6 Americans in top 13, and 10 of top 20. Nice.
6 Americans in top 13, and 10 of top 20. Nice.
what the hell happened with Kogo and Kimetto?
Where did the Black Cactus finish?
CSU-1959 wrote:
Standing 1K from the finish and my jaw dropped when I saw Meb go by. I haven't seen finish video yet but he was not being challenged at 41.2.
Dude, this is the day of Web 2.0 We are way ahead of you.
Hall should have run in the women's race.
Uli is just a machine. 22nd overall. Nice.
Desi ran a solid race. Happy for her.
BUT WOULD HE HAVE BEATEN CHESEREK??!?!
I was watching sportscenter and they said Meb finished in 2:01:59, how did ESPN get that far off?
grimatongueworm wrote:
Desi ran a solid race. Happy for her.
Yeah, shocking that a 2:23 only gets you 10th place today.
troll-o-meter2 wrote:
GoldenMile wrote:Sub-2:19 for Jeptoo winning the women's race?! That's insane. Also insanely hilarious that Shalane thought she could beat these women. She did help pace Jeptoo to an amazing course record, however. Has any woman other than Radcliffe broken 2:19? Maybe one other?
Not very knowledgeable, are you?
So I looked it up (link here:
http://www.alltime-athletics.com/wmaraok.htm), and I was off by 3 people, but still, very few women have broken 2:19 (5 total). Does anyone think anyone has done it on a harder course than Boston? That's crazy to me to do it in Boston. There wasn't much of a tailwind this year either, like there was in 2011.
I will run proudly in my Skechers today.
Sportscenter Watcher wrote:
I was watching sportscenter and they said Meb finished in 2:01:59, how did ESPN get that far off?
40k split
WHAT NOW????? wrote:
Talk to that well-connected friend, yet?
What did he say?
We could see these posts by Rojo have a long and fruitful life here at LRC:
rojo wrote:
dsaglksalkjga wrote:how the heck did meb and boit break away by so much??????
Why not. they are runing slowly.
While some on tv are amazed by it. the guy behind me in the press room is a VERY well connecte person in the sport laughed and said, "It's like the Tour de France. They are the domestiques. The big guys don't care. We're taking bets here as to how many minutes they (meb and boit) finish bheind the leaders)."
And this:
rojo wrote:
The rocket... wrote:Seriously Rojo you are comparing olympic silver medalist and NY marathon winner to a local hobby jogger?
I'm not. the very well connected guy behind me in the press room is. He makes his living in this sport.
The filming of Ryan Halls documentary has just been extended for another six months
Sportscenter Watcher wrote:
I was watching sportscenter and they said Meb finished in 2:01:59, how did ESPN get that far off?
I saw that too and in my excitement texted a few people about the insane time, before remembering it was coming from ESPN and there was no way it could accurate.
Yeah Meb!
Mani wrote:
The filming of Ryan Halls documentary has just been extended for another six months
Is there anyway you can get your money back from this shit?
Mani wrote:
The filming of Ryan Halls documentary has just been extended for another six months
This is true. Until it is extended again after NYC.
Poor guy. Glad he finished. His 35-40k split was 17:34... Jeptoo's was 15:44. Dude BLEW UP. (and she's a bada$$)
Anytime you hear someone comparing road running to cycling you know you can stop listening. The pack in a road race can't "reel in" someone with a big lead the way the peleton does in cycling. Nor do they think they can, for that matter. The chase groups in a marathon don't sit there calculating how many seconds/mile they can make up on a breakaway. Anyone who doesn't understand this misunderstands both sports!
rojo wrote:
While some on tv are amazed by it. the guy behind me in the press room is a VERY well connecte person in the sport laughed and said, "It's like the Tour de France. They are the domestiques. The big guys don't care. We're taking bets here as to how many minutes they (meb and boit) finish bheind the leaders)."