Official 2019 Boston Marathon Live Discussion Thread

PRRRR wrote:

Hoka made a 4% clone.

Saucony made a 4% clone protoype for Ward at 2018 NYC.

I guess carbon springs are the future for any american wanting to make the standard now

runnerdave wrote:

Joan Benoit Samuelson: 3:04:00

She wanted to be within 40 minutes of her win from 40 years ago, which was in 2:35:15.

Nice job, Joanie!

Hot damn!! Nice!

Sad race. Massively doped winners on both sides. Italian agents chuckling as they count their lire.

As always, congrats to my Japanese brothers and sisters.

LOL

I wonder who would be the first elite to congratulate Jordan, Jeez we know she trains with NOP but come on lol

zoomzoomzoom wrote:

PRRRR wrote:

Hoka made a 4% clone.

Saucony made a 4% clone protoype for Ward at 2018 NYC.

I guess carbon springs are the future for any american wanting to make the standard now

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D4NisJXXkAM7ENh.jpg:orig

yes they are so you should probably find something else to obsess over.

My man Yuki back in 17th. One of the top clean finishers.

Many times too wrote:

olyrun wrote:

Great result for Fauble and Ward. The ran at their maximum on a big day. Yes this shows that breaking 2:10 for U.S.men is very possible.

This was shown over 40 years ago.

44y ago ...1975 Boston ..B. Rodgers 2:09:55, FTW; to be exact.

No love for the Kenyan Americans running in the 2:11s?

Alan

Can't post on letsrun wrote:

So, you can't post anything on letsrun about Jordan cheeks or Ritzenhein weight.

Grow up

rojo wrote:

They just showed Jimmie Johnson. Is he a nascar guy?They said he was hoping to break 3 hours? Could that be true. He didn't look very thin to me. I'd be STUNNED if he did that. No way could I come within an hour of that and we are nearly the same age.

03:09:07

age 43

kmaclam wrote:

Can't post on letsrun wrote:

So, you can't post anything on letsrun about Jordan cheeks or Ritzenhein weight.

Grow up

Discussing eating disorders openly is very important. It's more dangerous if we tried to ignore this stuff/censor any voices speaking out against it.

good effort wrote:

rojo wrote:

They just showed Jimmie Johnson. Is he a nascar guy?They said he was hoping to break 3 hours? Could that be true. He didn't look very thin to me. I'd be STUNNED if he did that. No way could I come within an hour of that and we are nearly the same age.

03:09:07

age 43

They said he was running 70-100 miles a week.

good effort wrote:

rojo wrote:

They just showed Jimmie Johnson. Is he a nascar guy?They said he was hoping to break 3 hours? Could that be true. He didn't look very thin to me. I'd be STUNNED if he did that. No way could I come within an hour of that and we are nearly the same age.

03:09:07

age 43

Come on rojo I thought youd be all over this. He set the 3 hour goal to push himself although realistically it was unlikely. Trained up to 80 miles a week but any time he went over, he’d have issues. All from this article

Hey, Brojos - To update the controversial 2 minute wait for the sub-elites, were there any men who could've been in the prize money that started 2 minutes later? What was the fastest men's time for the sub-elites?

Sadhsboi wrote:

good effort wrote:

03:09:07

age 43

Come on rojo I thought youd be all over this. He set the 3 hour goal to push himself although realistically it was unlikely. Trained up to 80 miles a week but any time he went over, he’d have issues. All from this article

https://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/nascar-auto-racing/article228980324.html

Umm.....just wondering: Did someone say this was his first marathon? How did he qualify to get into Boston? Is this a job for Marathon Investigations?

ish wrote:

so is there a men's race happening today?

This kind of political correctness run amok, with broadcasters giving the women more airtime than the men, has been going on in major marathons for years now. Today's coverage was a disgrace; at one point -a crucial point, when moves were being made and runners dropped- NBC cut away from the men's race for over 22 minutes straight to focus on the top women finishing. They didn't even bother using a split screen.

And when the men's race was being shown, Craig Masback and the other announcers were their usual inept selves, barely mentioning the names of any of the athletes, split times, or who was in what position. It was like listening to an extraneous gab fest while there just happened to be a marathon going on in the background.

In contrast, I watched the Paris-Roubaix bike race the night before ,also on NBC, and the announcers -Phil Liggett and Bob Roll- were constantly identifying the leaders and their pursuers, how much of a lead there was, as well as the riders' team affiliations, nationalities, and recent accomplishments, and there were onscreen graphics giving the riders' speed, distance covered vs. distance remaining, etc. Then again, cycling coverage is aimed at more of a hardcore audience, while marathon coverage -at least here in the U.S.- is still treated like a human interest story.

runnerdave wrote:

Sadhsboi wrote:

Come on rojo I thought youd be all over this. He set the 3 hour goal to push himself although realistically it was unlikely. Trained up to 80 miles a week but any time he went over, he’d have issues. All from this article

https://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/nascar-auto-racing/article228980324.html

Umm.....just wondering: Did someone say this was his first marathon? How did he qualify to get into Boston? Is this a job for Marathon Investigations?

He's rich and famous. He gets to run. End of story. If Obama wanted to run do you think they'd make him jump through the bullshit qualifying hoops?

that 1 stride between desisa cherono worth +50k us dollars ,bravo cherono,i picked u in advance 4 win

Countless East Africans busted for doping?

"I'm sure the ones still competing are clean though!"

Corrupt coaches and agents explicitly linked to doping?

"That's no guarantee that all their athletes dope!"

Men with 5 o'clock shadow and receding hairlines winning junior races?

"Life is just harder over there, they age faster!"

Proof that EPO is available over the counter and drug testing is nonexistent?

"Still doesn't mean they're cheating! They ran 20 miles to school every day!"

Cheater shoes with literal springs in them?

"Hey they only improve efficiency by 4%, they don't make you 4% faster!"

HONK HONK.