Official 2014 Boston Marathon Race Discussion Thread

Clearly Larry Rawson has been studying his metric conversions.

Top 20 at 25km.

Pos. Name BIB Division Age State Proj. finish Proj. daytime Diff Time

1 Flanagan, Shalane (USA) F17 Female 18-39 32 OR 02:19:07 11:51:07AM +00:00 01:22:26

2 Deba, Buzunesh (ETH) F10 Female 18-39 26 02:19:08 11:51:08AM +00:00 01:22:26

3 Dibaba, Mare (ETH) F2 Female 18-39 24 02:19:08 11:51:08AM +00:00 01:22:26

4 Jeptoo, Rita (KEN) F1 Female 18-39 33 02:19:08 11:51:09AM +00:00 01:22:26

5 Oljira, Belaynesh (ETH) F16 Female 18-39 23 02:19:08 11:51:09AM +00:00 01:22:26

6 Melkamu, Meselech (ETH) F25 Female 18-39 29 02:19:08 11:51:09AM +00:01 01:22:27

7 Sumgong, Jemima Jelagat (KEN) F3 Female 18-39 29 02:19:08 11:51:09AM +00:01 01:22:27

8 Cherop, Sharon (KEN) F6 Female 18-39 30 02:19:09 11:51:09AM +00:01 01:22:27

9 Duliba, Aleksandra (BLR) F12 Female 18-39 26 02:20:46 11:52:47AM +00:58 01:23:24

10 Ongori, Philes (KEN) F15 Female 18-39 27 02:20:49 11:52:49AM +01:00 01:23:26

11 Linden, Desiree (USA) F8 Female 18-39 30 MI 02:23:30 11:55:31AM +02:36 01:25:02

12 Esayias, Yeshi (ETH) F14 Female 18-39 28 02:23:30 11:55:31AM +02:36 01:25:02

13 Kilel, Caroline (KEN) F7 Female 18-39 33 02:24:24 11:56:24AM +03:07 01:25:33

14 Chepchichir, Flomena (KEN) F9 Female 18-39 32 02:24:57 11:56:58AM +03:27 01:25:53

15 Marchant, Lanni (CAN) F20 Female 18-39 30 ON 02:25:40 11:57:40AM +03:52 01:26:18

16 Burla, Serena (USA) F21 Female 18-39 31 VA 02:27:03 11:59:04AM +04:42 01:27:08

17 Petrova Arkhipova, Tatiana (RUS) F11 Female 18-39 31 02:28:14 12:00:15PM +05:24 01:27:50

18 Nelson, Adriana (USA) F23 Female 18-39 34 CO 02:28:50 12:00:51PM +05:45 01:28:11

19 Thomas, Wendy (USA) F30 Female 18-39 35 CO 02:29:29 12:01:29PM +06:08 01:28:34

20 Aparecida da Silva, Adriana (BRA) F24 Female 18-39 32 02:29:37 12:01:38PM +06:13 01:28:39

runner26.2 wrote:

Meb is Christian ... like most Eritreans.

Eritrea is a closed state. The system of government is dictatorship. Not being Christian or Muslim is punishable by death or life imprisonment in a work camp and even then you can only belong to certain sects.

All you guys with criticism for shalane are unbelievable. She's a brave woman doing exactly what she needs to do. USA should be proud to have runners not afraid to lead. Crossing fingers for her!

Flanagan-"better to burn out than fade away", "I'd rather die from the front than finish from the rear". Run girl run. USA!USA!

Shalane's still leading but she's starting to feel it.

MrGambinus wrote:

first ladies fading

Aaand someone smelled blood and went to the front besides Shalane. Trying to get control or trying to push more because ppl start fading?

Blonde white girl in lead!

Ignore the blacks in the mens race.

G wrote:

MY HOPE is that Shalane is using her local course knowledge and pushing the downhills to drain everyone else's kick. Those Boston downhills are surprisingly damaging. She's turning it into a survival slugfest (not dependent on kicks) the last 4-miles. Wicked strategy, IF it works. It's a long shot, but damn -- I hope it works.

this^

I guess the thought is that you can sit and WAIT to be out kicked, or you can take it to them for 26 miles and make it a slugfest.

LET'S GO SHALANE!!!

swifter wrote:

All you guys with criticism for shalane are unbelievable. She's a brave woman doing exactly what she needs to do. USA should be proud to have runners not afraid to lead. Crossing fingers for her!

Personally I'd rather see her win than see her leading the first 20 miles.

But maybe that's just me.

But what we all really want to know...

IS THE BLACK CACTUS STILL IN THE PACK!?

11 Linden, Desiree (USA) F8 Female 18-39 30 MI 02:23:30 11:55:31AM +02:36 01:25:02

Desi will be top 5. Women's pack is starting to break up. Many will limp home after the torrid pace so far.

Hall 53 seconds back at the half... did he stop to kiss a girl?

runfrancisco wrote:

LET'S GO SHALANE!!!

Who?

woman lead pack down to 6 including shalane

Joan Benoit split 4:47 her first mile in 1983 and 51:38 for 10 miles (they were 52:48 today.

http://www.runnersworld.com/elite-runners/brief-chat-joan-benoit-samuelson

Everyone seems to be assuming if SF just tucked in, her chances of winning would go up. It could be her best shot is the slugfest. Sit and kick is only a good strategy for 1 person.

This coverage is awful.