Ruth Chepngetich 2:14:18 Appreciation thread! after going out in 65:44!

Her 1st half pace was SHOCKING

So gutted for her. She really wanted that record.

The 65 first half split doesn't even tell the full story. From the other thread:

This is nuts
Unofficial splits from race room
Women: Mile 1 4:47
Mile 2 9:44
Mile 3 14:38
5k 15:07
That is 2:07 pace for the women's race. By far the fastest 5k split ever in a women's marathon

If she really wanted the record, she should have gone out a minute slower. If she was going for sub-2:12, that's the right pace.

I actually thought she was going to blow up and either DNF or crawl in. She ended up doing FANTASTIC overall really. I was surprised!

It’s very possible that she uses this to look back and say “okay, now I know I’m that fast, and with a ‘lil more fitness I can maintain that pace” and then BOOM we see the first women’s sub-2:10 marathon…

Kenyan women Marathoners: Brigid Kosgei, Ruth Chepngetich and Vivian Kiplagat are like a baseball team starting rotation of D.T. Young, Walter Johnson and Christopher Mathewson.

Her slower 2nd half was still faster than Sisson.

It sounds like her 10m time would have broken the womens 10m WR. She was flying...

2:14 is a relatively weak record though:

1) In 2003, the men were not even 11 minutes faster than the women. Now the difference is about 13 minutes.

2) The men's WR is 2x the half + 6 minutes, the women's record 2x half + 8 minutes.

Plus, that first 2:14 was also poorly paced, with the first 5 km in 15:28. And it's three years old, presumably the shoes have improved since then. It won't last another three years.

Let's get more detailed with the math.

Men's 10000m world record, 26:11 or 1571 seconds. Women's 10000m world record, 29:01.03 or 1741.03 seconds. Percentage difference, 10.8230426%

Men's 1/2 Marathon w.r., 57:31 or 3451 seconds. Women 1/2 Marathon w.r., 62:52 or 3772 seconds. Percentage difference, 9.3016517%

Men's Marathon w.r., 2:01:09 or 7269 seconds. Women Marathon w.r., 2:14:04 or 8044 seconds. Percentage difference, 10.6617141%

Biologists, chemists, biochemists and medical doctors who specialize in Marathon athletes would have to weigh in, but based on women 1/2 Marathon results, sub-2:13 Marathon looks possible for women.

Or, men are not racing 1/2 Marathon up to their potential.

Yes, but the 10,000 is different, because there the women don't have male pacers.

For all their faults, the broadcasters did catch this. Ruth split sub-50!

Doubt it. If we compare men's with women's only world records, the men's half is actually the best (or the women's half the worst):

Marathon: women 13.1% slower

Half marathon: women 13.5% slower

10,000: women 10.8% slower

5,000: women 12.1% slower

3,000: women 9.4% slower

3,000: women 10.3% slower (men 9.4% faster) - sorry

What were her 5K splits through the race?

Unfortunately this was probably her last chance to get the WR.

Gidey is likely to drop it to sub 2:13 in December

She was jonesing.