WEJO, ROJO how many men in the top 20 ran slower than Mary Keitany in 2nd half ?

So true and said she ran not to falter at the end, so she wasnt 100% all out the 2nd half. This performance maybe just as amazing as Paula's WR and Ayana's 10000m WR. Mary marathon spilts were just stupid!

Jonathan Gault wrote:

Like Rojo, I ran the numbers. Pretty crazy stuff. Shalane also closed faster than Lagat.

https://twitter.com/jgault13/status/1059487776545165312

Thank you for these results.

VIPAM wrote:

66:58 is beyond amazing. I said last year after her defeat in London when Mary is fit and runs any marathon first half slower then 1:10 she wont be beat. She is to marathon what Almaz Ayana is to 10000m simply unbeatable when fit and run smart, no woman can match their closes. How many men in the top 20 did Mary 2nd half close faster than?

I said last year...stealth gloat about something overly obvious.

You guys are so incredibly amazing on your running hypothesis. Incredible. Still laughing at that one.

William Peyton wrote:

Jonathan Gault wrote:

Like Rojo, I ran the numbers. Pretty crazy stuff. Shalane also closed faster than Lagat.

https://twitter.com/jgault13/status/1059487776545165312

Thank you for these results.

This is such a bs thread. The first column of that table totally negates the second column. Her first half time is barely within ten minutes of the men's slowest first half, and she was still at least 4 minutes behind any of them at the finish. Vipam can keep wanking over those apples and oranges he's comparing. I checked the splits for the guy whose time was nearest to Mary's, his first 5k was three minutes faster than hers. So while these guys were racing the first half the race, the ladies were jogging through. I'm not saying Mary didn't run a fabulous race, just stop comparing the men's and women's races.

Jonathan Gault wrote:

Like Rojo, I ran the numbers. Pretty crazy stuff. Shalane also closed faster than Lagat.

https://twitter.com/jgault13/status/1059487776545165312

Anyone know if Desisa's 62:02 the fastest second half split in NY?

Geoffrey Mutai went 61:48 (!!!) in 2011 after a 63:18 first half. Incredible!

Seriously mate? wrote:

Geoffrey Mutai went 61:48 (!!!) in 2011 after a 63:18 first half. Incredible!

Wow that is insane, esp on those finishing hills! Of course, he had a running start :)

Seriously mate? wrote:

Geoffrey Mutai went 61:48 (!!!) in 2011 after a 63:18 first half. Incredible!

Her performance would be the equivalent of a about 1:08:38-1:00:36 for a male elite. 2:09:14. Although probably only a couple men in the world capable of that.

Racket wrote:

FrenchDawg wrote:

I would pay immeasurable amounts of money to see a 67 second half marathon

Head to Cape Canaveral for the next launch

Guys... I think he meant 67 [minutes] for the second half marathon of a marathon

If she could run with proper pacing then she'd take Paula's WR. In the past she's gone out too fast, this time she went out too slow....

VIPAM wrote:

Samething posters like you said when Wang Junxia was the only sub 30 minute 10ker. I said Elvan A and Tirunesh would run a sub 30 min 10000m (when she ever had competed in one), poster said its too long, she have to much 1500m/5000m speed. Guess what a couple years later they were the very next two to crack the barrier.

Except Elvan A subsequently tested positive for doping...…. though the chances are with the 3 names above that you're probably still comparing like with like...….

VIPAM wrote:

66:58 is beyond amazing. I said last year after her defeat in London when Mary is fit and runs any marathon first half slower then 1:10 she wont be beat. She is to marathon what Almaz Ayana is to 10000m simply unbeatable when fit and run smart, no woman can match their closes. How many men in the top 20 did Mary 2nd half close faster than?

Slower THEN 1:10? What are you talking about?