OFFICIAL BOSTON UPDATE THREAD

joho wrote:

old coach man wrote:

Wasn't Korir working as a janitor or maintenance staff and caught a ride to Chicago or some other marathon close to Louisville. Had enough cash for 2 subway subs, gave one to a homeless man and went off and got like 2nd or 3rd?

Either way congrats to him on a solid victory.

Yeah, that is him. Real good guy. As far as I know he still works at UofL as a maintenance guy. I'm sure we will hear a LOT more about him after today.

Thanks JOHO!

Why Rita Jeptoo run 1:17:39 for the first half? It's too slow for her. Rita runs a consistent even splits considering the hills in the 2nd half. Rita was 13 secs off from 5th place.

I thought there was no way that could be Todd Williams spewing such moronic nonsense in the booth, even though it looked like him. I guess it was indeed Todd. Yikes. Get it together, buddy.

Can someone please post top 5 American times?

Brendan Martin, formerly of Columbia, 13th place overall!!!

MarathonMind wrote:

The humidity is fairly low at 40%, but the following breeze at their backs adds another level of discomfort.

Everything about Boston makes it more difficult, downhill course, low dew point, following breeze at their backs.

1 Hartmann, Jason (USA) 17 Male 18-39 31 CO - 07:30 02:14:31

2 Chichester, Tim (USA) 184 Male 18-39 23 NY - 07:38 02:21:10

3 Reyes, Sergio (USA) 20 Male 18-39 30 CA - 07:54 02:22:06

I want every retard who said the weather (read:wind) didn't make a difference last to come on here and apologize to Malmo .... see, weather DOES make a difference. RETARDS!

Anyone else wonder about those black unis for the kenyan men? In 85 degree sun? I mean, they went 1-2, but still...

fanami wrote:

Can someone please post top 5 American times?

Buried in here:

4 17 Hartmann, Jason 2:14:31 CO USA

5 5 Chebet, Wilson 2:14:56 KEN

6 7 Korir, Laban 2:15:29 KEN

7 19 Butter, Michel 2:16:38 NED

8 10 Barmasai, David 2:17:16 KEN

9 41 Tamura, Hideaki 2:18:15 JPN

10 15 Kisorio, Mathew 2:18:15 KEN

11 184 Chichester, Tim 2:21:10 NY USA

12 20 Reyes, Sergio 2:22:06 CA USA

13 44 Martin, Brendan 2:22:32 MI USA

14 2 Gebremariam, Gebregziabher 2:22:56 ETH

15 85 Steidl, Uli 2:23:08 WA USA

Jesus Christ, everybody. They were talking about Korir being put on the Kenyan team. Holy shit, people.

joho wrote:

fanami wrote:

Can someone please post top 5 American times?

Buried in here:

4 17 Hartmann, Jason 2:14:31 CO USA

11 184 Chichester, Tim 2:21:10 NY USA

12 20 Reyes, Sergio 2:22:06 CA USA

13 44 Martin, Brendan 2:22:32 MI USA

15 85 Steidl, Uli 2:23:08 WA USA

SomeCoach wrote:

I want every retard who said the weather (read:wind) didn't make a difference last to come on here and apologize to Malmo .... see, weather DOES make a difference. RETARDS!

Weather is never a factor at Boston. The winning times this year are attributed to a lower quality field. If Ryan Hall ran today, he would have won by 7 minutes.

joho wrote:

fanami wrote:

Can someone please post top 5 American times?

Buried in here:

4 17 Hartmann, Jason 2:14:31 CO USA

5 5 Chebet, Wilson 2:14:56 KEN

6 7 Korir, Laban 2:15:29 KEN

7 19 Butter, Michel 2:16:38 NED

8 10 Barmasai, David 2:17:16 KEN

9 41 Tamura, Hideaki 2:18:15 JPN

10 15 Kisorio, Mathew 2:18:15 KEN

11 184 Chichester, Tim 2:21:10 NY USA

12 20 Reyes, Sergio 2:22:06 CA USA

13 44 Martin, Brendan 2:22:32 MI USA

14 2 Gebremariam, Gebregziabher 2:22:56 ETH

15 85 Steidl, Uli 2:23:08 WA USA

thanks

BRENDAN MARTIN!!!!!!!!!!

No tailwind this year, really; it was mainly out of the southwest and even south. At the end it might have been out of the east (which is the airport reading 73 degrees, dew point 58, wind East at 7mph).

We are starting our post-Boston internet radio show at 12:45 pm ET. - 3 minutes.

http://www.talkshoe.com/tc/72655

The 2011 course was 9 minutes too fast.

Are you broadcasting from Logan airport?