First Boston, now London.
Who else is tired of the ridiculous amount of coverage that the women's fields get? Who actually tunes in to watch the women plodding around?
London is a total snoozefest in the women's race. The men's pack is HOT, yet what do we get to watch? Some broads out jogging.
the chinese girl was 13th overall.
doug225550 wrote:
the chinese girl was 13th overall.
seriously?!
look it up she was just ahead of 14th place finisher american joe driscoll 22038 to 22049
14th Overall!
Flora London Marathon 2007 Results
Marathon
448 hits
place gender # name age club time
1 1 5 » MR LEL, MARTIN (KEN) M25 2:07:41
2 1 20 » MR GOUMRI, ABDERRAHIM (MAR) M30 2:07:44
3 2 1 » MR LIMO, FELIX (KEN) M25 2:07:47
4 2 7 » MR GHARIB, JAOUAD (MAR) M30 2:07:54
5 1 6 » MR RAMAALA, HENDRICK (RSA) M35 2:07:56
6 2 2 » MR TERGAT, PAUL (KEN) M35 2:08:06
7 1 17 » MR HALL, RYAN (USA) M20 2:08:24
8 3 12 » MR GOMES, MARILSON (BRA) M25 2:08:37
9 3 15 » MR ROBINSON, DAN (GBR) M30 2:14:14
10 4 22 » MR JONES, ANDI (GBR) M25 2:17:49
11 2 9 » MR CHERONO, BENSON (KEN) M20 2:18:55
12 5 38 » MR LUNDE, ORJAN (NOR) M25 2:20:21
13 4 25 » MR GARDINER, RICHIE (GBR) M30 2:20:26
1 1 102 » MS ZHOU, CHUNXIU (CHN) W25 2:20:38
14 6 32 » MR DRISCOLL, JOE (USA) M25 2:20:49
2 1 106 » MS WAMI, GETE (ETH) W30 2:21:45
15 5 30 » MR MCFARLANE, JOHN (GBR) M30 2:22:18
16 6 28 » MR RAVEN, GARETH (GBR) M30 2:23:27
17 3 886 » MR RENAULT, NEIL (GBR) M20 MEDWAY & MAIDST... 2:23:45
3 1 105 » MS TOMESCU-DITA, CONSTANTINA (ROM) W35 2:23:55
4 2 111 » MS KOSGEI, SALINA (KEN) W30 2:24:13
18 7 31 » MR MILES, MARK (GBR) M30 2:24:20
5 3 108 » MS KIPLAGAT, LORNAH (NED) W30 2:24:46
19 1 512 » MR BILTON, DARRAN E (GBR) M40 LEEDS CITY AC 2:25:10
20 3 875 » MR CARROLL, MICHAEL J (GBR) M35 PERTH RR 2:25:19
el kabong wrote:
First Boston, now London.
Who else is tired of the ridiculous amount of coverage that the women's fields get? Who actually tunes in to watch the women plodding around?
London is a total snoozefest in the women's race. The men's pack is HOT, yet what do we get to watch? Some broads out jogging.
Did New RD get a new username?
Hey Quicks Draw,I agree. I'm a big of a fan of womens sports there is, I just don't want to watch them. Especially basketball,softball, or any other sport where they try to be like men. I also don't like the girly sports either though.
The TV broadcasts are aimed at the general populace, not running enthusiasts. For those of us in the UK the BBC did interactive coverage where you could choose the programming you wanted - either the BBC normal coverage or the women's race, the men's race or the wheelchairs.
No doubt that'll eventually be available online one year but not yet.
Too much coverage of the women,....not enough coverage of the mens race. Should have been more balanced. I think they showed more of the wheelchair race than the mens race. Such a shame since it was such a great field. I was glad to have coverage...so I cannot complain too much...but damn!
That Chinese she man has got ahold of some good drugs.
Do they do drug testing at these big marathons?
You don't have to watch the coverage of the women if you don't want to. I mean something that is completely voluntary cannot be overcovered because you don't have to watch any more than you wish to watch. They could completely eliminate womens coverage and it wouldn't benifit you. I can understand taking issue with undercoverage of the mens side, but I can't understand taking issue with overcoverage of the womens side.
In Boston, there was legitimately more interest in the women's race than the men's. And with their earlier elite starts now, of course you're going to see them getting lots of coverage.