Did any of you cry watching Meb win?

Crying Man wrote:

mitchellmac2 wrote:

"Crying Man" is clearly not very knowledgeable. Meb's time was about right for a winning time in Boston "Except for a few years ago with the tailwind" Are you forgetting that last year was run in 2:10?

If you think that the finish time tells the whole story then you truly have no knowledge of the sport.

Now, go ahead and answer THE question: When was the last time a field of elite Africans did not keep up with the lead...in the first few miles...of a major marathon...being run at a pedestrian pace?

I'll be waiting for an answer.

They didn't go with Glenn Randall in 2012 when he went out in front.

Perhaps they just saw two people break away, a 38 year old and a 2:12 guy, and thought they didn't need to cover their move. Wouldn't be that inconceivable that they would think that they'd be able to reel them in later on, after the course and surge took its toll on the two front runners.

Crying Man wrote:

Oh, and this comes on the anniversary of the Boston bombings? Gee, what a remarkable coincidence!

Anniversary was last week. You might have heard about it, it was in all the papers.

Yep, I cried. Amazing finish.

Yes

Letsrun needs to put up a gold page ASAP!!!! Go Meb!!!

I admit, I teared up. He broke down at one point after the race. Even the Universal Sports guy choked up and had to stop talking.

Crying Man wrote:

Yes, I cried upon recognizing that this is the day my sport died.

Sorry, but if you didn't see how obvious the fix was when an elite African field just lets the American go in the first 10 miles at a very pedestrian pace then you don't understand the sport. That just doesn't happen.

Sad. Incredibly sad.

I hope you're joking, if not, your stupidity is epoch.

Boston Watcher wrote:

He looked dead to rights for a moment and it seemed that he held on with pure guts alone. Phenomenal race. Tears came to my eyes with Meb's victory.

It definitely got a little dusty in my office. I thought that he's going to call it a career when he started the celebration in the final meters, perhaps waving bye and saying thanks to the fans on the home stretch (even though he's clearly got something left). I don't recall ever seeing a runner who looked so spent hold on like that after being reeled in so quickly. It looked like he was redlining it for the last 30 minutes of the race--my legs hurt just watching that performance. The fact that he's hated on by some on these boards is pretty sad. The man's effort and class ought to be an inspiration for the younger athletes on these boards.

Crying Man wrote:

Now, go ahead and answer THE question: When was the last time a field of elite Africans did not keep up with the lead...in the first few miles...of a major marathon...being run at a pedestrian pace?

5 months ago... NYC 2013 Women

Before that... Boston 2013

Before that... Boston 2012

I cried when Larry Bird retired. Cried again today too.

genuine random a hole wrote:

Crying Man wrote:

Oh, and this comes on the anniversary of the Boston bombings? Gee, what a remarkable coincidence!

Anniversary was last week. You might have heard about it, it was in all the papers.

You can't possibly be that stupid.

HardLoper wrote:

Crying Man wrote:

Now, go ahead and answer THE question: When was the last time a field of elite Africans did not keep up with the lead...in the first few miles...of a major marathon...being run at a pedestrian pace?

5 months ago... NYC 2013 Women

Before that... Boston 2013

Before that... Boston 2012

Womens race does not count. We're talking about men marathoners.

Boston 2103 nope

Boston 2012 nope

Care to try again?

Crying Man wrote:

HardLoper wrote:

5 months ago... NYC 2013 Women

Before that... Boston 2013

Before that... Boston 2012

Womens race does not count. We're talking about men marathoners.

Boston 2103 nope

Boston 2012 nope

Care to try again?

Sure

In 2010 Boston the men let a few unknowns go ahead for the first 5-10k

Yep. Did here too-----

Man i cried so hard when that Eritrean won the Boston Marathon in 14'. What a victory.

Just like Mo Farah, and Berny Lagat; the only time the great empires can win a flippin distance race is when we put a flag on a East African's back and claim him. What a joy!

Yep, tears here too

^ great post.

Crying Man wrote:

Sorry if you cannot see something so obvious. Tell me, when is the last time an elite men's field did not stay with the lead?

In the first ten miles of the race.

At a very pedestrian pace.

You are perhaps the stupidest sack of trash ever to spew bile on this website.

Sliced Open wrote:

If you're going to fix the race, might as well pick a fast blonde.

I hate to say it/think it, but the "fixed race" theory does make sense, and with Meb, not Ryan Hall. It would be wwwaaaayyyy too obvious if they let a whitey win the Boston marathon. It honestly never occurred to me that this race was fixed until I saw this thread, but I do think it's quite possible.

But yeah, I cried when Meb won (when he started crying) and I'm not even American.