carter wrote:
- 2009 NYC Marathon was set up for an American to win. There were no WORLD CLASS Marathon runners at the start.
You are a moron. Do you just make stuff like this up (things that would support your argument if they were, um, actually true) and hope nobody was paying attention?
NYC 2009:
MEB KEFLEZIGHI 1 2:09:15
ROBERT KIPKOECH CHERUIYOT 2 2:09:56
JAOUAD GHARIB 3 2:10:25
RYAN HALL 4 2:10:36
ABDERRAHIME BOURAMDANE 5 2:12:14
HENDRICK RAMAALA 6 2:12:30
In case these names are new to you...
Cheruiyot - FOUR TIME Boston winner. PR 2:07:14 (course record, Boston, 2008). Chicago winner.
Gharib - 2:05:27 PR. Olympic silver.
Hall - 2:06:17 PR. Admittedly the slimmest resume in the top five.
Bouramdane - 2:07:33. Second at Boston.
Ramaala - New York winner. 2:06:55 PR.
"No world class runners"? You're embarrassing yourself, pal.
Any way you slice it, Meb slayed giants that day.