Cherigat's chunks

i dont think he was throwing up...i think he was just drinking a colored fluid, wetting his mouth and spitting it back out

i dont think so, it was definately vomit...he was taking very very small sips, for like a half a second, and throwing back up way more than he was taking in, it was fantastic

Pictures? I need something new for my desktop at work.

I too thought he was rinsing his mouth. At first that is.

When the sips stopped amd he just kept going and it got increasingly larger I was like "Wow, another Nike ad." Well... New Balance.

What he was putting in was clear (water) what was coming out was bright yellow! HE WAS NOT RINSING!!! Wondered when they showed it the first time if it would be cut from Network TV , then when he kept at it, I was like, that's impressive!!! Yes, maybe all those 6 hour people who train for 8 weeks for a marathon can finally see it ain't as easy as it looks!!

It was definitely vomit. He spewed a great deal more than that 8 ounce paper cup held. Plus I am pretty sure I saw some chunks in the last couple of blows. You gotta love that they showed that. Great camera job. Maybe it'll show all the Mr. Chests that marathoning isn't as easy as they think.

The highlight of the race.

b0B

I was watching it in the staffroom at school, pretty funny seeing the other teachers react. They went from:

"Wow, that guy hardly looks tired."

to

"Oh, Oh my goodness. How did he run with all that in his stomach?!"

Pretty impressive post-finish collapses by both winners.

I taped the race while at work and watched it last night. Now that's what I call complete coverage of a race in all of its technicolor splendor. A colorful start and a very colorful finish. Taped playback had one other positive boon: I got to fast forward over Carol's commentary.

man that is Hard core!!!!!!!!!

Jason

The stupidest comment I heard -- but I only had the tv on for about 15 minutes -- was that Ndereba has "the body of a gymnast and the speed of Zeus."

1. Gymnasts don't have long legs and slight upper bodies: their strength is in the trunk/shoulders.

2. Zeus is not known for speed -- maybe Hermes???

Jungleroy59 wrote:

The stupidest comment I heard -- but I only had the tv on for about 15 minutes -- was that Ndereba has "the body of a gymnast and the speed of Zeus."

1. Gymnasts don't have long legs and slight upper bodies: their strength is in the trunk/shoulders.

2. Zeus is not known for speed -- maybe Hermes???

Sounds like it must have been Bob Lobel. He announces it every year for channel 4. He is a complete idiot. Last year, when Cheryuiot (sp?) won, he kept saying, "Cheryuiot's of Fire" over and over again. Even when the real analysts who know running were trying to speak, he would drown them out with his incoherent babble.

Was it a local broadcast? I hope ESPN 2 coverage wasn't bad.

Average_Joe wrote:

Was it a local broadcast? I hope ESPN 2 coverage wasn't bad.

It was ESPN 2. I went downstairs at work to do an hour on the treadmill (michigan U.P.) and clicked it on. The last mile by the Ndereba was impressive. She should get a medal in Athens.

It was fantastic. I think Catherine ran a very tactical race and expended only the right energy needed to win.

no, it was carol lewis. i remember hearing her saying that too and being like what the..

Carol Lewis put on another amazing display of her journalistic abilities and knowledge of the sport yesterday. Will she be commenting during the women's Olympic marathon, I wonder? Geez. Oh, and an apt description of HER appearance might be "body of the Michelin Man and the speed of a moose," but that would be too cruel.

The chunks were awesome.

The other great comment that was repeated nearly 50 times was how much the prize money meant to these people because it went so far in their country. Point taken, but by the time these guys reach Boston they are professional runners and their lives will not be transformed by the prize money of this one race.