Can we stop talking about how fast everyone ran today

We should start a thread for people who ran Boston today to see how fast they ran.

Boston should save a spot or two for somebody looking for the "big wave." We'll probably never see marathoners deciding to skip London and go to Boston because of the weather forecast a week out but the weather was perfect.

Lets talk about all the runners who ran slow times today. They are worthy too. There, fixed it.

All of my friends (and mere acquaintances) at Boston PRed by a ridiculous amount except for one or two who basically DNFed. Sorry but the results don't count as a PR when you had an absurd tailwind.

Just did some quick checking compared to last year, which was a solid day weather wise, but not great, just average. The 25th place age grouper in 3 different age groups for men was on average 2:10 faster today.

Not throwing shade on ANYONE who ran fast in Boston, 26.2 miles is 26.2 miles...PERIOD!!! BUT.....is Boston a record eligible course? Is there an objective time adjustment to a flat-record eligible course?, not for official results, but to roughly equate a time to a certified flat course? I'm not going to get into a "wind legal" argument, whatever the weather is, so be it, but elevation gain/loss is a legitimate variable that directly relates to performance. Again, only for reference, nothing official, only to say that "I ran 2:05 in Boston, which roughly equates to ??? in Chicago".

For me, it's the place position that is the most telling. Essentially, you have world-class guys finishing between 10th and 15th place running 2:05. If you just look at the place, most of those guys would have considered that a bad day. 20th place was a 2:07!

It was an outlier day for the ages. Everything came together. Huge tailwind, perfect temperatures and cloud cover, net downhill, lots of parity in the competition. It's the day we all hope for, and you can't get those days if you don't toe the line and take your shot, so kudos to all who hit the jackpot today.

However, if you just look at the average time for 15th place at Boston since the inception of super shoes (2017), it's 2:15:05. Today, 15th place was 2:06:06. That's 9 minutes, folks.

These marathon PBs will live on the athlete bios for eternity, but they should come with an asterisk (and not even because it's a net downhill course).

Boston is a point to point course. Not eligible for records

any why does this annoy you?

Subtract 2 minutes? So john korir ran 1:59?

It goes both ways- when conditions are bad in Boston it’s not really about time, it’s about place. It has to be true in good conditions also.

Okay... What do you think the average time for 15th will be in 2040? Are we going to keep our asterisk for 2 decades?

I was on the course up close and that wind was definitely an aid to runners. If you didn't run well, you can't blame the weather.

Nah bro. You’re looking at it all wrong. Downhill, tailwind-aided times are the new bouncy shoes bro. I propose they come up with ginormous fans that they put at the start of 100m Watch those records really fly off the charts. Usain Bolt nothin’! When people complain just tell ‘em “tech changes bro.”

This is the first thing I saw when I came to this site. So you indeed are contributing to your own annoyance of people talking about how fast people ran today! haha!!

this guys REALLY does not like it when people run fast. like DOES NOT like it one bit. like if you’re near him you better slow down and walk OR ELSE you might get a letsrun thread about you

get a load of this geek……someone cant break 3 hours

You mad bro ?

You mad bro ?