Official 2016 Boston Marathon Live Discussion Thread

Alex_0303204282324 wrote:

Elite men hit 5 miles north of 25 min. Literally jogging but some troll on this thread insists this happens every major race. Uh ok. Troll harder dude.

I don't know about literally... 5 minute pace isn't exactly easy for anybody. slow but not jogging...

Unbelievable: People running with no shirts, so it must be really 'comfortable'.

I see a whole lot of wires going to ears in the field. Is there no rule against that, or do they not enforce it?

Meb is just the best. love that dude.

rojo wrote:

The temperature for the men's start was 71 degrees..

the weather forecasts have been bizarre - this morning they said it would be 57 at the start, and even around 60 into the finish.

now it is 10 degrees or more hotter.

maybe larry was looking at old weather forecasts that have proven wrong.

"Elite" men's pack running about a 2:13:32 pace. Yawn. This is becoming just like 5K and 10Ks on the track. Sit and kick. Screw this. RACE.

"Runners with no shirts on in this race, so it must be REALLY comfortable."

eric blair wrote:

rojo wrote:

The temperature for the men's start was 71 degrees..

the weather forecasts have been bizarre - this morning they said it would be 57 at the start, and even around 60 into the finish.

now it is 10 degrees or more hotter.

maybe larry was looking at old weather forecasts that have proven wrong.

Very strange. When I went to bed last night around midnight. It waid it would 56-58 all day in Boston and i thought "I guess it says cooler as the wind is coming from the east ". They had like a 50s to mid 60s in Hopkinton. Now it's already over 70.

I know USATF allows headphones

Man Larry, that orphan story set a new bar for you.

Remember at the press conference, defending champ Lelisa Desisa seemed worried when I gtold him it would be hot. Let's see how it plays out.

Weldon - did you find any betting odds for the race?

People can correct me if they think I am wrong but I think that Alex was looking for a faster opening pace to the race today. He is slightly disappointed. I hope it does not ruin his day, week or even his year.

What happened to shingo???

Any opinions on the new bag check policy that you can only check stuff in Boston before taking the bus to Hopkinton? Seems like it would make it harder to adjust to weather last minute. (I'm sure elites have their own policies for bag check)

This media room is annoying to everyone in here. We are no longer getting women's mile leader splits.

The #1 best thing about it was they put all of the leaders splits on the white board.

Barbare Huebenner just reported a sub-5:30 mile so I assume that would have been mile 11 as this is what they've announced in the media room:

Women

Mile 1 - 6:04

Mile 2 - 5:36 (11:52)

Mile 3 - 5:53

Mile 4 - 5:38

Mile 5 - 5:45 (Neely Spence Gracey leads)

Mile 6 - 5:52

Mile 7 - 5:39

Mile 8 - 5:38

Mile 9 -

Mile 10 - 551 (57:50)

Shingo Igarashi's moment of glory is over for this event, but he is a solid marathoner -- 2:13:15 PB (this year), and a total of 12 sub-2:20 in his career so far.

As for his early race strategy, perhaps he thought it was an ekiden.

So now on NBCSN they are only realizing the defending champ Rotich is out. So score one for the intertional feed. They had a replay 30 minutes ago.

The Pace wrote:

People can correct me if they think I am wrong but I think that Alex was looking for a faster opening pace to the race today. He is slightly disappointed. I hope it does not ruin his day, week or even his year.

True. Maybe this will encourage him to watch more marathons in the future though!

Given the hotter-than-expected temperatures, this has to bode well for Wesley Korir, right? His major wins have come in hot conditions in the past.