who are these TURRIBLE universal announcers.
we already knew Rawson was bad....but this female as well???
who are these TURRIBLE universal announcers.
we already knew Rawson was bad....but this female as well???
short of stature wrote:
how small is kebede? he is dwarfed by tiny marathoners
I think he's only something like 5'3"
Keitany looks like she'll run out of real estate.
Men were 2:06:47 pace at 25K.
Keitan 5:45 for 21 mile. she could hold on. We'll see what the others do.
21 miles for the others
so it was 5:45 for Keitany and 5:36 for her chasers.
Top 20 leaders
Place Bib Runner State/Country Age Time Differential Pace/mile
1 101 Keitany, Mary KEN 29 1:52:31 +00:00.00 5:22
2 111 Dado, Firehiwot ETH 27 1:53:59 +01:28.14 5:26
3 106 Deba, Buzunesh ETH 24 1:53:59 +01:28.14 5:26
4 102 Kilel, Caroline Cheptonui KEN 30 1:54:18 +01:47.22 5:27
5 112 Kidane, Werknesh ETH 29 1:54:35 +02:04.59 5:28
What is going through Meb's head right now. Courageous, no doubt, but he has to be in a world of pain right now.
Do you think his training has suggested to him he can handle this pace? Or do you think that he's made the decision to stay competitive as long as possible, even if it means blowing up later?
Keitany holding on up front, though her lead is shrinking consistently.
5+ miles to go she is up by 88 seconds. She's been losing about 10 seconds per mile off her lead.
she'd have to give up almost 18 seconds per mile.
Dropouts: Jen Rhines, Jessica Augusto, and someone else (sorry)
Rojo--where's Kim Smith?
Rhines and Augusto and someone else are DNfs on womens race.
Top 18 at 20 miles for women.
Top 20 leaders
Place Bib Runner State/Country Age Time Differential Pace/mile
1 101 Keitany, Mary KEN 29 1:46:46 +00:00.00 5:21
2 106 Deba, Buzunesh ETH 24 1:48:23 +01:37.18 5:26
3 111 Dado, Firehiwot ETH 27 1:48:23 +01:37.52 5:26
4 102 Kilel, Caroline Cheptonui KEN 30 1:48:30 +01:44.46 5:26
5 112 Kidane, Werknesh ETH 29 1:48:33 +01:47.06 5:26
6 109 Felix, Ana Dulce POR 29 1:49:56 +03:10.68 5:30
7 103 Smith, Kim NZL 29 1:49:56 +03:10.73 5:30
8 107 Rotich, Caroline KEN 27 1:49:57 +03:11.15 5:30
9 135 Alene Amare, Shewarge ETH 24 1:52:04 +05:18.59 5:37
10 114 Pavey, Jo GBR 38 1:53:09 +06:23.34 5:40
11 105 Andersson, Isabellah SWE 30 1:53:09 +06:23.48 5:40
12 110 Bogomolova, Galina RUS 34 1:53:10 +06:24.12 5:40
13 122 Pritz, Molly PA/USA 23 1:54:01 +07:15.13 5:43
14 115 Demissie, Misiker Mekonnin ETH 25 1:54:33 +07:47.02 5:44
15 117 Aguilar, Alessandra ESP 33 1:54:39 +07:53.58 5:44
16 118 Fleshman, Lauren OR/USA 30 1:54:51 +08:05.97 5:45
17 123 Biset Abrha, Serkalem ETH 24 1:55:26 +08:40.12 5:47
18 119 Nukuri-Johnson, Diane BDI 26 1:56:18 +09:32.81 5:49
Mary could yet hold on. Chase duo is starting to tire as well.
Inga Abitova, who has been a contender in the past, is the other dropout
mr. Toad RIP wrote:
What is going through Meb's head right now. Courageous, no doubt, but he has to be in a world of pain right now.
Do you think his training has suggested to him he can handle this pace? Or do you think that he's made the decision to stay competitive as long as possible, even if it means blowing up later?
Meb could just be "feeling it" today. Maybe it's one of those magical days where everything is going well, and on top of that, he's in the right race to do something about it.
has Meb shot his wad?
Mary's race reminds me of watching a Steve Jones marathon
mr. Toad RIP wrote:
What is going through Meb's head right now. Courageous, no doubt, but he has to be in a world of pain right now.
Do you think his training has suggested to him he can handle this pace? Or do you think that he's made the decision to stay competitive as long as possible, even if it means blowing up later?
Probably what every marathon thinks at mile 17: "hey, maybe I can hold this pace!"
My guess is that he's just going to hang with the pack for as long as he can. Who knows, he's surprised us before, but this pace he's running is pretty intense.
22 miles for Keitnay was 5:54. BUt she only lost 11 seconds. 1:17 to hold onto over 4 miles.
Top 20 leaders
Place Bib Runner State/Country Age Time Differential Pace/mile
1 101 Keitany, Mary KEN 29 1:58:24 +00:00.00 5:23
2 106 Deba, Buzunesh ETH 24 1:59:41 +01:17.01 5:27
3 111 Dado, Firehiwot ETH 27 1:59:41 +01:17.03 5:27
Go Meb! Looks like he's working harder than others, but if you had said he would be hanging with this group before the race, I'd have called you crazy.
Keitany gets caught. I think the chase is getting a view of her, and they'll see her coming back.
If Meb wins I am buying a pair of sketchers shapeups and running Boston in them.
Mile 18 for leaders was 4:42.
Top 20 leaders
Place Bib Runner State/Country Age Time Differential Pace/mile
Top 30 leaders
Place Bib Runner State/Country Age Time Differential Pace/mile
1 8 Kisorio, Mathew KEN 22 1:26:44 +00:00.00 4:50
2 7 Keflezighi, Meb CA/USA 36 1:26:44 +00:00.19 4:50
3 2 Mutai, Emmanuel KEN 27 1:26:44 +00:00.23 4:50
4 17 Sisay, Ezkyas ETH 23 1:26:44 +00:00.24 4:50
5 4 Kebede, Tsegaye ETH 24 1:26:44 +00:00.27 4:50
6 1 Gebremariam, Gebre ETH 27 1:26:45 +00:00.54 4:50
7 3 Mutai, Geoffrey KEN 30 1:26:45 +00:00.68 4:50
8 6 Gharib, Jaouad MAR 39 1:26:45 +00:00.75 4:50
9 16 Kosgei, Stephen Kibet KEN 24 1:26:56 +00:12.25 4:50
10 15 Barrios, Juan Luis MEX 28 1:27:43 +00:59.24 4:53
11 14 Falil, Abdellah MAR 35 1:28:51 +02:06.52 4:57
looks like Sesay is gone.