Official 2021 New York City Marathon discussion thread

Makes Paper wrote:

Five American women in the top 10. Solid.

Seidel 4

Taylor 6

Frisbie 7

Thweatt 8

Bruce 10

No that's wrong. Molly Huddle finished 4th..

Wise Old Man wrote:

Ghost1 wrote:

Women

1 Jepchirchir 2:22:39

2 Cheptoo 2:22:44

3 Yeshaneh 2:22:52

4 Seidel 2:24:42

5 Johannes 2:26:09

6 Taylor 2:26:10

7 Aga ?

8 Frisbee 2:26:18

9 Thweatt 2:27:00

10 Kahura 2:30:32

Jepchirchir is entering the goat conversation. Wow, Seidel is a natural born marathoner. Amazing. What can she run on a flat fast course under good conditions? Any chance she can manage the AR? She seems to be getting stronger and stronger.

She says Mary Keitany is her idol. Different forms and styles, but she could be the new Mary.

doctorj wrote:

Colby wrote:

Thanks for posting, They didn't even show this on the coverage on abc. Horrible coverage.

The coverage in Portuguese wasn't bad, got it from a Youtube channel Running Love, so don't know if it was from Brazil or actually Portugal. But...happy with their coverage.

See ya in da douches!!!

So greedy and didn’t share! Make us suffer through watching espn non coverage of a marathon!

Flat Stanley wrote:

Is Kibet in 4th not American? 2:11

He is an American and we should embrace anybody who works hard and produces an excellent result. And remember the American record is held by a runner who was born in Morocco. Without these athletes the U.S. standing in the world at distance running would be a lot worse.

Ghost1 wrote:

Men

1 Korir 2:08:22

2 El Aaraby 2:09:06

3 Faniel 2:09:52

4 Kibet 2:11:15

5 Nageeye 2:11:34

6 Bekele 2:12:52

7 True 2:12:53

8 Martin 2:12:57

9 Kandie 2:13:43

10 Ward 2:14:06

Hey, Bekele didn’t DNF when he wasn’t winning!

Makes Paper wrote:

Five American women in the top 10. Solid.

Seidel 4

Taylor 6

Frisbie 7

Thweatt 8

Bruce 10

Well, if there’s less than 4 or 5 top Kenyans, Ethiopians, there’s a good chance 5 Americans make the top 10!

El Keniano wrote:

Wise Old Man wrote:

Jepchirchir is entering the goat conversation. Wow, Seidel is a natural born marathoner. Amazing. What can she run on a flat fast course under good conditions? Any chance she can manage the AR? She seems to be getting stronger and stronger.

She says Mary Keitany is her idol. Different forms and styles, but she could be the new Mary.

Tell me more. What distinguishes Jepchirchir from Kosgei or Keitany? Do you think she will prove to be stronger? Are they all going to be in Gidey’s shadow once she turns her attention to the marathon? Waiting for Hassan to launch her road career too.

Cheptoo is great, and some (most?) males would consider her to be a very “hot” looking lady, but that’s off the record....because somewhat irrelevant...kudos to all the runners, no matter their physical appearance obviously... Different strokes, different folks, different styles, etc.

I was somewhat amazed with Korir’s form, because it is not classic good form or picture book biomechanics, but he’s obviously so efficient and strong.

Good work by Kibet.

Looks like The Marathon Project time for Droddy is as much of a fluke as anything. Anyone checked that course for length?

Jeptoo had similar form when she won NYC years ago.

Ghost1 wrote:

Cheptoo is great, and some (most?) males would consider her to be a very “hot” looking lady, but that’s off the record....because somewhat irrelevant...kudos to all the runners, no matter their physical appearance obviously... Different strokes, different folks, different styles, etc.

I was somewhat amazed with Korir’s form, because it is not classic good form or picture book biomechanics, but he’s obviously so efficient and strong.

Korir has to have the most painful looking form of any elite runner in history. Kipchoge has the most beautiful form and Korir the ugliest.

That coverage was from Brazil, it's the one I watched here in Portugal.

Alexi Pappas

5K - 19:37/19:37

10K - 39:17/19:40

15K - 1:01:23/22:06

20K - 1:25:55/24:32

HM - 1:31:16

25K - 1:50:59/25:04

30K - 2:15:28/24:29

32K - 2:26:38

35K - 2:40:58/25:30

40K - 3:07:31/26:33

FINISH - 3:19:32

Shalane Flanagan

5K - 18:08/18:08

10K - 36:32/18:24

15K - 54:55/18:23

20K - 1:13:10/18:15

HM - 1:17:08

25K - 1:31:32/18:22

30K - 1:49:20/17:48

32K - 1:57:18

35K - 2:07:32/18:12

40K - 2:25:46/18:14

FINISH - 2:33:32

Performance of the day. A hobbyjoggger from the masses spots an elite Olympic runner a 32-minute head start and still wins by over 14 minutes. This Flanagan woman reminds me of Sarah Sellers. She should put some more focus on her running. How far can she go?

Is anybody going to Alexi Pappas's "Marathon Afterparty" for cocktails and beer at Ray's Barn?

Pappas: "LFG TOMORROW BRAVEYS! how lucky am i to take the streets of nyc with you tomorrow? remember, I’ll be looking to run with you, so catch me if you can!!!!"

Flanagan: Hold my beer and get me a pair of crutches

unbelievable spokesperson wrote:

Ghost1 wrote:

Men

1 Korir 2:08:22

2 El Aaraby 2:09:06

3 Faniel 2:09:52

4 Kibet 2:11:15

5 Nageeye 2:11:34

6 Bekele 2:12:52

7 True 2:12:53

8 Martin 2:12:57

9 Kandie 2:13:43

10 Ward 2:14:06

Hey, Bekele didn’t DNF when he wasn’t winning!

He 1-upped Haile's NYC marathon in that regard

Adam Smith, Communist wrote:

Good work by Kibet.

Looks like The Marathon Project time for Droddy is as much of a fluke as anything. Anyone checked that course for length?

No opinion whether the Marathon Project course was short or not, but it’s funny how there have been dozens of threads questioning if a track was short and comparatively few threads asking about road race course length.

Wise Old Man wrote:

Ghost1 wrote:

Cheptoo is great, and some (most?) males would consider her to be a very “hot” looking lady, but that’s off the record....because somewhat irrelevant...kudos to all the runners, no matter their physical appearance obviously... Different strokes, different folks, different styles, etc.

I was somewhat amazed with Korir’s form, because it is not classic good form or picture book biomechanics, but he’s obviously so efficient and strong.

Korir has to have the most painful looking form of any elite runner in history. Kipchoge has the most beautiful form and Korir the ugliest.

Korir’s form looks a lot like mine unfortunately. I hate see myself in pictures. Of course I’m almost 45 minutes behind him.

Good race, especially on the women’s side. Probably the worst coverage I’ve ever seen and I had it recorded to skip the commercials. Watched the whole thing in less than 30 minutes.

Why do they show the top two runners finish and then basically stop covering the event? They acted like Molly Seidel was just an also ran (or was it Molly Hiddle) for finishing 4th how disrespectful. They should cover at least the top 10 spots in the race with just a pinch of dignity.

Seth DeMarathon wrote:

Seth DeMarathon wrote:

Seth looks buttered. 1:24:48 at 25k. He appears to have slowed to almost 6:00 pace and his estimated finish is 2:23:01.

Estimated 2:33:14 finish. 7:47 per mile pace last 5k.

3:00:46. 6:34 pace the last 2k.