Official 2016 TCS New York City Marathon Live Discussion Thread

We break down Ritz's chances here:

http://www.letsrun.com/news/2016/11/2016-tcs-nyc-marathon-u-s-mens-preview-happen-american-win-first-time-since-2009/

The prize money alone is fantastic for him. Imagine this scenario:

Finish place: 4th overall, 1st American.

Time: Sub-2:08

Bonuses: $25k for 4th, $25k for 1st American, $25k for sub-2:08.

$75k overall from bonuses alone (not to mention appearance fees and contract money) if he runs close to his PR. Of course he may not finish 4th overall, but it's New York, and it's not a stacked field -- so who knows?

gasdfs wrote:

The prize money alone is fantastic for him. Imagine this scenario:

Finish place: 4th overall, 1st American.

Time: Sub-2:08

Bonuses: $25k for 4th, $25k for 1st American, $25k for sub-2:08.

$75k overall from bonuses alone (not to mention appearance fees and contract money) if he runs close to his PR. Of course he may not finish 4th overall, but it's New York, and it's not a stacked field -- so who knows?

Ritz has a WAY better chance of winning on Sunday than he does of breaking 2:08. Only four men have ever broken 2:08 in NYC.

Weather is looking nearly ideal.

Jonathan Gault wrote:

gasdfs wrote:

The prize money alone is fantastic for him. Imagine this scenario:

Finish place: 4th overall, 1st American.

Time: Sub-2:08

Bonuses: $25k for 4th, $25k for 1st American, $25k for sub-2:08.

$75k overall from bonuses alone (not to mention appearance fees and contract money) if he runs close to his PR. Of course he may not finish 4th overall, but it's New York, and it's not a stacked field -- so who knows?

Ritz has a WAY better chance of winning on Sunday than he does of breaking 2:08. Only four men have ever broken 2:08 in NYC.

Plus it looks like it may be a little breezy, and from a somewhat disadvantageous angle.

If he can break 2:10, that'd probably be a very good day.

But yeah, he obviously has a pretty good shot for at least a $50-60K payday.

Good for him.

Jonathan Gault wrote:

Ritz has a WAY better chance of winning on Sunday than he does of breaking 2:08. Only four men have ever broken 2:08 in NYC.

Good point

Great preview, Rojo! Notable omission is the mention of the man who destroyed the legendary myths about New York marathon(and Boston marathon) courses, how difficult they are. Geoffrey Mutai in 2011, in a group of 7 runners went through 30K in 1:29:47 (a 2:06:17 pace!) then as if that was not hot enough, he did the unthinkable(at the time) by running the last 12.195K in 35:19 which is 2:02:12 pace! We often talk about who is the greatest marathoner. There is no outright clear winner to that title, with three to four runners running shoulder to shoulder, Geoffrey Mutai among them. I propose New York marathon trophy be christened Geoffrey Mutai trophy. What do you all think?

Our women's previews are now up.

US Women:

http://www.letsrun.com/news/2016/11/2016-tcs-nyc-marathon-u-s-womens-preview-molly-huddle-makes-long-awaited-marathon-debut-olympic-champ-gwen-jorgensen/

International women:

http://www.letsrun.com/news/2016/11/2016-tcs-nyc-marathon-international-womens-preview-mary-keitany-tries-embarrass-kenyan-selectors-winning-third-straight-title/

TV & Streaming info is here:

http://www.letsrun.com/news/2016/11/2016-new-york-city-marathon-tv-streaming-info-tracking-live-results/

Live Results and Tracking:

http://www.letsrun.com/news/2016/11/new-york-city-marathon-tracking-live-results-tv-streaming-info/

What do you predict for Mike Rossi?

http://liveresults.nyrr.org/e/NY2016?_ga=1.225663443.83578763.1478381316#/tracker/RG3VU5LP

RossiRuser wrote:

What do you predict for Mike Rossi?

http://liveresults.nyrr.org/e/NY2016?_ga=1.225663443.83578763.1478381316#/tracker/RG3VU5LP

Great things.

Thanks, Rojo! This is an even clearer and better picture of perhaps the greatest marathon performance ever, only rivalled by Sammy Wanjiru's 2008 Beijing Olympics run.

Winds 15-25mph NNW=great things?

I'm curious: would you describe yourself as just a run-of-the-mill LR a**hole, or more of an out-and-out psycho?

FL863 wrote:

Ritz plans on replicating what bekele did in Berlin...expect great things!

Kind of annoying but mad respect for the dedication this took. Also, some of these were kinda funny.

Ritz FTW

FL863 wrote:

Ritz plans on replicating what bekele did in Berlin...expect great things!

FL863 wrote:

A few years back Ritz once won a small local 5k in 14:30 where 2nd place was over 23 minutes...expect great things!

Go Dathan!

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If Ritz reads this thread, the pressure on him might be too overwhelming. The expectations are just too enormous for anyone to handle.