History in Chicago: Ruth Chepngetich runs 2:09:57 at 2024 Chicago Marathon

She would have been the third American man pro. She beat Reed Fischer and Brian Shrader.

Believing this result is legit is like thinking earth is flat, equivalent to 13:32 PLEASE TEST KENYA

I don't think Frank Shorter ever broke 2:10. Never thought I'd see this.

The saddest part is as a fan of this sport for my entire life, I can't be at all excited about it. Do I know it's tainted? Of course not. But do I have any confidence that it's legitimate? Absolutely not. So in what should be an incredible day for athletics, and even human achievement, it gets a complete shrug from me. This sport is not in a good place.

Below 2:18 or so, it's likely a level playing field.

The same could be said of every other WR. I still appreciate these performances .

Something something gills.

Are you in Chicago and in the press tent? If so, what’s the general feeling amongst the real journalists?

I propose henceforth any runner setting a WR is exempt of any doping control collections for 72 hours after the completion of the race, at which point they must submit to both urine and blood controls

cope

🤯 And 🤔

Something new and no test for it at the moment. Freeze those samples, test again in five years when we know how to detect Novel Substance 24.

It was amazing to watch.

Athletics Kenya has admitted that they haven't carried out a single test since the Olympic Games, and this is the result.

Lol. They don’t actually cover the sport

Thats mission impossible for LR message boards. I remember when it was impossible for Tergat to break 2:05, at 34

I’m talking about guys like Cathal Dennehy, not Chicago guys that would rather be at the Bears game nor the blog/cheerleader types like Chavez.

Will there be a black page?

As the handle suggests, oh please. How much more of a clue do we need? Pogacar in road cycling just had maybe the most dominant cycling season ever, we have a man running 717 for 3000, we have a female running a sub 2:10 marathon.

We have something new in the world of endurance sports.