Let's pump the brakes (a little) on Hasay's 3rd place finish. On a day with good weather, only 2 women broke 2:25 in Boston.

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rojo

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1 year ago 04/15/2019 12:32pm CDT

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Let me start by writing this. After more than a year away from the marathon, it was great to see Jordan out there competing well. She's clearly made for the marathon.

The third place showing likely will motivate her to continue to dream big, but we need to also acknowledge what we acknowledged going in - the women's field wasn't super strong this year. In the end, only two women broke 2:25.

Yes the 73 first half made a sub-2:25 somewhat hard to accomplish given the 2nd half is hilly but it was doable. In 2017 Hasay ran 72:33 - 70:37 to run 2:23:00. Today, after a 73:08 first half, she ran a 72:12 2nd half.

Coming in there was 3 that I thought were better than Hasay and 2 of them beat her. Hasay taking third over Meskerem Assefa of Ethiopia (2:20:36 pb) was nice as Assefa has won 4 marathons in the last 2 years including Nagoya and Frankfurt last year, but I don't think she's quite back to where she was.

So a big step in the right direction but let's see if she can keep this momentum going.

LRC Note: Brakes was initially mispelled as breaks.
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1 year ago 04/15/2019 12:40pm CDT
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Maybe I'm mistaken, but I didn't think anyone was expecting Hasay to be back at her 2017 fitness. She did fine given the amount of training she's missed out on over the past year.
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1 year ago 04/15/2019 12:41pm CDT
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Was it good weather? Friends who finished in ~2:40 are telling me it was very rough today - warm and sunny. Of course, that half hour extra start may have made the difference for the elite women.
Them's the Brakes

1 year ago 04/15/2019 1:10pm CDT
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I thought it was spelled brakes but I'm no Ivy Leaguer.
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1 year ago 04/15/2019 1:11pm CDT
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Them's the Brakes wrote:

I thought it was spelled brakes but I'm no Ivy Leaguer.

Post. Of. The. Day.!!!!!

Good stuff.
Badweather

1 year ago 04/15/2019 1:13pm CDT
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It was terrible weather. Hot humid and windy second half don’t know what you’re talking about

George_213

1 year ago 04/15/2019 1:15pm CDT
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MeHereYouWhere?! wrote:

Them's the Brakes wrote:

I thought it was spelled brakes but I'm no Ivy Leaguer.

Post. Of. The. Day.!!!!!

Good stuff.

After all Rojo went to a worse Ivy League school than Wejo.
What The

1 year ago 04/15/2019 1:19pm CDT
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I don't know where Rojo got the idea there was good weather in Boston today. It wasn't 2018, but it was far from good.
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1 year ago 04/15/2019 1:43pm CDT
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rojo wrote:

Let me start by writing this. After more than a year away from the marathon, it was great to see Jordan out there competing well. She's clearly made for the marathon.

The third place showing likely will motivate her to continue to dream big, but we need to also acknowledge what we acknowledged going in - the women's field wasn't super strong this year. In the end, only two women broke 2:25.

Yes the 73 first half made a sub-2:25 somewhat hard to accomplish given the 2nd half is hilly but it was doable. In 2017 Hasay ran 72:33 - 70:37 to run 2:23:00. Today, after a 73:08 first half, she ran a 72:12 2nd half.

Coming in there was 3 that I thought were better than Hasay and 2 of them beat her. Hasay taking third over Meskerem Assefa of Ethiopia (2:20:36 pb) was nice as Assefa has won 4 marathons in the last 2 years including Nagoya and Frankfurt last year, but I don't think she's quite back to where she was.

So a big step in the right direction but let's see if she can keep this momentum going.

Very weird post, it's like you're subtly hating on Jordan. I don't think anyone expected her to run sub-2:23 today. The bottom line is she knows how to race the marathon - if she makes it to the start line she's a LOCK to podium.

And not to state the obvious, but IF she makes it to the start line she will win the trials by 2+ minutes.....
HOOWIE

1 year ago 04/15/2019 1:46pm CDT
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Yep; no need to get excited about a third place showing at the Boston marathon. Almost as dismal as our two american men breaking 2:10.
ayyyyy

1 year ago 04/15/2019 1:48pm CDT
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What The wrote:

I don't know where Rojo got the idea there was good weather in Boston today. It wasn't 2018, but it was far from good.

Everything is click bait on here. Can't we just celebrate a good run? The quote of the day from one of your guys basically says the wind isn't a huge help since the weather was a touch warm/humid. Now you start this thread to say to calm down with the praise of someone who hasn't put together a marathon in 1.5 years. Pick one or the other, not both. It was warm today. Jordan ran well. We can celebrate that instead of immediately starting a thread to diminish her accomplishments. Where are the same threads for Faubs and Ward??? Hasay made a strong pitch that she is going to be on the Olympic team. She beat Des and some other good runners.

This thread = everything wrong with this site.
wejo is a 28-low guy

1 year ago 04/15/2019 2:04pm CDT
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I can't believe rojo forgot to mention that it was her slowest full thon ever.

She is through!

humidhumidhumid

1 year ago 04/15/2019 2:05pm CDT
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i did my normal 8 mile loop and was super sweating. it was humid out there. also, kind of tough to tell what direction the wind was comnig from. i wouldn't consider today that great of a weather day.
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1 year ago 04/15/2019 2:14pm CDT
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After it stopped raining, it was still 80-85% humidity on the course and stayed that way until the sun came out in full force (which was about one hour after the top women finished running). Humidty dropped a little bit - to 60%.

It was relatively warm, and humid. I wouldn't call this the easiest conditions to run.
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1 year ago 04/15/2019 2:17pm CDT
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rojo wrote:

Let me start by writing this. After more than a year away from the marathon, it was great to see Jordan out there competing well. She's clearly made for the marathon.

The third place showing likely will motivate her to continue to dream big, but we need to also acknowledge what we acknowledged going in - the women's field wasn't super strong this year. In the end, only two women broke 2:25.

Yes the 73 first half made a sub-2:25 somewhat hard to accomplish given the 2nd half is hilly but it was doable. In 2017 Hasay ran 72:33 - 70:37 to run 2:23:00. Today, after a 73:08 first half, she ran a 72:12 2nd half.

Coming in there was 3 that I thought were better than Hasay and 2 of them beat her. Hasay taking third over Meskerem Assefa of Ethiopia (2:20:36 pb) was nice as Assefa has won 4 marathons in the last 2 years including Nagoya and Frankfurt last year, but I don't think she's quite back to where she was.

So a big step in the right direction but let's see if she can keep this momentum going.

It's about the race. The times were "slow" because of the slow start and humidity.
Leave it at that.
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1 year ago 04/15/2019 2:22pm CDT
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robert, I love you brother but please, don't you have more productive things than starting "captain obvious" threads?

-JH is made for the marathon. Yes, we all know this.

-The field wasn't London. We all know this.

-A negative split is hard. Duh, on any course. With JH's less than optimal prep, this was impressive.

-She didn't really beat anyone that we wouldn't expect her to beat. Again, duh.
Considering her lack of fitness, we honestly should have expected her to be 5th-10th, with 5th being a great day.
She clearly finished well above reasonable expectations, showing that, if healthy, she'll win BOS someday (hopefully soon)
As another poster mentioned, she makes it to the start line of the Trials, game over, period.

I just don't see the point of the original post, really...
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1 year ago 04/15/2019 2:29pm CDT
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Hey, Rojo, what's your fastest marathon?

You started this thread ragging on a woman who's been making a difficult comeback from injury, who finished today as the top American at Boston. The top two American women were 3rd and 5th, compared to the top two American men who finished in 7th and 8th.

But instead of starting a thread about "putting the brakes" how well the US men did, you highlighted their names in "Super Hot on Letsrun" on the front page of this website, saying how GREAT they did, i.e. the "drought is over!"

Don't you notice anything wrong with your attitude? If not, you should.
Sesamoiditis

1 year ago 04/15/2019 2:51pm CDT
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It was certainly a better weather day than 2017 when it was 70 and sunny from the start. Just look at the top 100 times and you will see they are about 4 minutes faster.
Rupp fan

1 year ago 04/15/2019 2:56pm CDT
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What a ridiculous troll thread... praising a couple US men who finished 7th and 8th for successfully running under a round number, yet bashing Jordan Hasay for finishing 3rd after an injury layoff? Round numbers are what it is all about! I guess you would have been happier if she ran 2:24:59 and finished 6th? But no...

This thread is about generating drama clicks from the letsrun degenerates at any cost. Unfortunately, the typical letsrunner would have very little interest in a positive thread about a high school phenom yet again defying the odds and overcoming adversity as an adult. Stay classy, letsrun!
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1 year ago 04/15/2019 2:59pm CDT
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Them's the Brakes wrote:

I thought it was spelled brakes but I'm no Ivy Leaguer.

You must be new here. The guy is borderline illiterate.