Who was the most 'meh' Boston Marathon winner in recent history

donyiyo wrote:

Harambe wrote:

Meh is when someone you expect to win, wins.

No, meh is when someone with high expectation deflates like a balloon as he did. No reasonable person expected him to win last year nor this year. Last year was a massive fluke, a freak weather day, he won thanks to that. This year at least he should've been top 10, the way he imploded makes him very meh. His priorities: keep running sub. 2:20, big frigging deal.

Yuki: MEH

Full of BS. Races aren't about time, they are about competing, they are about the true spirit of your heart. They are about going balls to the walls and testing your absolute limits.

DontFeedTheTroll wrote:

Not a hometown fan wrote:

I agree 100%.

She is a consistent top 5-10 runner that has never been good enough to win. 2018 was a Mother Nature fluke and she survived better than others. It is now 2019 and she is back to being 4 minutes behind those that are capable of winning.

She had a lucky day, but:

2008 Chicago - 5th

2009 Chicago - 2nd

2010 Chicago - 2nd

2011 Boston - 2nd

2013 Berlin - 5th

2014 Boston - 10th

2014 New York - 5th

2015 Boston - 4th

2016 Olympics - 7th

2017 Boston - 4th

2018 Boston - 1st

2018 New York - 6th

2019 Boston - 5th

I'd call her a solid 2nd-5th place finisher with a record like that, not 5-10th.

Her peak was probably at the beginning of the decade, the 2018 win was a fluke, similar to a "mudder" winning a big stakes race in horse racing. That said she is very consistent for somebody at this point who is a notch below the elite.

Desi is a boring human being. I know her

rojo wrote:

The ***asterisk*** year wrote:

Both Men's and Women's winning times were slower than any other winning times in 40 years.

Definitely the ***asterisk*** year.

Will never be accepted as real to running historians.

I disagree.

I 100% accept it as real but put an asterisk next to it in the sense of "These people have no shot of winning unless something WEIRD happens." That's certainly true for Yuki in a men's major. Women's running isn't still nearly as deep so if you are 5th in a year like this year, that means you only need 4 more DNFs to win.

But Desi won it. So did Yuki.

If it was up to the posters like the one you're responding to, they would probably want a asterisk next to this world's XC championship for being too tough and the one in 2007 for being too hot. Running is simple, from point a to point b, first one across the line wins. And on that day Yuki was the best man.

Lydiard Cerutty wrote:

rojo wrote:

I disagree.

I 100% accept it as real but put an asterisk next to it in the sense of "These people have no shot of winning unless something WEIRD happens." That's certainly true for Yuki in a men's major. Women's running isn't still nearly as deep so if you are 5th in a year like this year, that means you only need 4 more DNFs to win.

But Desi won it. So did Yuki.

If it was up to the posters like the one you're responding to, they would probably want a asterisk next to this world's XC championship for being too tough and the one in 2007 for being too hot. Running is simple, from point a to point b, first one across the line wins. And on that day Yuki was the best man.

lol who the heck are these running historians? That's gotta be the lamest title you could possible be given

I have a feeling that, like the Spencer Brown thread, most of the hater posts are from the same one or two people.

Desi

I don't know why people think Desi isn't capable of winning in better conditions than what took place in 2018. She only missed the win in 2011 by 2 seconds fer christ sake!

Who seriously saw the Desi win last year and said 'Meh' about that race? Or Yuki? Those were two of the most memorable races in the history of Boston, and will be for some time. They were amazing races, and amazing wins. Nothing 'meh' about them

Most people on this board couldn't name any of the female or male east African winners from 2010 back. There's your 'meh' winners, to most Americans anyway.

Really wrote:

I don't know why people think Desi isn't capable of winning in better conditions than what took place in 2018. She only missed the win in 2011 by 2 seconds fer christ sake!

Who seriously saw the Desi win last year and said 'Meh' about that race? Or Yuki? Those were two of the most memorable races in the history of Boston, and will be for some time. They were amazing races, and amazing wins. Nothing 'meh' about them

Most people on this board couldn't name any of the female or male east African winners from 2010 back. There's your 'meh' winners, to most Americans anyway.

This looks like racism. From an objective point of view, Desi is the meh-est runner in the world right now

RacismIShere wrote:

Really wrote:

I don't know why people think Desi isn't capable of winning in better conditions than what took place in 2018. She only missed the win in 2011 by 2 seconds fer christ sake!

Who seriously saw the Desi win last year and said 'Meh' about that race? Or Yuki? Those were two of the most memorable races in the history of Boston, and will be for some time. They were amazing races, and amazing wins. Nothing 'meh' about them

Most people on this board couldn't name any of the female or male east African winners from 2010 back. There's your 'meh' winners, to most Americans anyway.

This looks like racism. From an objective point of view, Desi is the meh-est runner in the world right now

I couldn't agree more. The racism needs to STOP!

Elle P. wrote:

RacismIShere wrote:

This looks like racism. From an objective point of view, Desi is the meh-est runner in the world right now

I couldn't agree more. The racism needs to STOP!

Lydiard Cerutty wrote:

Elle P. wrote:

I couldn't agree more. The racism needs to STOP!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-race_effect

Exactly! "Race" is even in the name!!! That's textbook racism!!

rare wrote:

bahstahn wrote:

Scrolling through the winners of the last few Boston Marathons, who has had the most underwhelming before/after their Boston win? For me, realizing Berhanu Lemi Hayle hasn't really done much of anything since his win was pretty surprising since he was such a hotshot up-and-comer in 2016. Same for Wesley Korir

Yuki far and away is the most “meh” performer in terms of his career before and how he won.

Surely you jest. Is it Opposite Day where you subsist?

RacismIShere wrote:

Really wrote:

I don't know why people think Desi isn't capable of winning in better conditions than what took place in 2018. She only missed the win in 2011 by 2 seconds fer christ sake!

Who seriously saw the Desi win last year and said 'Meh' about that race? Or Yuki? Those were two of the most memorable races in the history of Boston, and will be for some time. They were amazing races, and amazing wins. Nothing 'meh' about them

Most people on this board couldn't name any of the female or male east African winners from 2010 back. There's your 'meh' winners, to most Americans anyway.

This looks like racism. From an objective point of view, Desi is the meh-est runner in the world right now

Read the question next time. The OP asked for the most 'meh' Boston Marathon winner in recent history, not the meh-est runner in the world right now. Moran.