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rojo wrote: IT LOOKS TO BE KAM......DESISA HANGS ON BUT....

The battle for top US man continjhes. Mile 21 splits

1 Shura Kitata ETH 1:41:44 4:47 2:07:00
2 Geoffrey Kamworor KEN 1:41:44 4:47 2:07:01
3 Tamirat Tola ETH 1:41:45 4:48 2:07:02
4 Lelisa Desisa ETH 1:41:45 4:48 2:07:02
5 Festus Talam KEN 1:42:09 5:10 2:07:31
6 Daniel Wanjiru KEN 1:43:28 5:07 2:09:11
7 Juan Luis Barrios MEX 1:44:42 5:16 2:10:43
8 Jared Ward USA 1:45:40 5:13 2:11:56
9 Chris Derrick USA 1:45:40 5:13 2:11:56
10 Shadrack Biwott USA 1:45:41 5:13 2:11:57
11 Birhanu Dare Kemal ETH 1:45:52 5:22 2:12:10
12 Tadesse Yae Dabi ETH 1:46:20 5:11 2:12:46
13 Scott Smith USA 1:46:21 5:11 2:12:47
14 Scott Fauble USA 1:46:22 5:12 2:12:47
15 Ryan Vail USA 1:46:55 5:26 2:13:30
16 Harbert Okuti UGA 1:47:50 5:28 2:14:37
17 Bernard Lagat USA 1:47:52 5:29 2:14:40
18 Jonny Mellor GBR 1:48:04 5:19 2:14:56
19 Tim Ritchie USA 1:48:16 5:12 2:15:10
20 Girma Bekele Gebre ETH 1:48:53 2:15:57
21 Chris Thompson GBR 1:49:09 6:01 2:16:17
22 Diriba Degefa Yigezu ETH 1:49:13 5:31 2:16:21
23 Mizael Carrera PUR 1:49:25 5:28 2:16:36
24 Alex Monroe USA 1:49:46 6:04 2:17:02

Mile 22 splits.

ALL TIMES ARE UNOFFICIAL
REPORTING POINT:
RUNNERS TO SHOW:
AUTO-ADVANCE REPORTING POINT
TOP 40 LEADERS — 22 MILES
PLACE BIB NAME COUNTRY ELAPSED TIME DIFF. FROM LEADER MILE TIME DIFF. FROM LAST MILE 5K TIME DIFF. FROM LAST 5K EST. FINISH TIME AVERAGE PACE/MILE
1 2 Shura Kitata ETH 1:46:30 +00:00.00 4:47 +0:00 2:06:55 4:51
2 1 Geoffrey Kamworor KEN 1:46:30 +00:00.49 4:46 -0:01 2:06:55 4:51
3 3 Lelisa Desisa ETH 1:46:30 +00:00.89 4:46 -0:02 2:06:56 4:51
4 4 Tamirat Tola ETH 1:46:35 +00:05.00 4:50 +0:02 2:07:01 4:51
5 6 Festus Talam KEN 1:47:36 +01:06.48 5:28 +0:18 2:08:14 4:54
6 5 Daniel Wanjiru KEN 1:48:35 +02:05.44 5:07 +0:00 2:09:24 4:57
7 9 Juan Luis Barrios MEX 1:50:02 +03:32.37 5:20 +0:04 2:11:08 5:01
8 11 Shadrack Biwott USA 1:50:52 +04:22.24 5:11 -0:02 2:12:07 5:03
9 15 Jared Ward USA 1:50:52 +04:22.92 5:13 +0:00 2:12:08 5:03
10 19 Chris Derrick USA 1:50:54 +04:24.30 5:14 +0:01 2:12:10 5:03
11 27 Birhanu Dare Kemal ETH 1:51:20 +04:50.26 5:28 +0:06 2:12:41 5:04
12 443 Tadesse Yae Dabi ETH 1:51:30 +05:00.86 5:10 -0:01 2:12:53 5:05
13 18 Scott Fauble USA 1:51:30 +05:00.90 5:09 -0:03 2:12:53 5:05
14 17 Scott Smith USA 1:51:32 +05:02.13 5:11 +0:00 2:12:55 5:05
15 16 Ryan Vail USA 1:52:24 +05:54.22 5:29 +0:03 2:13:57 5:07

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f espn wrote:

let's watch the women who finished walk around and also plug football without looking at the men's race.

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Five is the magic number wrote:

Who's this Festus Talam guy who keeps hanging on? A surprise guy in the making?

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Koneko wrote:

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Mahavishnu1500 wrote:

They just can't possibly be taking real drug tests in Kenya/Ethiopia

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No drug testing whatsoever. Corrupt European coaches and agents. Fraudulent birth certificates. I would discount virtually any and every elite performance from East Africa.

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Sledge_hammer wrote:

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Scorpion_runner wrote:

great freaking run by Shalance and Molly!

Molly pr'd! 2:26 in New York!

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Don't understand why doesn't she stick to the 10k and half. She's clearly not built for the marathon as opposed to Shalane.

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