El Keniano wrote:
London easily the Wimbledon or Tour de France of marathons. I'd rank Berlin a distant second with Boston, New York and Chicago fighting it out for third.
You're joking right? Berlin is 2nd.
Berlin in the Haile G years was often a one person race. Berlin is a great course for a stud to go for the WR - it's far from being the second best marathon.
In terms of quality of fields, I'd say NY has certainly retaken over the status as US #1. Winning NYC is more of an accomplishment in my mind than Berlin - by a long shot.