What a race! That was fun to watch...their running is beautiful art man! Dennis and Emmanuel were flying and then Rita must have surprised herself too!
For a second, I thought if there was no prize money for the africans...results would have been:
Mens:
1 Ritzenhein, Dathan (USA)30 2:09:45
2 Sano, Hiroaki (JPN) 29 2:10:29
3 Oda, Yoshinori (JPN) 32 2:11:29
4 Tegenkamp, Matt (USA) 31 2:12:28
5 Shelley, Michael (AUS) 29 2:13:11
6 Leon, Craig (USA) 28 2:13:53
7 Higashino, Kenji (JPN) 26 2:13:53
8 Fujimori, Norihide (JPN)28 2:13:55
9 Morgan, Mike (USA) 33 2:15:01
10 Jefferson, Fidele (USA) 35 2:15:19
11 Tanaka, Hiroki (JPN) 30 2:15:36
12 Ward, Jared (USA) 25 2:16:18
13 Otsuka, Yoshiki (JPN) 30 2:16:58
14 Quigley, Sean (USA) 28 2:17:46
15 Mull, Brandon (USA) 27 2:18:14
Womens
1 Konovalova, Maria (RUS) 39 2:22:46
2 Duliba, Aliaksandra(BLR)27 2:23:44
3 Akaba, Yukiko (JPN) 33 2:27:49
4 Santucci, Clara (USA) 26 2:31:39
5 White, Melissa (USA) 32 2:32:37
6 Knowles, Laurie (USA) 35 2:36:29
7 Pezzullo, Stephanie(USA)31 2:38:04
8 Slaby, Gina (USA) 32 2:40:45
9 Trana, Gabriela (CRI) 33 2:41:50
10 Eder, Elizabeth (USA) 26 2:42:37
11 Heenan, Erin (USA) 31 2:42:47
12 Heckert, Kristen (USA) 26 2:44:13
13 Crowley, Loring (USA) 30 2:44:13
14 Braswell, Erica (USA) 33 2:45:24
15 Kelly, Mary (USA) 26 2:50:24
That would definitely conceal the exhilaration of what I watched today!