Official 2014 TCS New York City Marathon Live Discussion Thread

Calling it now - Ryan Vail top 3 in this race.

Men’s Mile Splits

Mile 1: 5:51 (unofficial -mile marker has blown over)

Mile 2: 4:49 (10:40)

Mile 3: 4:47 (15:27)

Mile 4: 5:03 (20:30)

Mie 5: 4:57 (25:27)

Mile 6: 4:58 (30:25) - 10k 31:30

Mile 7: 5:15 (35:40)

Mile 8: 5:06 (40:46)

Mile 9: 5:05 (45:51)

Mile 10: 5:05 (50:56) - Still 2:13:30 pace

Horizon wrote:

that cant be right, feed clearly shows deena in the lead pack.

Jonathan Gault wrote:

American women at halfway

Linden 1:13:42

Goucher 1:14:00

Kastor 1:14:21

Bersagel 1:16:03

Kleppin 1:16:13

Russell 1:16:35

Desi is in the lead pack for sure

WHERE THE HELL IS THE WEATHER GIRL?

ABC sucks!

FYI I'm at the finish and there is almost no wind. A few gusts.

Wait until the racing begins , Mr. Vail will meet reality

fyi, there is a lot of other course.

Jonathan congratulations...on your promotion to LRC Guru...but you were the former correct.

Well, the women's race is close..all seem to have similar strength. Now it'll come down to mental tenacity in a few miles...

I wish I had posted y thoughts about Kiplagat on here at the start of the race. Hopefully Mr. Gault will back me up, but I saw her at the back of the women's pack early and said something along the lines of "Isn't that where she ran when she did badly here?"

It's sort of like the opposite of seeing Meb up front. When they are running this slow, it really doens't matter where they are but it's a psychological sign that you are engaged and competing.

Poor Edna looks to be struggling as as the gap seems to be widening. She's done.

Women hit 25k in 1:27:36. That's a 17:51 fifth 5k, the slowest 5k split of the race so far.

Sara shaking it out a little bit

rojo wrote:

I wish I had posted y thoughts about Kiplagat on here at the start of the race. Hopefully Mr. Gault will back me up, but I saw her at the back of the women's pack early and said something along the lines of "Isn't that where she ran when she did badly here?"

It's sort of like the opposite of seeing Meb up front. When they are running this slow, it really doens't matter where they are but it's a psychological sign that you are engaged and competing.

Guys , Desi , looks very comfortable , hanging back , she can win this thing !

Running smart !

Women

Mile 1: 6:30 first mile unofficial (can’t be right)

Mile 2: 5:34 second mile (12:04 at 2 miles)

Mile 3:4:52 (16:56) 17:31 at 5k

Mile 4: 5:42 (22:38)

Mie 5: 5:36 (28:14)

Mile 6: 5:34 (33:48) 35:01 at 10k. 17:30 second 5k.

Mile 7: 5:35 (39:23)

Mile 8: 5:40 (45:03)

Mile 9: 5:29 (50:32) 52:18 at 15k. 17:17 third 5k.

Mile 10: 5:29 (56:01)

Mile 11: 5:45 (1:01:46)

Mile 12: 5:29 (1:07:15) 1:09:45 at 20k. 17:27 fourth 5k.

Mile 13: 5:45 (1:13:00). 1:13:40 at halfway (2:27:20 pace)

Mile 14: 5:40 (1:18:40)

Mile 15: 5:42 (1:24:22) 1:27:36 at 25 k. 17:51 fifth 5k.

Mile 16: 5:47 (1:30:09)

The women are onto 1st Avenue. Hopefully the crowd can carry Desi Linden because she's starting to get gapped by the leaders.

Desi dropping off no surprise

Yeah, you're right. Hiding in a crowd...you don't want to be seen, perhaps people won't remember (if you ran or not or if you had a bad race). Outta sight outta mind.

Why is Meb looking around so much? Trying to tell the others he is finding this easy?

Desi falling off the back

Linden back with the leaders now. She was getting dropped in mile 10 and fought back and has done the same in mile 17.