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1 year ago 04/21/2025 4:29pm EDT

The Americans made history today with 3 at 2:08:00 faster

There were three Americans in the top 10 today as in addition to Mantz (2:05:08, 4th) and Young (2:07:04, 7th), unheralded Ryan Ford ran 2:08:00 to place 10th. The 27-year-old Ford, who runs for Zap Endurance, was 11th in NYC in his debut last fall in 2:11:08. He has a 60:59 half pb and 13:29/27:40 pbs on the track. He ran collegiately for Iowa State and Tennessee-Martin and was 47th at the 2022 NCAA xc champs.

Before today, only once had two Americans run 2:08:00 or faster in the same race. At 2023, Chicago Mantz ran 2:07:47 and Young ran 2:08:00. With Ford at 2:08:00 after today that means 10 US men have run 2:08:00 or faster in a marathon in history.

Updated all-time US Marathon list (all conditions)
Rank Time Runner Race
1 2:04:58 Ryan Hall 2011 Boston
2 2:05:08 Conner Mantz 2025 Boston
3 2:05:38 Khalid Khannouchi 2002 Chicago
4 2:06:07 Galen Rupp 2018 Prague
5 2:06:53 Biya Simbassa 2024 Valencia
6 2:07:04 Clayton Young 2025 Boston
7 2:07:47 Dathan Ritzenhein 2012 Chicago
8 2:07:56 Leonard Korir 2019 Amsterdam
9 2:07:57 Matthew Richtman 2025 LA
10 2:08:00 Ryan Ford 2025 Boston

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1 year ago 04/21/2025 4:34pm EDT

re: rojo

rojo wrote:
And to think before, we'd never even had 2 that fast in the same race.
The Americans made history today with 3 at 2:08:00 faster
There were three Americans in the top 10 today as in addition to Mantz (2:05:08, 4th) and Young (2:07:04, 7th), unheralded Ryan Ford ran 2:08:00 to place 10th. The 27-year-old Ford, who runs for Zap Endurance, was 11th in NYC in his debut last fall in 2:11:08. He has a 60:59 half pb and 13:29/27:40 pbs on the track. He ran collegiately for Iowa State and Tennessee-Martin and was 47th at the 2022 NCAA xc champs.
Never before in history had two Americans, let alone three run 2:08:00 or faster in the same race. That’s not a surprise as only 9 Americans had ever run 2:08:00 or faster before today (both Mantz and Young had done it).
Updated all-time US Marathon list (all conditions)
Rank Time Runner Race
1 2:04:58 Ryan Hall 2011 Boston
2 2:05:08 Conner Mantz 2025 Boston
3 2:05:38 Khalid Khannouchi 2002 Chicago
4 2:06:07 Galen Rupp 2018 Prague
5 2:06:53 Biya Simbassa 2024 Valencia
6 2:07:04 Clayton Young 2025 Boston
7 2:07:47 Dathan Ritzenhein 2012 Chicago
8 2:07:56 Leonard Korir 2019 Amsterdam
9 2:07:57 Matthew Richtman 2025 LA
10 2:08:00 Ryan Ford 2025 Boston
Video:www.youtube.com/watch?v=elTrubq6Jxg

How many AMerican women broke 2:20?

1 year ago 04/21/2025 4:55pm EDT

re: rojo

My god that’s fast and so good 🍆

1 year ago 04/21/2025 5:00pm EDT

re: rojo

It's the shoes.

Seriously.

1 year ago 04/21/2025 5:05pm EDT

re: rojo

rojo wrote:
And to think before, we'd never even had 2 that fast in the same race.
The Americans made history today with 3 at 2:08:00 faster
There were three Americans in the top 10 today as in addition to Mantz (2:05:08, 4th) and Young (2:07:04, 7th), unheralded Ryan Ford ran 2:08:00 to place 10th. The 27-year-old Ford, who runs for Zap Endurance, was 11th in NYC in his debut last fall in 2:11:08. He has a 60:59 half pb and 13:29/27:40 pbs on the track. He ran collegiately for Iowa State and Tennessee-Martin and was 47th at the 2022 NCAA xc champs.
Never before in history had two Americans, let alone three run 2:08:00 or faster in the same race. That’s not a surprise as only 9 Americans had ever run 2:08:00 or faster before today (both Mantz and Young had done it).
Updated all-time US Marathon list (all conditions)
Rank Time Runner Race
1 2:04:58 Ryan Hall 2011 Boston
2 2:05:08 Conner Mantz 2025 Boston
3 2:05:38 Khalid Khannouchi 2002 Chicago
4 2:06:07 Galen Rupp 2018 Prague
5 2:06:53 Biya Simbassa 2024 Valencia
6 2:07:04 Clayton Young 2025 Boston
7 2:07:47 Dathan Ritzenhein 2012 Chicago
8 2:07:56 Leonard Korir 2019 Amsterdam
9 2:07:57 Matthew Richtman 2025 LA
10 2:08:00 Ryan Ford 2025 Boston
Video:www.youtube.com/watch?v=elTrubq6Jxg

Actually, not back. Your country is 10x the size of Canada and we produced 1 sub 2:05 today, by ratio you should have had 10.

And we have 2 guys who're currently sub 2:08, where are your 20?

1 year ago 04/21/2025 5:05pm EDT

re: canadian ba$on

canadian ba$on wrote:
rojo wrote:
And to think before, we'd never even had 2 that fast in the same race.
The Americans made history today with 3 at 2:08:00 faster
There were three Americans in the top 10 today as in addition to Mantz (2:05:08, 4th) and Young (2:07:04, 7th), unheralded Ryan Ford ran 2:08:00 to place 10th. The 27-year-old Ford, who runs for Zap Endurance, was 11th in NYC in his debut last fall in 2:11:08. He has a 60:59 half pb and 13:29/27:40 pbs on the track. He ran collegiately for Iowa State and Tennessee-Martin and was 47th at the 2022 NCAA xc champs.
Never before in history had two Americans, let alone three run 2:08:00 or faster in the same race. That’s not a surprise as only 9 Americans had ever run 2:08:00 or faster before today (both Mantz and Young had done it).
Updated all-time US Marathon list (all conditions)
Rank Time Runner Race
1 2:04:58 Ryan Hall 2011 Boston
2 2:05:08 Conner Mantz 2025 Boston
3 2:05:38 Khalid Khannouchi 2002 Chicago
4 2:06:07 Galen Rupp 2018 Prague
5 2:06:53 Biya Simbassa 2024 Valencia
6 2:07:04 Clayton Young 2025 Boston
7 2:07:47 Dathan Ritzenhein 2012 Chicago
8 2:07:56 Leonard Korir 2019 Amsterdam
9 2:07:57 Matthew Richtman 2025 LA
10 2:08:00 Ryan Ford 2025 Boston
Video:www.youtube.com/watch?v=elTrubq6Jxg
Actually, not back. Your country is 10x the size of Canada and we produced 1 sub 2:05 today, by ratio you should have had 10.
And we have 2 guys who're currently sub 2:08, where are your 20?

Fingers got slippy eating my bacon. 1 Sub 2:08 today

1 year ago 04/21/2025 6:33pm EDT

re: canadian ba$on

canadian ba$on wrote:
Actually, not back. Your country is 10x the size of Canada and we produced 1 sub 2:05 today, by ratio you should have had 10.
And we have 2 guys who're currently sub 2:08, where are your 20?

What Canadian ran sub-2:05 today?

1 year ago 04/21/2025 6:35pm EDT

re: Blowing Rock Master

Never mind. I just saw your follow up post.

1 year ago 04/21/2025 6:43pm EDT

re: rojo

rojo wrote:
And to think before, we'd never even had 2 that fast in the same race.
The Americans made history today with 3 at 2:08:00 faster
There were three Americans in the top 10 today as in addition to Mantz (2:05:08, 4th) and Young (2:07:04, 7th), unheralded Ryan Ford ran 2:08:00 to place 10th. The 27-year-old Ford, who runs for Zap Endurance, was 11th in NYC in his debut last fall in 2:11:08. He has a 60:59 half pb and 13:29/27:40 pbs on the track. He ran collegiately for Iowa State and Tennessee-Martin and was 47th at the 2022 NCAA xc champs.
Never before in history had two Americans, let alone three run 2:08:00 or faster in the same race. That’s not a surprise as only 9 Americans had ever run 2:08:00 or faster before today (both Mantz and Young had done it).
Updated all-time US Marathon list (all conditions)
Rank Time Runner Race
1 2:04:58 Ryan Hall 2011 Boston
2 2:05:08 Conner Mantz 2025 Boston
3 2:05:38 Khalid Khannouchi 2002 Chicago
4 2:06:07 Galen Rupp 2018 Prague
5 2:06:53 Biya Simbassa 2024 Valencia
6 2:07:04 Clayton Young 2025 Boston
7 2:07:47 Dathan Ritzenhein 2012 Chicago
8 2:07:56 Leonard Korir 2019 Amsterdam
9 2:07:57 Matthew Richtman 2025 LA
10 2:08:00 Ryan Ford 2025 Boston
Video:www.youtube.com/watch?v=elTrubq6Jxg

Would be great if it was 1995 lol. 2.08 is worth 2.14 pre the shoes

1 year ago 04/21/2025 7:01pm EDT

re: 30 years ago

We need to stop celebrating mediocrity. 172 guys ran faster than 2:08 last year. A woman ran 2:09.

1 year ago 04/21/2025 7:19pm EDT

re: Mister Marathoner

Mister Marathoner wrote:
We need to stop celebrating mediocrity. 172 guys ran faster than 2:08 last year. A woman ran 2:09.

ok, but first step to more marathoners and focus on the event follows from celebrating it at all. We gotta keep it up. More celebration is good

1 year ago 04/21/2025 7:21pm EDT

re: It must be said

I'm with "it must be said." To the extent you believe 4% shoes, that's 5.2 minutes off an old school 210 marathoner, .04 x 130 minutes. Puma another 3%???? All the same, have to look relative to world stage, not absolute times anymore. Still fast, and very competitive, but 2:05 is not what it use to be. I no longer understand after a woman runs 2:09.

1 year ago 04/21/2025 7:29pm EDT

re: Mister Marathoner

Mister Marathoner wrote:
We need to stop celebrating mediocrity. 172 guys ran faster than 2:08 last year. A woman ran 2:09.

We can celebrate clean performances.

1 year ago 04/21/2025 7:29pm EDT

re: It must be said

It must be said wrote:
It's the shoes.
Seriously.

I agree with Rojo’s premise, but for a history lesson — Salazar and Beardsley were the first two guys to run under 2:09:00 in the same race. This was 43 years ago and they were wearing slippers.

1 year ago 04/21/2025 7:34pm EDT

re: Proftrain

I started the thread with a bit of sarcasm which is often lost on the Internet. I was pleased by the results but 21 Japanese men have broken 2:08 this year alone.

1 year ago 04/21/2025 7:36pm EDT

re: Mister Marathoner

Of these how many were Japanese? Until the USA can mirror their share of sub 208s, it’s mediocrity.

1 year ago 04/21/2025 7:38pm EDT

re: shoelessinseattle

Overlapping reply. 20 plus YTD

1 year ago 04/21/2025 8:20pm EDT

re: Must go faster

Must go faster wrote:
Mister Marathoner wrote:
We need to stop celebrating mediocrity. 172 guys ran faster than 2:08 last year. A woman ran 2:09.
ok, but first step to more marathoners and focus on the event follows from celebrating it at all. We gotta keep it up. More celebration is good

32,000 people ran Boston today, Chicago and NY will have a similar number. We can and should celebrate the running culture in America. When you have to run sub 2:04 to even have a shot at winning a major, 2:08 ain't cutting it- until we have a handful of 2:05 low guys consistently mixing it up, we have nothing to celebrate.

Guys like Ryan Ford and Matt Richtman we can celebrate, because they are young and fresh in the sport; we do not yet have an idea of their ceilings. A horde of 2:08s in 2025 is akin to a horde of 2:11/2:12s in the 2010s

1 year ago 04/21/2025 8:33pm EDT

re: rojo

rojo wrote:
The Americans made history today with 3 at 2:08:00 faster
There were three Americans in the top 10 today as in addition to Mantz (2:05:08, 4th) and Young (2:07:04, 7th), unheralded Ryan Ford ran 2:08:00 to place 10th. The 27-year-old Ford, who runs for Zap Endurance, was 11th in NYC in his debut last fall in 2:11:08. He has a 60:59 half pb and 13:29/27:40 pbs on the track. He ran collegiately for Iowa State and Tennessee-Martin and was 47th at the 2022 NCAA xc champs.
Before today, only once had two Americans run 2:08:00 or faster in the same race. At 2023, Chicago Mantz ran 2:07:47 and Young ran 2:08:00. With Ford at 2:08:00 after today that means 10 US men have run 2:08:00 or faster in a marathon in history.
Updated all-time US Marathon list (all conditions)
Rank Time Runner Race
1 2:04:58 Ryan Hall 2011 Boston
2 2:05:08 Conner Mantz 2025 Boston
3 2:05:38 Khalid Khannouchi 2002 Chicago
4 2:06:07 Galen Rupp 2018 Prague
5 2:06:53 Biya Simbassa 2024 Valencia
6 2:07:04 Clayton Young 2025 Boston
7 2:07:47 Dathan Ritzenhein 2012 Chicago
8 2:07:56 Leonard Korir 2019 Amsterdam
9 2:07:57 Matthew Richtman 2025 LA
10 2:08:00 Ryan Ford 2025 Boston
Video:www.youtube.com/watch?v=elTrubq6Jxg

IAAF And Tilastopaja do not count BOSTON (They both did until Boston had that Super Windy Day won in 2:03.02 with 2nd in 2:03.06 and A few places Later Ryan Hall ran 2:04.58

1 year ago 04/22/2025 2:26am EDT

re: rojo

rojo wrote:
The Americans made history today with 3 at 2:08:00 faster
There were three Americans in the top 10 today as in addition to Mantz (2:05:08, 4th) and Young (2:07:04, 7th), unheralded Ryan Ford ran 2:08:00 to place 10th. The 27-year-old Ford, who runs for Zap Endurance, was 11th in NYC in his debut last fall in 2:11:08. He has a 60:59 half pb and 13:29/27:40 pbs on the track. He ran collegiately for Iowa State and Tennessee-Martin and was 47th at the 2022 NCAA xc champs.
Before today, only once had two Americans run 2:08:00 or faster in the same race. At 2023, Chicago Mantz ran 2:07:47 and Young ran 2:08:00. With Ford at 2:08:00 after today that means 10 US men have run 2:08:00 or faster in a marathon in history.
Updated all-time US Marathon list (all conditions)
Rank Time Runner Race
1 2:04:58 Ryan Hall 2011 Boston
2 2:05:08 Conner Mantz 2025 Boston
3 2:05:38 Khalid Khannouchi 2002 Chicago
4 2:06:07 Galen Rupp 2018 Prague
5 2:06:53 Biya Simbassa 2024 Valencia
6 2:07:04 Clayton Young 2025 Boston
7 2:07:47 Dathan Ritzenhein 2012 Chicago
8 2:07:56 Leonard Korir 2019 Amsterdam
9 2:07:57 Matthew Richtman 2025 LA
10 2:08:00 Ryan Ford 2025 Boston
Video:www.youtube.com/watch?v=elTrubq6Jxg

Didn’t Hall run 2:06:17 in London 2008?

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