortunate to have a calf muscle injury when she was leading Boston, but calf muscle injuries can happen any time, not just when a women runs sub 5:30 pace for couple of miles in a marathon.

The men's race went 2:03 low, so the women should have been below the old course record. It was actually a slow race for the women.

No--davila's now third all-time U.S. behind Kastor and Joan Benoit Samuelson (2:21:21 at Chicago).

This has already been pointed out I think, but the 4th place women's finisher trains in Santa Fe under Ryan Bolton. Ran to a course record in the NYC half a few weeks back now a 2:24 at Boston. Congrats to Caroline, and to Desi and Ryan and everyone else that rocked the house in Boston this morning.

How did Mutai recover so quickly from London. Pretty remarkable double.

SomeActualData wrote:

Another PR for Hall - only one mention of God in a lengthy postrace interview! And a relatively subtle reference at that. He came across as a regular, reasonable guy who was (rightfully) really happy with his race.

If there has ever been a day to thank God for a marathon performance it was today.

Struck down by lightening wrote:

How did Mutai recover so quickly from London. Pretty remarkable double.

But how does it compare to LV's indoor triple or GF's California double?

qaz wrote:

watching it wrote:

How strong was the tail wind?

Ridiculously strong tailwind:

"From W at 18mph gusting to 28mph"

And for the fourth time, that is NOT the wind speed at ground level, that is wind speed 10m above ground level in an unobstructed space (typically the airport). Ground-level wind is maybe 66%. This is not a trivial point because when they adjusted the windchill tables/formula a few years back (now about 10) one of the two key reasons is that the official wind speed is faster than the wind felt by the individual at ground level. By the way, when you are running this means that your running speed in still conditions would be the same as though it was incremented by 50% or so when looking to see what your effective windchill was.

CGrunner2007 wrote:

I think it one of those things, Ryan Hall 2:04:58*, but I would still say that was his best performance ever at the marathon.

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I'd put it slightly behind his 2:06 in London. But, either way, a great race.

Does anyone know the last time a U.S. woman took 2nd Boston?? This may be a stupid question.

And did anyone else notice that the last time American's won (mens 83 and womens 85) they were both from Michigan and Desi is training in Michigan currently.

Way to represent!!! Bringing one good thing to Michigan at least

No, that was his brother Brad. Craig Mutai is more a miler.

Struck down by lightening wrote:

How did Mutai recover so quickly from London. Pretty remarkable double.

Boston Marathon is making a $50,000 payout to whoever breaks the 2:03:59 WR so they see any performance on their course as a WR... remember, this race has been around for 100 years and all of my peers claim their Boston Marathons as their PRs... don't know a soul that doesn't.