NEW YORK MARATHON OFFICIAL THREAD!

Marvin wrote:

Did Mary W just diss Sally at the finish? If you get to watch it ago look at Mary at the bottom right of the screen.

Huh?

German Reporter wrote:

Arne hat damit wieder mal ganz klar gezeigt, wer die Nummer 1 im Lande ist

He has shown, that he is slower than Carsten Eich, Kurt Stenzel, Stephan Freigang, Michael Fietz, Rainer Wachenbrunner, Michael Scheytt and Martin Bremer and hardly faster than Hansjörg Kunze.

Nothing to write home about ;)

sljlkjljdlkjlkjlkd wrote:

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/geoffrey?s=t

You bleeding moron.

Many people pronounce it Joffrey. Mutai does.

You are referencing dictionary.com to tell him how to pronounce his own name?

Snails pace wrote:

German Reporter wrote:

Arne hat damit wieder mal ganz klar gezeigt, wer die Nummer 1 im Lande ist

He has shown, that he is slower than Carsten Eich, Kurt Stenzel, Stephan Freigang, Michael Fietz, Rainer Wachenbrunner, Michael Scheytt and Martin Bremer and hardly faster than Hansjörg Kunze.

Nothing to write home about ;)

What are you guys talking about?

And how did Mary W allegedly diss Sally? I didn't see that.

I couldn't watch the race or follow the thread as it happened, so I read through the whole thing at 9:30 am EST.

Conclusions:

Thanks to everyone providing information. Very interesting.

The idiots who have to, well, be idiots (especially the guy who was hung up on Joffrey v Jeffery) go away- please.

The guys who were hung up on the "bad" announcers- go away please.

Letsrun- lets take the anonymity out of this MB so idiots like that stay away.

A Suck wrote:

Jerry's Kids wrote:

Any update on Teg's place or time?

1:02:04. Good finish.

Good finish? for a guy whos run under 13 thats horrible-people give shit for Rupp now winning and this guy runs 1:02 and its a good time...he should pack it in. Hes finished like Solinsky is; Schum jst kills his athletes sooner or later...usually sooner.

ffs wrote:

A Suck wrote:

1:02:04. Good finish.

Good finish? for a guy whos run under 13 thats horrible-people give shit for Rupp now winning and this guy runs 1:02 and its a good time...he should pack it in. Hes finished like Solinsky is; Schum jst kills his athletes sooner or later...usually sooner.

Wrong. This is the NY Half, not Philly. Teg could possibly go 1:01 flat on a fast course.

Here is a link to Mo's press conference after the race

http://olympictalk.nbcsports.com/2014/03/16/mo-farah-falls-nyc-half-marathon-geoffrey-mutai/

Agreed.

A Suck wrote:

Jerry's Kids wrote:

Any update on Teg's place or time?

1:02:04. Good finish.

trollism wrote:

Lucky runners are not held to the same standard of sportsmanship as cyclists.

Using an opponent's accident as an opportunity to make a break is certainly a big no-no.

Guess that's why cycling is a much better and a much more popular sport.

Not quite. In one day races, all is fair and accepted. Crash and you're done. Mechanical; too bad.

Cycling is more popular because the event is marketed as a race among the worlds best, not a "lets focus on the parade of weekend warriors"

Geb iz trying to tell Mo to get dafuq off da roads until he's 32. He needs to listen. Nice runs by Teg, Meb, and Luke.

Cyclist do the same thing. When Andy Schleck's chain dropped in the TDF, Contador took off and tried to build a lead.

So Farah gets 2nd by about 20 sec in a tune up race, against the best marathoner in the world, and he sucks? Only on Letsrun would there be a half dozen threads saying this.

Meanwhile, anxiously awaiting the Salazar tantrum and protest over Farah's fall.

District 13 wrote:

So Farah gets 2nd by about 20 sec in a tune up race, against the best marathoner in the world, and he sucks? Only on Letsrun would there be a half dozen threads saying this.

You gotta understand the rules of being an **shole on letsrun:

1. If a runner doesn't win- they suck and/or should retire.

2. If they win in a slow time- it was a weak field (there's no such thing as racing for an **shole

3. If they win in a fast time- (there's couple of options here):

a. They're on peds

b. They can't REALLY run that fast because the course was ... (insert your own criticism here)

4. If they beat Kenyans/Ethiopians- they were "B" team.

5. Then- all announcers suck and can't pronounce names- no matter what they say or how they say it.

6. it's the fault of the posters on letsrun.

Typical U.S. burchering of the proper pronunciation and spelling of words and names.

sljlkjljdlkjlkjlkd wrote:

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/geoffrey?s=t

runn wrote:

If a runner doesn't win- they suck and/or should retire.

Nah. It's true that Mo sucks, but he should simply go back to the track, not retire.

Decrepit Geezer wrote:

Gotcher has a full beard now

For a second I thought you meant Kara Goucher.