Official 2015 Mayors Cup Live Discussion Thraed - Mary Cain Racing

We are there on site.

Mile markers dedicated to Cameron Bean:

https://twitter.com/letsrundotcom/status/658295061927608320

Mary Cain in lead pack at the mile 5:13.

https://twitter.com/letsrundotcom/status/658295965875621888

Liz Costello FTW (high 16:30s). Westphal 2nd, Cain 3rd in 16:49.

https://twitter.com/letsrundotcom/status/658298796825313281

We'll try to get a post-race interview with Cain soon.

Anybody know if its being streamed live, or if there is live results somwhere?

Same top 3 (Mary Cain, Liv Westphala nd Liz Costello) at 2 miles (10:37)

https://twitter.com/letsrundotcom/status/658297191287660544

Wow you would think Mary Cain would have been able to win this easily....

Men's racer is off.

leaders at the mile:

https://twitter.com/letsrundotcom/status/658302344946450432

(looksl ike some tracksmith jersey's up there)

and 2 miles:

https://twitter.com/letsrundotcom/status/658303416108756992

Wow really big surprise that letsrun would post a thread about Cain and COMPLETELY ignore the two great runners who SMOKED her today!

NewEnglandRunningFan wrote:

Wow really big surprise that letsrun would post a thread about Cain and COMPLETELY ignore the two great runners who SMOKED her today!

Speaking of smoked. You guys think the winning woman Costello is smokin hot? I do. From facebook:

Trevor Dunbar pulls away from Jim Spisak to win in 23:17. Tabor Stevens 3rd.

https://twitter.com/letsrundotcom/status/658307069993426944

Interesting to note that at NXN 2012 (the fall preceding Mary Cain's best year), she lost to Sarah Baxter.

Obviously Baxter is considered one of the greatest HS XC runners of all time but the girls Cain lost to today are some very good ex-collegians which could easily compare to Baxter (take Grant Fisher, one of best HSers ever and his 3:59 wouldnt even make NCAA's. Safe to say Westphal and Costello could beat 2012 Baxter).

Also remember that Cain's 5k ability on the track is significantly poorer than her 15/800 (a 4:04 1500m runner should be much faster than 15:45, her PR on the track) and this is cross country, a particularly rugged course at that, so it requires much more strength.

Given these, it looks like Cain might actually be in a good position heading into this year.

Slowmo video of the top 3 ladies runnig for about 20 yards:

https://twitter.com/TKSkenderian/status/658296533524328448

Form geeks enjoy.

Any link to the full results?

Photo of top 3 men after the race:

https://www.facebook.com/BostonAthleticAssociation/photos/a.450744778376657.1073741825.116415695142902/842633519187779/?type=3&theater

rojo wrote:

We'll try to get a post-race interview with Cain soon.

Mary Cain has declined our interview request.

Not Done? wrote:

Interesting to note that at NXN 2012 (the fall preceding Mary Cain's best year), she lost to Sarah Baxter.

Obviously Baxter is considered one of the greatest HS XC runners of all time but the girls Cain lost to today are some very good ex-collegians which could easily compare to Baxter (take Grant Fisher, one of best HSers ever and his 3:59 wouldnt even make NCAA's. Safe to say Westphal and Costello could beat 2012 Baxter).

Also remember that Cain's 5k ability on the track is significantly poorer than her 15/800 (a 4:04 1500m runner should be much faster than 15:45, her PR on the track) and this is cross country, a particularly rugged course at that, so it requires much more strength.

Given these, it looks like Cain might actually be in a good position heading into this year.

Also, looking at the results from last year, this seems to be a somewhat encouraging result from Cain

Not Done? wrote:

Interesting to note that at NXN 2012 (the fall preceding Mary Cain's best year), she lost to Sarah Baxter.

Obviously Baxter is considered one of the greatest HS XC runners of all time but the girls Cain lost to today are some very good ex-collegians which could easily compare to Baxter (take Grant Fisher, one of best HSers ever and his 3:59 wouldnt even make NCAA's. Safe to say Westphal and Costello could beat 2012 Baxter).

Also remember that Cain's 5k ability on the track is significantly poorer than her 15/800 (a 4:04 1500m runner should be much faster than 15:45, her PR on the track) and this is cross country, a particularly rugged course at that, so it requires much more strength.

Given these, it looks like Cain might actually be in a good position heading into this year.

" a particularly rugged course at that"

Franklin Park is a harder course, but not rugged at all.

As someone who races there around 2-3 times a year, the first mile is down hill and well kept, not rugged at all, Bear cage hill isn't as bad as everyone says it is, and the second mile isn't too bad.

the third mile I guess can get pretty muddy, and may be tougher, but I wouldn't call it a rough course at all.

LetsRun.com wrote:

rojo wrote:

We'll try to get a post-race interview with Cain soon.

Mary Cain has declined our interview request.

Memo to Mary Cain. This is a professional sport. Act like it. I love it how the pros complain how they don't get paid. Half of them don't deserve it. HSers give interviews after a race.

Cain is showing herself to be an employee of Nike - not a bonafide professional athlete. Professional athletes give interviews after competitions.

Nike employees don't have to explain themselves to anyone. She was probably scared to answer a legitimate question about whether the Salazar allegations played a role in her returning home.

Can't wait to read some PR friendly blog post on runmarycain.com - Sarcasm

Full results here:

http://www.letsrun.com/news/2015/10/2015-mayors-cup-xc-results-liv-wesphal-and-trevor-dunbar-win-mary-cain-3rd/

ridiculous wrote:

LetsRun.com wrote:

Mary Cain has declined our interview request.

Memo to Mary Cain. This is a professional sport. Act like it. I love it how the pros complain how they don't get paid. Half of them don't deserve it. HSers give interviews after a race.

Cain is showing herself to be an employee of Nike - not a bonafide professional athlete. Professional athletes give interviews after competitions.

Nike employees don't have to explain themselves to anyone. She was probably scared to answer a legitimate question about whether the Salazar allegations played a role in her returning home.

Can't wait to read some PR friendly blog post on runmarycain.com - Sarcasm

You are confusing the sewer called LetsRun with an actual news organization.