Official Boston Marathon Thread

This just in. The U.S. Supreme Court says that today's times will count as world and U.S. marathon records.

Kyle Emerson wrote:

New world record!!!

It's over dude. So over.

When and where will a replay of the race be shown?

screamer wrote:

"stay as close to God as you can, and the rest will take care of itself."

fo real? Shiiizzzz

Seems to be working for Hall who is now a sub 2:05 marathoner

Keep working your 8-5

Hall was posted as finishing 3rd for a while, then they updated the results page to show he was actually 4th. It was hard to tell from the TV broadcast with all the chaos going on at the finish.

Lorenzo the Magnificent wrote:

Is the Boston course eligible for a CR?

POD

IF this course won't count for WORLD RECORD and AMERICAN RECORDS, what about PRS? Will they count?

Anyone know if this marathon is longer or shorter than other marathon courses?

How about the fact that the quote of the day no longer applies?

Holy cow! Moses Mosop has been disqualified for not running a qualifying time before today's race! Ryan Hall moves into 3rd place!

Oh, wait, Mosop qualifies due to a technicality: he raised $5,000 charity money for the National Renegade Hangnail Society.

I assume way shorter, maybe 42,00km

HOLD UP!!!! wrote:

IF this course won't count for WORLD RECORD and AMERICAN RECORDS, what about PRS? Will they count?

Only if you agree to put an asterix for "wind-aided" next to them.

Has anyone run 26.2 miles faster? Ever?

Reading comprehension problems again, the poster above said world-record time, not World Record. The first use of world record is as a descriptor modifying 'time' not as the noun; however using a dash would correct the problem.

julzz wrote:

If people say it's a new WR or AR one more time I will scream.

New to running wrote:

Anyone know if this marathon is longer or shorter than other marathon courses?

That ^ was over before it even started.

MEB KEFLEZIGHI MUST FEEL LIKE AN IDIOT RIGHT NOW!!!!!!!!!

Two notes on the silly comments abou God.

1. God is not a cheater. In competition, you get what you deserve but your own skill and work.

2. If SHE was a cheater, Hall would not have run 2:04:55 and finished 4th! Hall would have broken 2:03 and WON the race! Is that the best God can do? Fourth Place? Congrats to Hall but he wasn't being "helped"

Oh BTW: Do they even have "World Record" for marathon offically now? For ages it was always called "World Best" recognizing the individual uniqness off all the courses.

But world record or not, it was STILL the fastest time ever ran so kudos for that! Boston actually is NOT a fast course except in those exceptional years when you have a 26 mile tailwind! Huggs Becky

hall for 10k wrote:

Hall should use this momentum and run the summer track circuit. This dude could smash 27 mins for 10k. He should just follow Ritz's schedule from a few summers ago and skip the fall marathon after the summer and get ready for Olympic Qualifiers in 2012.

Doubtful...

besides, Teg don't run no 10k

HOLD UP!!!! wrote:

IF this course won't count for WORLD RECORD and AMERICAN RECORDS, what about PRS? Will they count?

PRs are cute little figments of individual imagination. They are of no relevance to anything. Go ahead and claim a PR. See if I care.