2019 New York City Marathon Pro Report Cards

Raneri has run 14:07 and 29:16, definitely not equivalent to a 2:14, but he did run 1:02:51 in the half

I'd say A+ for McMillan. I know he was fast on the track at BYU but only marathon result i see is a 2:23 in Chicago, so being less than 90 seconds behind Ward is pretty damn good.

I was about to agree w McMillan A+ but is 2:12 with new shoes = 2:14 old shoes?

Fact he ran by himself makes it impressive to me but I could see a guy like that running 2:14 .

Really happy for Tyler. He himself on IG described his race as "good but not great" and vowed to work hard over the next 4 months before the trials but considering the injuries he's coming back from 2:14 on a cold, windy day in NY is great in my book.

Altho the mustache trend that he and Jared Ward are promoting needs to stop.

Looks like some good old Cornell grade inflation!

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wejo wrote:

I started another thread asking people how they did and to rate themselves.

Figure we should do the same for the Pros.

I'll start with top 5 and top 5 Americans.
1) Kamworor A
2) Alberto Korir A
3) Girma Bekele from "semi-elite" start A+
4) Tamirat Tola 2:09:20 B-
5) Shura Kitata B-

I wonder if the other LRC guys will be harsher on Tola and Kitata

American men
1 Jared Ward 2:10:45 PB 2:12 last year A-
2 Abdi Abdi 40+ 2:11:34 A+ thought his career was over
3 Connor McMllian 2:12:07 A
4 Tyler Pennel 2:14:10 A on return from injury
5 John Raneri 2:14:13 A - is he only a 30 minute guy?

Women:
1) Joyciline Jepkosgei A
2) Mary Keitany 2:23:32 B+
3) Ruti Aga 2:25:51 B-
4) Nancy Kiprop B
5) Sinead Diver A master's runner

American women:
1) Des Linden 2:26:46 B (A for giving american's some entertainment)
2) Kellyn Taylor 2:26:52 B = fact she ran almost equal to Des maybe should give her a B+
3) Aliphine Tuliamuk 2:28:12 B+ been injured of late
4) Roberta Groner 2:30:12 A = 6th at Worlds and now this as a master
5) Katy (Moen) Jermann 2:31:55 A = PB 2:33 in Houston was previous best

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I agree with most of your grading but I disagree with Des Linden. Most of us come to this board because we expect a different take than the RunnersWorld crowd.

Is there one person on this board that thought Des had a chance to win when she opened up a 15 second lead on the field? Hell no. Even she knew that this was a middle school move. She is no longer a factor to win a race. She goes through the motions before and says that she’s in it to win it.

She is in a different zip code over the last 10k but always says she is in it to win it before hand. That has to be a failing grade.

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wejo wrote:
American men
1 Jared Ward 2:10:45 PB 2:12 last year A-

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Leopardly wrote:

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wejo wrote:
American men
1 Jared Ward 2:10:45 PB 2:12 last year A-

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He ran 2:11 at the Olympics

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Just Average wrote:

Altho the mustache trend that he and Jared Ward are promoting needs to stop.

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wejo wrote:

I started another thread asking people how they did and to rate themselves.

Figure we should do the same for the Pros.

I'll start with top 5 and top 5 Americans.
1) Kamworor A
2) Alberto Korir A
3) Girma Bekele from "semi-elite" start A+
4) Tamirat Tola 2:09:20 B-
5) Shura Kitata B-

I wonder if the other LRC guys will be harsher on Tola and Kitata

American men
1 Jared Ward 2:10:45 PB 2:12 last year A-
2 Abdi Abdi 40+ 2:11:34 A+ thought his career was over
3 Connor McMllian 2:12:07 A
4 Tyler Pennel 2:14:10 A on return from injury
5 John Raneri 2:14:13 A - is he only a 30 minute guy?

Women:
1) Joyciline Jepkosgei A
2) Mary Keitany 2:23:32 B+
3) Ruti Aga 2:25:51 B-
4) Nancy Kiprop B
5) Sinead Diver A master's runner

American women:
1) Des Linden 2:26:46 B (A for giving american's some entertainment)
2) Kellyn Taylor 2:26:52 B = fact she ran almost equal to Des maybe should give her a B+
3) Aliphine Tuliamuk 2:28:12 B+ been injured of late
4) Roberta Groner 2:30:12 A = 6th at Worlds and now this as a master
5) Katy (Moen) Jermann 2:31:55 A = PB 2:33 in Houston was previous best

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I know Boston is an IAAF ineligible net-downhill course wrote:

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Leopardly wrote:

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wejo wrote:
American men
1 Jared Ward 2:10:45 PB 2:12 last year A-

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He ran 2:11 at the Olympics

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He ran 2:09:25 at Boston.

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Just Average wrote:

Really happy for Tyler. He himself on IG described his race as "good but not great" and vowed to work hard over the next 4 months before the trials but considering the injuries he's coming back from 2:14 on a cold, windy day in NY is great in my book.

Altho the mustache trend that he and Jared Ward are promoting needs to stop.

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Seth Demoor- D+. C- cuz he ran with a camera.