Greetings running fans,
Sorry for starting this a few minutes after the women's race has started. But the new media room currently in addition to being maybe at least 50% too small also doesn't currently have Internet access!!
The race is off.
In terms of predictions, we think Keitany and Kipsang are the people to beat. Kipsang in his last two marathons set the Wr and then won London. You don't get better than that.
Fast women in bun huggers.
It's windy as hell.
Could the men's winning time be over 2:10?
JK said 2:09 last night when we talked to him.
A few thoughts about the ESPN broadcast.
We see Caroline W on the ESPN broadcast. Former St. John's 1:46 800 man John Honerkamp is her pacer.
Paula Radcliffe has replaced Juli Benson on the lead truck with the elite women.
ESPN's coverage already sucks. They have only showed the women maybe once in the last ten minutes.
Conditions look pretty rough, should be a good race. It'll be nice having Paula Radcliffe on a motorbike!
Live stream on 7online is looking pretty good.
Blacked out in Pittsburgh if you try to view it on Watch ESPN.
Luckily, there is the internet.
In terms of wind, it's pretty still on the east side of Manhattan right now. Occasional breezes but nothing steady. No surprises that the Verazzano is insanely windy, but I wonder how much the runners will really feel it once they get into Brooklyn.
They just announced unofficial splits for the first two miles in the media center.
6:30 (!!!) for the first mile
5:34 for Mile 2.
Remember that the first mile is uphill on the bridge, but 6:30 is still incredibly slow for any split.
Live stream on 7online working o.k. here in New Zealand.
LetsRun.com wrote:
In terms of predictions, we think Keitany and Kipsang are the people to beat. Kipsang in his last two marathons set the Wr and then won London. You don't get better than that.
Goffrey Mutai isn't too shabby himself....
Dennis Kimetto certainly has $500,000 reasons to hope that Mutai wins. HE sent out a tweet this morning saying Mutai was "about to kill" him in training and that he's confident in him.
Dennis Kimetto tweeted:
@DennisKimetto · 56m 56 minutes ago
@Tom_Bedford @GeoffreyMutaiK @WMMajors Geoffrey was about to kill me in training. I have confident in him. I watch with friends in Eldoret.
That 6:30 first mile is looking inaccurate now. The leaders came through 3 miles in 16:56 meaning that they would have run 4:52 for mile 3. More likely, mile 1 was faster than 6:30 and mile 2 slower.
We have tracking from mile 3 to the finish here (http://liveresults.nyrr.org/e/NY2014#b=na&v=lboard&c=top-women-overall-marathon&l=3M) so splits should be more accurate from here on out.
fml
SPLIT SCREEN!!!!!!!!!
Jonathan Gault wrote:
That 6:30 first mile is looking inaccurate now. The leaders came through 3 miles in 16:56 meaning that they would have run 4:52 for mile 3. More likely, mile 1 was faster than 6:30 and mile 2 slower.
We have tracking from mile 3 to the finish here (http://liveresults.nyrr.org/e/NY2014#b=na&v=lboard&c=top-women-overall-marathon&l=3M) so splits should be more accurate from here on out.
*mile 3 was slower
113 wrote:
In terms of wind, it's pretty still on the east side of Manhattan right now. Occasional breezes but nothing steady. No surprises that the Verazzano is insanely windy, but I wonder how much the runners will really feel it once they get into Brooklyn.
Welp, never mind on that. It looks like the flags are whipping pretty hard in Bay Ridge or wherever the women are right now.
Did I hear them say they didn't start on the bridge because it was too windy and there they (elites) weren't running a full marathon?
Has Kleppin already dropped out of the lead pack?
Who is Deba's coach? has she learned anything from her past couple races? you cant win from the front without getting separation.
Mile 4 split was 5:42. Sara Moreira of Portugal leading. They're stringing out a bit to two or three wide but there's still a big group with all the big names together.
Wat? wrote:
Did I hear them say they didn't start on the bridge because it was too windy and there they (elites) weren't running a full marathon?
This was the wheelchair racers.
