https://japanrunningnews.blogspot.com/2019/06/jaaf-announces-field-of-12-women-and-31.htmlEl stupido wrote:
runnerdave wrote:
I think the NYC Marathon is devastated. Did they decide to cut way back on the appearance fees or something? It was a pretty lame field, really, Tell me there aren't 30 Ethiopians and Kenyans or even Japanese in the 2:06 - 2:08 range that wouldn't like a nice payday.
ummm, did you know that if you put 30 Ethiopians or Kenyans in the 2:06-2:08 range then most likely none of them would win much if any prize money. There were already enough 2:04 runners in the NYC marathon to take the biggest prizes. Also, those 2:06-2:08 runners from Berlin or Amsterdam are not running under 2:10 in NYC. Likely would all be behind Ward.
Japanese? You kidding? There is only one Japanese in that range, and I believe he did another marathon recently.
18 Japanese men under 2:10, all from 2017-2019. And I don't think any were native-born east Africans. Japan's population is 126 million; USA is 327 million.
I don't know how many were wearing Nike 4%, lol.