Official New York Marathon thread

I just switched to Eurosport live feed. I'll take the commercials so I don't have to listen to us ugly Americans.

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Keitany 1:07:56 halfway, predicting 2:15:52 finish.

kidane and daba 1:10.13 at the half.

I did like the Rojo/Jojo finesse--have you thought of changing your moniker by one letter!?

joho wrote:

haha. Just after posting that the runner tracker updated and I see he is starting to fall off from the leaders.

crazy person wrote:

I just switched to Eurosport live feed. I'll take the commercials so I don't have to listen to us ugly Americans.

Speak for yourself.

Rojo--please keep the updates coming. Although I finally have the Universal feed after thirty minutes of trying.

Mary Keitany is CRAZY!

Mary is slowing down

Top 20 women at halfway Pritz & Fleshman halfway. Smith running smart.

Top 20 leaders

Place Bib Runner State/Country Age Time Differential Pace/mile

1 101 Keitany, Mary KEN 29 1:07:56 +00:00.00 5:12

2 102 Kilel, Caroline Cheptonui KEN 30 1:10:13 +02:16.84 5:22

3 106 Deba, Buzunesh ETH 24 1:10:13 +02:17.08 5:22

4 111 Dado, Firehiwot ETH 27 1:10:13 +02:17.22 5:22

5 112 Kidane, Werknesh ETH 29 1:10:13 +02:17.32 5:22

6 135 Alene Amare, Shewarge ETH 24 1:10:18 +02:21.95 5:22

7 107 Rotich, Caroline KEN 27 1:11:15 +03:18.77 5:27

8 108 Augusto, Jessica POR 29 1:11:18 +03:22.19 5:27

9 103 Smith, Kim NZL 29 1:11:42 +03:46.46 5:29

10 109 Felix, Ana Dulce POR 29 1:11:47 +03:51.09 5:29

11 110 Bogomolova, Galina RUS 34 1:13:09 +05:12.69 5:35

12 104 Abitova, Inga RUS 29 1:13:09 +05:12.86 5:35

13 105 Andersson, Isabellah SWE 30 1:13:09 +05:12.92 5:35

14 117 Aguilar, Alessandra ESP 33 1:13:52 +05:55.64 5:39

15 114 Pavey, Jo GBR 38 1:13:57 +06:00.96 5:39

16 123 Biset Abrha, Serkalem ETH 24 1:13:59 +06:02.84 5:39

17 122 Pritz, Molly PA/USA 23 1:14:55 +06:59.22 5:44

18 115 Demissie, Misiker Mekonnin ETH 25 1:14:55 +06:59.32 5:44

19 118 Fleshman, Lauren OR/USA 30 1:14:56 +06:59.71 5:44

20 119 Nukuri-Johnson, Diane BDI 26 1:14:56 +06:59.74 5:44

marcus t wrote:

Mary is slowing down

Still pulling away from the chase pack.

Do you think the Africans think Meb is a douche for wearing the compression socks?

I think Michael Wardian is a DNS

I swear the woman commentator (Katherine Switzer?) just said one of the African woman runners just took three years off for maternity leave! Did I hear that correctly?

Montesquieu wrote:

I swear the woman commentator (Katherine Switzer?) just said one of the African woman runners just took three years off for maternity leave! Did I hear that correctly?

Yes. It is Gebre wife.

Listen to the British commentary its so much better.

Miles 8 and 9 in the books

Mile8 for leader 4:43

Mile 9 4:51

Top 20 leaders

Place Bib Runner State/Country Age Time Differential Pace/mile

1 17 Sisay, Ezkyas ETH 23 0:38:49 +00:00.00 4:52

2 7 Keflezighi, Meb CA/USA 36 0:38:49 +00:00.04 4:52

3 2 Mutai, Emmanuel KEN 27 0:38:50 +00:00.32 4:52

4 8 Kisorio, Mathew KEN 22 0:38:50 +00:00.58 4:52

5 4 Kebede, Tsegaye ETH 24 0:38:50 +00:00.59 4:52

6 16 Kosgei, Stephen Kibet KEN 24 0:38:50 +00:00.65 4:52

7 15 Barrios, Juan Luis MEX 28 0:38:50 +00:00.68 4:52

8 6 Gharib, Jaouad MAR 39 0:38:50 +00:00.89 4:52

9 3 Mutai, Geoffrey KEN 30 0:38:50 +00:00.92 4:52

10 1 Gebremariam, Gebre ETH 27 0:38:50 +00:01.09 4:52

11 20 Worku Merdessa, Bado ETH 23 0:38:51 +00:01.51 4:52

12 14 Falil, Abdellah MAR 35 0:38:56 +00:06.44 4:52

13 10 Rothlin, Viktor SUI 37 0:39:11 +00:22.04 4:54

14 19 Biwott, Shadrack KEN 26 0:39:12 +00:22.37 4:54

15 23 Deneke, Teklu Tefera ETH 32 0:39:12 +00:22.50 4:54

16 11 Curtis, Bobby PA/USA 26 0:39:34 +00:44.75 4:57

17 24 Lemma, Fikadu ETH 27 0:39:34 +00:45.16 4:57

18 12 Moran, Ed VA/USA 30 0:40:07 +01:18.10 5:01

19 35 Naranjo, William COL 33 0:40:08 +01:18.47 5:01

20 25 Saji, Abdelkabir MAR 35 0:40:08 +01:18.72 5:01

Mile 9

Top 20 leaders

Place Bib Runner State/Country Age Time Differential Pace/mile

1 15 Barrios, Juan Luis MEX 28 0:43:41 +00:00.00 4:52

2 2 Mutai, Emmanuel KEN 27 0:43:41 +00:00.10 4:52

3 4 Kebede, Tsegaye ETH 24 0:43:41 +00:00.18 4:52

4 8 Kisorio, Mathew KEN 22 0:43:41 +00:00.20 4:52

5 7 Keflezighi, Meb CA/USA 36 0:43:41 +00:00.25 4:52

6 16 Kosgei, Stephen Kibet KEN 24 0:43:41 +00:00.31 4:52

7 17 Sisay, Ezkyas ETH 23 0:43:41 +00:00.33 4:52

8 1 Gebremariam, Gebre ETH 27 0:43:41 +00:00.50 4:52

9 3 Mutai, Geoffrey KEN 30 0:43:41 +00:00.52 4:52

10 6 Gharib, Jaouad MAR 39 0:43:42 +00:01.06 4:52

11 20 Worku Merdessa, Bado ETH 23 0:43:42 +00:01.58 4:52

12 14 Falil, Abdellah MAR 35 0:43:48 +00:07.83 4:52

13 19 Biwott, Shadrack KEN 26 0:44:11 +00:30.55 4:55

14 10 Rothlin, Viktor SUI 37 0:44:11 +00:30.72 4:55

15 23 Deneke, Teklu Tefera ETH 32 0:44:11 +00:30.78 4:55

16 24 Lemma, Fikadu ETH 27 0:44:36 +00:55.18 4:58

17 11 Curtis, Bobby PA/USA 26 0:44:36 +00:55.48 4:58

18 12 Moran, Ed VA/USA 30 0:45:05 +01:24.22 5:01

19 25 Saji, Abdelkabir MAR 35 0:45:05 +01:24.47 5:01

20 35 Naranjo, William COL 33 0:45:20 +01:39.50 5:03

douglas burke wrote:

  wrote:

Keitany 1:07:56 halfway, predicting 2:15:52 finish.

kidane and daba 1:10.13 at the half.

Some big positive splits coming for some I think.

Montesquieu wrote:

I swear the woman commentator (Katherine Switzer?) just said one of the African woman runners just took three years off for maternity leave! Did I hear that correctly?

She's correct. Werknesh Kidane gave birth to two children between 2006 and 2009.

Mary visibly slowing down. Did she push it too soon?

Bingo Wings wrote:

Listen to the British commentary its so much better.

Partly because they know where to use a period, even when speaking.