It's a fair point to make as she was constantly running on the outside of the lead pack.
In fact only a few times did I see her duck into the corners and run the shortest route, whereas Cheruiyet and Masai hugged the corners much more and I'd say definitely ran several strides less than Shalane.
That said she put herself in fantastic position and covered everything with the belief she could run up there in the lead pack. The result speaks for itself!
Flanagan running sub 2:20 now seems within the realms of possibility... which would give her a shot at marathon Olympic gold.
Jakob Ingebrigtsen has a 1989 Ferrari 348 GTB and he's just put in paperwork to upgrade it
Strava thinks the London Marathon times improved 12 minutes last year thanks to supershoes
Is there a rule against attaching a helium balloon to yourself while running a road race?
NAU women have no excuse - they should win it all at 2024 NCAA XC
Mark Coogan says that if you could only do 3 workouts as a 1500m runner you should do these
How rare is it to run a sub 5 minute mile AND bench press 225?
Move over Mark Coogan, Rojo and John Kellogg share their 3 favorite mile workouts
Am I living in the twilight zone? The Boston Marathon weather was terrible!