Official New York Marathon thread

The British pronounce Asics as Ass-icks.

Montesquieu wrote:

I swear the woman commentator (Katherine Switzer?) just said one of the African woman runners just took three years off for maternity leave! Did I hear that correctly?

yes she had 1 baby, then got pregnant again and had her 2nd baby, both boys nathaniel and musa, and kidane did not run at all while she was pregnant, just went to church 2 times a day and did household chores, the women is werknesh kidane.

Mary looking back!! She will be caught!

this US coverage is pretty good...they even used a split screen!!!

http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Watch-NYC-Marathon-Charity-New-York-Marathon-2011-NY-Marathon-Date.html?fullSite=y&

Although, I still like Hutchings(sp?)..the brit announcer

Mile 10 men 4:45 for leaders

Top 20 leaders

Place Bib Runner State/Country Age Time Differential Pace/mile

1 17 Sisay, Ezkyas ETH 23 0:48:26 +00:00.00 4:51

2 15 Barrios, Juan Luis MEX 28 0:48:26 +00:00.24 4:51

3 16 Kosgei, Stephen Kibet KEN 24 0:48:26 +00:00.46 4:51

4 2 Mutai, Emmanuel KEN 27 0:48:26 +00:00.46 4:51

5 7 Keflezighi, Meb CA/USA 36 0:48:27 +00:00.74 4:51

6 4 Kebede, Tsegaye ETH 24 0:48:27 +00:00.77 4:51

7 8 Kisorio, Mathew KEN 22 0:48:27 +00:00.78 4:51

8 3 Mutai, Geoffrey KEN 30 0:48:27 +00:00.89 4:51

9 1 Gebremariam, Gebre ETH 27 0:48:27 +00:01.02 4:51

10 6 Gharib, Jaouad MAR 39 0:48:27 +00:01.25 4:51

11 14 Falil, Abdellah MAR 35 0:48:37 +00:10.76 4:52

12 20 Worku Merdessa, Bado ETH 23 0:48:37 +00:11.00 4:52

13 10 Rothlin, Viktor SUI 37 0:49:04 +00:38.42 4:55

14 23 Deneke, Teklu Tefera ETH 32 0:49:05 +00:38.64 4:55

15 19 Biwott, Shadrack KEN 26 0:49:05 +00:39.14 4:55

16 24 Lemma, Fikadu ETH 27 0:49:39 +01:13.41 4:58

17 11 Curtis, Bobby PA/USA 26 0:49:40 +01:13.92 4:58

18 12 Moran, Ed VA/USA 30 0:49:59 +01:33.43 5:00

19 25 Saji, Abdelkabir MAR 35 0:50:00 +01:33.67 5:00

20 35 Naranjo, William COL 33 0:50:26 +02:00.14 5:03

he will finish top 4 and break his pr of 2:09 at age 37!!!! rojo what do you think now?

Just to supplement the splits,

Mary K's 5km splits thus far (up to 25km): 16:04, 15:50, 16:05, 16:22, 17:17

She might be in trouble. Lead still at 2mins plus though

douglas burke wrote:

Montesquieu wrote:

I swear the woman commentator (Katherine Switzer?) just said one of the African woman runners just took three years off for maternity leave! Did I hear that correctly?

yes she had 1 baby, then got pregnant again and had her 2nd baby, both boys nathaniel and musa, and kidane did not run at all while she was pregnant, just went to church 2 times a day and did household chores, the women is werknesh kidane.

And now she is a world class marathoner. I guess that's one way to running success.

Where are you getting these?

I'm watching it on TV here in Kenya and we're getting the American commentary. They sound so weird.

Is Juan Luis Barrios for real? Someone give me a quick synopsis of this guy's career. PR? Major wins?

I'm impressed so far with his relaxed running. Looks like he belongs. Hope I didn't just jinx him though.

correction: women -> woman

Is this taught wrong in schools nowadays or why do I see this so often?

whitepony wrote:

Where are you getting these?

Media center.

Someone mentioned Michael Wardian -- he posted on twitter that he decided not to run NYC because one of his kids is sick:

https://twitter.com/#

!/mikewardian/status/132757300095094784

Hopefully he's doing better.

Also, I think the female commentator on the Universal feed is Deena, not Katharine Switzer.

go sissy

Women at Mile 15

Top 20 leaders

Place Bib Runner State/Country Age Time Differential Pace/mile

1 101 Keitany, Mary KEN 29 1:18:22 +00:00.00 5:14

2 106 Deba, Buzunesh ETH 24 1:20:46 +02:23.64 5:24

3 111 Dado, Firehiwot ETH 27 1:20:46 +02:23.89 5:24

4 102 Kilel, Caroline Cheptonui KEN 30 1:20:46 +02:24.01 5:24

5 112 Kidane, Werknesh ETH 29 1:20:46 +02:24.02 5:24

6 107 Rotich, Caroline KEN 27 1:21:50 +03:27.17 5:28

7 135 Alene Amare, Shewarge ETH 24 1:21:50 +03:27.68 5:28

8 108 Augusto, Jessica POR 29 1:22:05 +03:42.90 5:29

9 109 Felix, Ana Dulce POR 29 1:22:17 +03:54.42 5:30

10 103 Smith, Kim NZL 29 1:22:17 +03:54.67 5:30

11 110 Bogomolova, Galina RUS 34 1:24:11 +05:48.67 5:37

12 104 Abitova, Inga RUS 29 1:24:11 +05:48.91 5:37

13 105 Andersson, Isabellah SWE 30 1:24:12 +05:49.18 5:37

14 114 Pavey, Jo GBR 38 1:24:49 +06:26.66 5:40

15 117 Aguilar, Alessandra ESP 33 1:25:07 +06:44.90 5:41

16 123 Biset Abrha, Serkalem ETH 24 1:25:28 +07:05.41 5:42

17 122 Pritz, Molly PA/USA 23 1:25:42 +07:19.42 5:43

18 115 Demissie, Misiker Mekonnin ETH 25 1:25:45 +07:22.90 5:43

19 118 Fleshman, Lauren OR/USA 30 1:25:47 +07:24.65 5:44

20 119 Nukuri-Johnson, Diane BDI 26 1:25:56 +07:33.15 5:44

Unless Larry Rawson in calling the commentator "Katherine" has made a great mistake--granted, it's possible--I think we're safe in saying that it's not Deena.

NYC watcher wrote:

Someone mentioned Michael Wardian -- he posted on twitter that he decided not to run NYC because one of his kids is sick:

https://twitter.com/#

!/mikewardian/status/132757300095094784

Hopefully he's doing better.

Also, I think the female commentator on the Universal feed is Deena, not Katharine Switzer.

Mary might have gone too hard. Chase pack gaining on her.

MAry 2:14 in front, watch it reduce