2:11:57 PR and 3rd American in Boston, 2:10:52 PR and 2nd overall ahead of Kawauchi in Gold Coast. Great run. The USA's next top marathoner?
2:11:57 PR and 3rd American in Boston, 2:10:52 PR and 2nd overall ahead of Kawauchi in Gold Coast. Great run. The USA's next top marathoner?
Weren't there a bunch of sub 2:09 guys in the race? He beat almost all of them?!
Yeah, like eight, including three 2:06 guys. He beat all of them. The winner was doing his first marathon and ran 2:09:14.
Nice run, more than a minute off his PR. He was actually on mid 2:08 pace through 30k. There's only 1 2:06 guy that finished (the 2 others DNF'ed). Fujiwara had cramps and Kawauchi fell over a traffic cone!
http://japanrunningnews.blogspot.com/
1 M00019 SILAH KIPKEMBOI LIMO 02:09:14 (DEBUT, 61:26)
2 M00016 JEFFREY EGGLESTON 02:10:52 (2:11:57)
3 M00001 YUKI KAWAUCHI 02:11:27 (2:08:15)
4 M00005 STEPHEN KIPKEMEI TUM 02:12:10 (2:06:35)
5 M00009 SAMUEL WOLDEAMANUEL 02:13:08 (2:08:45)
6 M00015 CHIHARU TAKADA 02:14:36 (2:10:39)
7 M00007 STEPHEN KIBIWOT 02:14:57 (2:07:54)
8 M00011 CYRUS GICHOBI NJUI 02:17:48 (2:09:10)
9 M00066 KENTA KAWASAKI 02:18:01 (2:21:46)
10 M00010 HIROKATSU KUROSAKI 02:19:12 (2:09:07)
...
15 M00006 ARATA FUJIWARA 02:25:11 (2:07:48)
great race from Eggleston. 60th all time American time, according to tfn, and if my count is right, roughly 30th all time American. And this is a guy who's been pretty much under the radar.
http://www.usatf.org/statistics/All-Time-Lists/MarathonMen.aspx
This guy is consistently underestimated because he has a funny name!!!
I get the feeling that everyone posting on this thread up until me is the same person.
More than likely it is Jeffrey Eggleston's coach or best friend from school.
jason T-Rexing wrote:
I get the feeling that everyone posting on this thread up until me is the same person.
More than likely it is Jeffrey Eggleston's coach or best friend from school.
Your analytical/thinking/feeling powers are very weak.
jjjjjjjjj wrote:
60th all time American time, according to tfn, and roughly 30th all time American.
Looking at what Americans have run since the Olympics in London (not counting Trafeh), Jeffrey looks right up there with the best right now.
2:07:47 - Dathan Ritzenhein, Chicago 2012
2:08:37a - Meb Keflezighi, Boston 2014
2:10:52 - Jeffrey Eggleston, Gold Coast 2014
2:10:57 - Ryan Vail, London 2014
2:11:47a - Nick Arciniaga, Boston 2014
2:12:12a - Jason Hartmann, Boston 2013
2:12:28 - Matt Tegenkamp, Chicago 2013
2:12:52a - Josephat Boit, Boston 2014
2:13:24 - Bobby Curtis, Fukuoka 2013
2:13:26 - Ian Burrell, Houston 2014
2:13:34 - Sergio Reyes, Twin Cities 2013
2:13:52 - Craig Leon, Chicago 2013
2:13:53a - Mike Reneau, Grandma's 2013
Congratulations to Eggleston. Seems like a guy who has worked hard for it.
UR a powerless thinker wrote:
jason T-Rexing wrote:I get the feeling that everyone posting on this thread up until me is the same person.
More than likely it is Jeffrey Eggleston's coach or best friend from school.
Your analytical/thinking/feeling powers are very weak.
Wow, now I know I was right.
Stop before you embarrass Jeff even further.
jason T-Rexing wrote:
Wow, now I know I was right.
Stop before you embarrass Jeff even further.
Yeah Jeff, you should be so embarrassed for running a 2:10 marathon and have people actually talk about you. You are only the 29th best american of all time, two spots behind Brian Sell. If you cannot beat Brian Sell, then you do not deserve to be talked about.
jason T-Rexing wrote:
UR a powerless thinker wrote:Your analytical/thinking/feeling powers are very weak.
Wow, now I know I was right.
Stop before you embarrass Jeff even further.
Assuming you're not the OP, I'm not the OP and I'm not you, there are now at least 3 posters in this thread. Does that make you happy?
Great run by Eggleston. This article about him and others was part of what motivated me to move to Flagstaff for altitude training 2-years ago:
http://azdailysun.com/sports/running/no-easy-road-for-flagstaff-runners/article_32fa34d0-13c5-5bcd-881e-7b17d1459c1d.htmlWent horribly since I didn't respond well to altitude, but his is still a motivating story.
The 2016 trials are shaping up to be really interesting with a bunch of guys in the 2:10-2:13 range going against the known studs like Meb, Hall, Ritz and Abdi who are all question marks with age/injury.
Took up strength training
Versus
Whats with the Brian Sell hate? Has that guy even run in 5 years?
Eggleston wised up and is based in Boulder now
congrats jeff- inspirational run for all of us chasing elusive PRs.
Check out his thoughts on this race:
http://japanrunningnews.blogspot.com/2014/07/too-much-reverence-for-210-and-not.html
Incredible analysis of the race itself in there. Pretty cool to hear him calling out (even though he said he wasn't) the Kenyan pacer for f'ing up the pre-planned pace. Also cool to hear him take the humble approach when asked about his 2:10. I think we all agree. 2:10 is 2:10 but it ISN'T 2:07 or 2:08. Americans cannot be happy with their fastest runner at 2:10.
Looking forward to Eggleston's fall marathon. I would like to see him in New York, but chances are he goes to Europe. He prefers to travel, hehe.
