Kellyn Taylor wins 2018 Grandma's Marathon in 2:24:28 - moves to #7 all-time on US list

Great result. Happy for her and happy for Ben.

moddy t wrote:

Great result. Happy for her and happy for Ben.

The 2020 trials are going to be amazing. Gwen may have a hard time cracking the top ten.

minong wrote:

That’s a 4 minute PR, course record by 2 minutes. What place for US all time? The pack ran a 6:00 mile mid race and she took off. Fantastic race.

I think 6th all time.

Is the fastest an American woman has run in a non-Major or non Championship race?

I added some context about her win to the first post (so scroll up if you haven't seen that) and want to add some more now

LRC wrote:

She is now the 7th fastest US woman ever in any marathon (Grandma's is point to point and not record-eligible)

From looking at the course map, it appears that Grandma's runs from the Northeast to the Southwest - basically from Two Harbors to Duluth , MN. Based on that, it appears that Taylor gid get a boost from the wind. Maybe i'll call John Kellogg to see how much he thinks it helped. Temps were in the low 60s.

Weatherunderground shows that there was basically a 5-7 mph wind in Two Harbors during the race (started at 7:45 am local) from the East with a somtimes north component to it as shown here:

Taylor's previous pb was 2:28:40 from her debut in Houston in 2015.

Here is where I got the list of fastest US marathoners form - TFN.

Rojo,

I just ran it. On the course the winds were definitely off the lake from the east thus pushing away the line of storms which were expected. It was a light cross wind (5-12). Definitely more of a tailwind when you get in the city though. Perhaps the last 10k.

She just crossed the finish line -- can't y'all wait a day or two before trying to find ways to make it any less impressive??

Amazing run! Love following this group, happy to see Kellyn run well after Boston.

Any video of Josh Cox rushing in to hug her?

How is the presentation of facts considered a denigration of an excellent performance by Kellyn? I certainly don't see it that way and perhaps you should learn how to receive facts without jumping to a preconceived notion. Even *if* the wind was of assistance, she'd still have run 2:25, it's not like this was a BOS wind that was worth 2-3min.

This was the breakout performance that so many of us have hoped for from her for quite some time, really glad she's finally being rewarded for her perseverance on this. Marathon trials is going to be on fire.

not my real name wrote:

Even *if* the wind was of assistance, she'd still have run 2:25, it's not like this was a BOS wind that was worth 2-3min.

Correct. Also, this was run in nearly 100% humidity. Granted temps were good to great, but that can still be a negative factor for some.

Such a fickle race weather wise. If the wind is off the big lake it's PR conditions without a doubt. Coming from the SW? Could be red flagged the whole way.

minong wrote:

That’s a 4 minute PR, course record by 2 minutes. What place for US all time? The pack ran a 6:00 mile mid race and she took off. Fantastic race.

LRC note: Taylor won by nearly six minutes. From looking at the splits, she ran pretty darn even, hitting 10k in 33:59, the half in 72:30, 20 miles in 1:50:09 and mile 25 in 2:17:39 (meaning sh ran her final 1.2 at 5:42 pace - her overall average was 5:31 per mile. [/quote]

Did Josh Cox push her husband out of the way at the finish line , so he could get in the finish photos?

rojo wrote:

I added some context about her win to the first post (so scroll up if you haven't seen that)

You should be banned for this practice.

She seems more stunned than exhausted

Impressive, but there's a reason this won't count on the list of all-time fastest marathons by an American asterisk-free. How people mentally process that asterisk of course varies. Seems like she would have run 2:25-2:26 on a fair course, all else the same....but she didn't.

not my real name wrote:

it's not like this was a BOS wind that was worth 2-3min.

You mean a BOS 25mph headwind that was worth negative 15 minutes.

Son of Grandma wrote:

[quote]minong wrote:

That’s a 4 minute PR, course record by 2 minutes. What place for US all time? The pack ran a 6:00 mile mid race and she took off. Fantastic race.

LRC note: Taylor won by nearly six minutes. From looking at the splits, she ran pretty darn even, hitting 10k in 33:59, the half in 72:30, 20 miles in 1:50:09 and mile 25 in 2:17:39 (meaning sh ran her final 1.2 at 5:42 pace - her overall average was 5:31 per mile.

Did Josh Cox push her husband out of the way at the finish line , so he could get in the finish photos?

It turns out that Ms. Kellyn Taylor (Flagstaff, Arizona) absolutely DESTROYED the women’s course record by more than two minutes... in a time of 2:24:29.

It also turns out that Ms. Taylor gets a 2018 Toyota Yaris (or cash equivalent)... in addition to the... $20,000 in prize money.

Oh well.

It's not a big surprise.

huge congrats to Kellyn, she smashed her NYC 2:29 by 5 minutes? whoa

this is the fastest marathon run by an American woman in the 2017-2018 season in shoes without springs!

(3rd fastest if you include runners that ran with springs in their shoes like Hasay and Cragg)

unless Hoka maybe pulled out the carbon rocket prototype but I doubt it, hope not

and yes, Grandma's is an olympic trials qualifier, still don't get why point-to-point with descent is allowed for OTQ but it's still a great marathon time

Great run from Kellyn...here is a link to her training leading up to this race...seems like after the disaster that was Boston, she was able to bounce back quickly and cash-in on her fitness...

https://www.finalsurge.com/NazEliteLog/KellynTaylor

It’s mostly the tone of the Brojo posts. Absolutely arrogant geeks trying to be the first to say something. They must not realize that they are not Woj and their posts are not Woj Bombs but merely farts in a windy forest. Being full grown men you would think that they would grow up. Sometimes they make the bros at flotrack look like mature adults