Official 2017 NYC Marathon Discussion Thread

Please repost the Eurosport link?

Question- was Dibaba a DNS? don't see her

Quite a bit of shifting around in the men's pack, Abdi in the lead. A lot of looking around.

Borosboroian wrote:

Think these are "5 boro challenge" runners, they had an earlier start time. One from each boro.

oh, that's possible, I didn't think about that. those guys looked like they were running pretty fast though and their race numbers were low. aren't 5 boro challenge people not so fast?

Borosboroian wrote:

Think these are "5 boro challenge" runners, they had an earlier start time. One from each boro.

Its called a borough, not a boro.

That Italian chick is a triathlete https://it.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sara_Dossena

Hoping for top-3 for Betsy!!!

bedroomosh wrote:

Borosboroian wrote:

Think these are "5 boro challenge" runners, they had an earlier start time. One from each boro.

oh, that's possible, I didn't think about that. those guys looked like they were running pretty fast though and their race numbers were low. aren't 5 boro challenge people not so fast?

Yeah, the 5 boro challenge runners are Foot Locker employees. I doubt they would be able to keep up with the leaders, even for 1km.

WTF another human interest piece?

Women

Mile 1: 6:43

Mile 2: 5:58 (12:41) Dossena of Italy running off the front a little bit but there’s a huge pack right behind her.

Mile 3: 5:55 (18:36)

5k: 19:09

Mile 4: 5:48 (24:24) 23 women within 4 seconds of the feed.

Mile 5: 5:39 (30:03) Deba starting to push now and opening a small gap at the front. She has about 20 meters on field. Now 30 meters.

Mile 6: 5:37 (35:40) Deba has been reeled in.

10k: 36:52 (17:43)

Mile 7: 5:38 (41:18) 18 women in lead pack.

Mile 8: 5:49 (47:07)

Mile 9: 5:48 52:54

15k: 17:52 (54:44)

Mile 10: 5:35 (58:31) Edna Kiplagat

Men

Mile 1: 5:39

Mile 2: Ghebreslassie already pushing and stringing out the men’s field. Not for long though as then it slows back down. Abdi falls at first drinks station

Mile 3: 15:40

5k: 16:12. Abdi still off the back, Ward gapped slightly.

Mile 4: 5:00

Mile 5: 5:00 (25:47) Ward and Abdi have now rejoined the lead pack. Abdi now leading in fact as he just ran a 4:51 mile to catch up.

rojo wrote:

salty wrote:

Looked like Kipsang missed his bottle at the aid station, stopped dead in his tracks and turned around to grab it, which caused Abdi to crash into him and fall down. DQ for Kipsang!

Umm. Wouldn't it be like a car accident? If you hit someone from behind, it's always your fault.

Umm. If a car slams on its breaks, does a U turn, drives towards you in heavy traffic, and you can’t get out of the way, is it still your fault?

bedroomosh wrote:

The blue tape is separating to race courses -- there are two start lines and the courses are kept separate for eight miles to make up the difference in distance.

by crossing over, the sub- or local-elites that crossed over either cut the course or added to their distance.

This is correct, except there are three start lines.

I'm pretty sure the guys who crossed over madethe course shorter. The blue/elite wave starts further back than the others. The others have to make an extra turn or two just before they merge so that's where the distance is made up.

Jeremy R wrote:

WTF another human interest piece?

At least not much is happening now. Cannot blame them for making an interest piece with an attractive runner from a place recovering from a tragic natural disaster.

The cric stream, but nothing's working for me. Probably my computer's not set up for it.

http://cricfree.sc/watch/live/2017-tcs-new-york-city-marathon-live-streaming

That's fine, but do it before the race. You don't see them cutting during the first quarter of a crappy Browns game.

Age grouper in the lead around mile 2 on the men's side! Couple others in the lead pack with him! Yesss! Meb found his shoes I think

Men:

5km 16:15

10km 31:55 (15:40)

Jeremy R wrote:

That's fine, but do it before the race. You don't see them cutting during the first quarter of a crappy Browns game.

Actually, often during the Sunday night baseball games ESPN will show some dumb interest story. That annoys me more as you are almost guaranteed to miss some action.

Mary Keitany is running at "saving something for Tokyo" pace for some reason.

Why work hard when you don't have to?