OT: 118th Boston Marathon
Today is the 118th running of the Boston Marathon. It is off to a great start in both the elite men's and elite women's race. American's Ryan Hall and Meb Keflezighi leading the men's pelaton and American woman Shalane Flanagan on course record pace.
Ernst Van Dyk just won his 10th Boston Marathon wheelchair race.
EDIT: Rita Jeptoo (KEN) wins the women's race in 2:18.57. A new course record. Shalane finishes 6th 2:22.01 a new personal best.
EDIT 2: American Meb wins!!!!!! 2:08.26! A New PB.
On Saturday University of Michigan alum Nick Willis won the Elite Men's Mile Race.
Go Boston runners today! Both Elite and non-elite!
April 21st, 2014 at 11:03 AM ^
Happy Pariots Day too!! Have a Sam Adam's to celebrate! Boston Strong!
April 21st, 2014 at 11:34 AM ^
Meb has a huge lead on the pelaton halfway through (32 seconds = ~200m). 1:04.2 half. Go Meb!
He also just ran a sub 15 min 5k in the later half as he approached Newton. Meb is absolutely flying through the course.
edit: leading over 1 min at mile 17 with a 17 sec lead over fellow American Job Boit.
at Boston since U of M's Greg Meyer did it in 1983.
Not one to brag, but I ran with (actually way behind, anyway) Greg in high school, he was a teammate and classmate of mine at GR West Catholic.
Great runner and great guy!
April 21st, 2014 at 11:29 AM ^
So is 2014 the year that birthed the "Boston Strong" meme? Already over it.
April 21st, 2014 at 11:38 AM ^
Phew! I'm glad you are. How long do you think it will be until those that lost limbs and loved ones are "over it?"
April 21st, 2014 at 12:20 PM ^
Yeah I see those "9-11-01 Never Forget" stickers and I'm just like 'get over it man'
April 21st, 2014 at 12:37 PM ^
Yeah I see those "12-7-41 Never Forget" stickers and I'm just like 'get over it man'
Not to detract from the gravity of the above comments, but this still goes here:
April 21st, 2014 at 12:12 PM ^
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April 21st, 2014 at 11:35 AM ^
lol serial negger
If only you'd been there to help Randy Marsh on Wheel of Fortune, a lot of embarrassment could have been avoided.
April 21st, 2014 at 11:37 AM ^
Saw some pictures from around the race and I'm absolutely shocked by the number of children in attendance. There's no way in the world I would allow my 5-year old anywhere near that place given what happened last year and people's propensity for wanting to duplicate tragedy.
Kudos to the adults for running and not giving in to fear, but as far as the kids go...wow.
April 21st, 2014 at 11:32 PM ^
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April 21st, 2014 at 11:44 AM ^
I guess I'm ok with the Boston Stong thing but I hate the Boston Red Sox.
April 21st, 2014 at 11:45 AM ^
Wow. Did Shalane bonk or did she get hurt? She really blew it.
Meb is amazing. As a runner of advanced age I salute him. Hopefully the old guy can hang on!
April 21st, 2014 at 11:58 AM ^
She bonked. At one point she was on WR pace...it was effing nuts. Still a PB for Shalane.
Meb needs to hold on...His bonkers pace is costing him right now.
April 21st, 2014 at 11:53 AM ^
2:18:57
April 21st, 2014 at 12:08 PM ^
2:18...that's crazy. For comparison...as a triathlete I'm interested in what the times are for the Ironman races, and last year's women's (World) champion Mirinda Carfrae ran the marathon in 2:50 and was the third fastest marathon time at Kona...for both men and women. Quite amazing how fast today's times are.
April 21st, 2014 at 12:08 PM ^
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MEB! MEB! MEB!!
What a finish!
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April 21st, 2014 at 12:31 PM ^
What a fantastic run by Meb! He truly is a fantastic ambassador for the sport of running and for the United States.
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