Official Women marathon thread

Wow, almost no posts about the Americans in this thread ... I guess beyond Kastor, few cared. I thought it was kind of pathetic how slowly the other two Americans went out. They were already nearly 3 minutes behind Kastor AT 10K!! And they're both 2:31-32 runners. Yes, they moved up through the pack during the race, but sheesh! Was it really hot, or were they struggling through injuries??

conditions were awful, it was hot and there was no spectators cheering people on. Only 3 athletes under 2:31!

Agreed - props to Deena for grinding out a top 10 finish in tough conditions.

800 is a fun race wrote:

conditions were awful, it was hot and there was no spectators cheering people on. Only 3 athletes under 2:31!

They ran in the heat and peak sun at the middle of the day.

Fukushi in 3rd has come a long ways!

Here was Fukushi in 2008!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joLh4HxBggs

Kastor looks 59 years old.

It was HOTASS HELL-30C in the shade means much worse on that course. There were no spectators apparently because the cops closed off a lot of sections.A lot of my friends complained about that. I had no trouble getting onto a spot near the halfway mark and right about in the middle of each loop. This course is entirely in the sun and it's on BLACK asphalt that gets soft and shitty on a day like today and, yeah, it bakes your ass. I've raced tons on that side of the embankment since the late 90s and you get a good weather day maybe once every 10 yrs or so on race day May- late Aug. We had the Moscow Half here last Sunday and got very very lucky it was about 17C and overcast- that's not usually the case in early August. Deena looked strong despite the conditions and deserves some major respect. After I saw her just past 32K I hopped a ride with a buddy to make it to the finish in time.

Whoever decided on a 2pm start on the sunny side of the embankment in AUGUST had their head in a dark place and should have been made to run today with the ladies!

BB,

Pics? So we can judge if you deserve your name

Valeria Straneo showed why you should pour lots of water on your head when it's hot. It really works.

Kiplagat showed you can get away with not pouring any water on your head, but only if you're the #1 Kenyan.

POS BIB ATHLETE COUNTRY MARK

1 565 Edna Ngeringwony Kiplagat KENKEN 2:25:44

2 501 Valeria Straneo ITAITA 2:25:58 SB

3 533 Kayoko Fukushi JPNJPN 2:27:45

4 535 Ryoko Kizaki JPNJPN 2:31:28

5 308 Alessandra Aguilar ESPESP 2:32:38

6 497 Emma Quaglia ITAITA 2:34:16 SB

7 609 Madaí Pérez MEXMEX 2:34:23 SB

8 679 Hye-Gyong Kim PRKPRK 2:35:49

9 924 Deena Kastor USAUSA 2:36:12 SB

10 397 Susan Partridge GBRGBR 2:36:24

11 128 Jessica Trengove AUSAUS 2:37:11 SB

12 591 Diana Lobacevske LTULTU 2:37:48

13 339 Aberu Kebede ETHETH 2:38:04

14 680 Hye-Song Kim PRKPRK 2:38:28

15 189 Lishan Dula BRNBRN 2:38:47 SB

16 400 Sonia Samuels GBRGBR 2:39:03 SB

17 682 Yong-Sun Sin PRKPRK 2:39:22

18 932 Dorothy McMahan USAUSA 2:39:52 SB

19 226 Changqin Ding CHNCHN 2:40:13

20 588 Zivilé Balciünaité LTULTU 2:41:09 SB

21 741 Albina Mayorova RUSRUS 2:41:19

22 739 Nadezdha Leonteva RUSRUS 2:42:49

23 904 Jeannette Faber USAUSA 2:44:03 SB

24 561 Lucy Wangui Kabuu KENKEN 2:44:06 SB

25 614 Alina Armas NAMNAM 2:45:09

26 711 Alevtina Biktimirova RUSRUS 2:45:11

27 709 Tatyana Aryasova RUSRUS 2:45:27

28 248 Xiaojie Wei CHNCHN 2:46:46

29 440 Kalliópi Astropekáki GREGRE 2:47:12

30 590 Remalda Kergytè LTULTU 2:47:30

31 852 Kateryna Karmanenko UKRUKR 2:48:18 SB

32 575 Seongeun Kim KORKOR 2:48:46

33 371 Carmen Oliveras FRAFRA 2:48:58

34 225 Mojie Cao CHNCHN 2:49:15

35 802 Renate Wyss SUISUI 2:50:41

36 105 Karina Córdoba ARGARG 2:51:07 SB

37 645 Mary Davies NZLNZL 2:51:24 SB

38 572 Iuliia Andreeva KGZKGZ 2:53:16

39 256 Erika Abril COLCOL 2:55:13

40 125 Lauren Shelley AUSAUS 2:55:40 SB

41 107 Karina Neipán ARGARG 2:56:02 SB

42 701 Tanith Maxwell RSARSA 2:56:37 SB

43 962 Zuleima Amaya VENVEN 2:58:22

44 213 Lanni Marchant CANCAN 3:01:54 SB

45 114 Nicole Chapple AUSAUS 3:05:49

46 777 Daneja Grandovec SLOSLO 3:10:46 SB

US finishes 2nd in team competition, beating Kenya, Ethiopia, and Japan, among others. People's Republic of Korea is first. Who would have predicted that?

Is there a free online video of this race, or at least the highlights?

Valeria Straneo interview

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbnSKZAdRTc

marathonwatcher wrote:

BB,

Pics? So we can judge if you deserve your name

Come on down to the stadium today and find out ;-)

I just found this listing of splits for each half on the Elite Marathoning facebook page:

1) Kiplagat 2:25:44 (1:12:59 / 1:12:45)

2) Stranco 2:25:58 (1:12:58 / 1:13:00)

3) Fukushi 2:27:45 (1:12:59 / 1:14:46)

4) Kizaki 2:31:28 (1:13:07 / 1:18:21)

5) Aguilar 2:32:38 (1:14:05 / 1:18:33)

6) Quaglia 2:34:16 (1:16:10 / 1:18:06)

7) Perez 2:34:23 (1:15:12 / 1:19:11)

8) Kim 2:35:49 (1:14:05 / 1:21:44)

9) Kastor 2:36:12 (1:15:12 / 1:21:00)

10) Partridge 2:36:24 (1:16:24 / 1:20:00)

11) Trengove 2:37:11 (1:17:01 / 1:20:10)

12) Lobacevske 2:37:48 (1:16;44 / 1:21:04)

13) Kebede 2:38:04 (1:16:51 / 1:21:13)

14) Kim 2:38:28 (1:16:19 / 1:22:09)

15) Dula 2:38:47 (1:18:19 / 1:20:28)

16) Samuels 2:39:03 (1:16:57 / 1:22:06)

17) Sin 2:39:22 (1:18:19 / 1:21:03)

18) McMahan 2:39:52 (1:18:19 / 1:21:33)

19) Ding 2:40:13 (1:15:12 / 1:25:01)

20) Balciunaite 2:41:09 (1:15:47 / 1:25:22)