So did McLain just run Benoit's winning time from 1983? (2:22.43) Impossible to compare those two races, as Benoit running mixed was dodging men slowing down all around her but could draft off of them too . . . weird coincidence.
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harveyh88 wrote:
Yorkshire Fell wrote:
Des was amazing. Way to go out on a high.
Disappointing for Sara Hall who appeared to have a good build up? Would have expected her to be ahead of Des.
Emma Bates? According to our commentary she was claiming she could podium or maybe win it. I am a fan but she keeps over promising and under delivering. She may need to stop with the overly confident chat beforehand.
Yep I saw bates saying she could win it too...
It just makes her look silly when she then comes what 5th American woman? I shall look forward to her recaps to find out what went wrong.
She doesn’t need to claim that she will win it - she was never in 2.17 shape.
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Bates barely edged out Des. Fails to meet her own hype yet again. No excuses this time…but I’m sure she’ll come up with one. I suspect she’s done with Joe Boss after this. She’ll need a few extra Modelos today.
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Yorkshire Fell wrote:
harveyh88 wrote:
Yep I saw bates saying she could win it too...
It just makes her look silly when she then comes what 5th American woman? I shall look forward to her recaps to find out what went wrong.
She doesn’t need to claim that she will win it - she was never in 2.17 shape.
What do you expect her to say? She isn't running to win? She thinks she's in 27th place shape?
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Yorkshire Fell wrote:
r u srs wrote:
I would kill to be able to run 2:26 in my 40s. Kudos to Des. Can be a bit much in the press sometimes, but no one can doubt her grit as a marathoner.
Des was amazing. Way to go out on a high.
Disappointing for Sara Hall who appeared to have a good build up? Would have expected her to be ahead of Des.
Emma Bates? According to our commentary she was claiming she could podium or maybe win it. I am a fan but she keeps over promising and under delivering. She may need to stop with the overly confident chat beforehand.
Yeah I can’t believe anything Bates says anymore. Her last 4-5 marathons she’s talked about HUGE game and has not even come closer to delivering.
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Sorry she was 3rd American woman but still..
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Happy for Des, there aren't many current runners men or women I'm a big fan of but I've been a fan of hers for years, will be missed
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Old Man Runner wrote:
Yorkshire Fell wrote:
It just makes her look silly when she then comes what 5th American woman? I shall look forward to her recaps to find out what went wrong.
She doesn’t need to claim that she will win it - she was never in 2.17 shape.
What do you expect her to say? She isn't running to win? She thinks she's in 27th place shape?
No but I don’t hear this talk from anyone else. They may have to believe they can win it but they don’t go around telling everyone.
As I said - I do like her and maybe she needs to do the confident talk as part of her prep. We need to learn to ignore it in future. Even the commentator sounded bemused.
Sometimes it’s best to surprise people - like McClain.
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C/M Runner wrote:
ana wrote:
Solid swan song for Des.
Finished as 17th woman, winner of her age group (40-44) in 2:26:19.
Barely beating Sara Hall for the age group win
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testingthisout wrote:
Really dumb question- why did they have the winner go to one side of the finish line and then directed the rest to the other? Conner looked like he was driving to where the winner had just finished and then suddenly was forced to go right. Don't think he'd have beat them there but that was rather odd. Is that the norm?
Has anyone tracked down a link to the footage?
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BillCarr wrote:
So did McLain just run Benoit's winning time from 1983? (2:22.43) Impossible to compare those two races, as Benoit running mixed was dodging men slowing down all around her but could draft off of them too . . . weird coincidence.
Uhm 1983 had one of the strongest tailwinds ever.
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Here for running wrote:
Run4fun.. wrote:
Great run from Mantz
Unlucky not to podium
It’s running. Luck had nothing to do with it.
I was trying to say something positive, its easter, I hate this garbage race
Jeez the Great manchester 10k and London half have about 100000000000 x better coverage
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BillCarr wrote:
So did McLain just run Benoit's winning time from 1983? (2:22.43) Impossible to compare those two races, as Benoit running mixed was dodging men slowing down all around her but could draft off of them too . . . weird coincidence.
When Benoit ran that, it was faster than the WR at the time. McLain is nearly 13 minutes off the current WR
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Will coop wrote:
John Korir goes from falling in the first meters to winning Boston, great run
Amazing run from Mantz, another step up in his marathoning career, as it was for Simbu and Kotut getting on their first WMM podium
I forgot Kotut was 2nd in Berlin last year, another strong run from him today
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The separate finishes have been in place for a long time - recall Kawauchi not realizing he had won until he was directed to the left, as he had been told the winners go to the left at the start. All the racers know this in advance. Now the question of whether the runners behind the leader should be allowed into the winning chute if its close - that is a different story. You couldn't really tell by the angle of the camera if they were truly close. Its kind of a judgment call for the officials. They should have done a better job directing the 2nd group to the right if they didn't want them to follow Korir all the way.
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As of now, give me your list of who went home devasted.
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The name Annie Frisbie has been thrown around alot recently
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KudzuRunner wrote:
I'm assuming that these fast times, including Mantz's, have something to do with a tailwind? Was there, in fact, a tailwind? When Hall ran that superfast race some years back, there was a notable tailwind.
nope, there was a slight headwind
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John Wesley Harding wrote:
John Wesley ... just noticed you have both of the Korir brothers names in your name! What a coinkydink!
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