Once again we did not spare expenses to bring you these photos taken at the 7.8 mile mark in Natick. Your annual dues covered Ned Price's car fare on the trolley to get down to the course this morning. "Neither rain nor sleet" as the saying goes. Well, the snow and hail got to Ned who stayed in Starbucks and Billy Threadgold picked up the reins. Thanks, Billy. You're on staff as of today.
Results: Men
1. Evans Chebet (KEN) — 2:05:54
2. Gabriel Geay (TAN) — 2:06:04
3. Benson Kipruto (KEN) — 2:06:06
4. Albert Korir (KEN) — 2:08:01
5. Zouhair Talbi (MOR) — 2:08:35
6. Eliud Kipchoge (KEN) — 2:09:23
7. Scott Fauble (USA) — 2:09:44
8. Hassan Chahdi (FRA) — 2:09:46
9. John Korir (KEN) — 2:10:04
10. Matt McDonald (USA) — 2:10:17
11. Conner Mantz (USA) — 2:10:25
14. Shura Kitata (ETH) — 2:11:26
23. Ben True (USA) — 2:16:06
Women
1. Hellen Obiri (KEN) — 2:21:38
2. Amane Beriso (ETH) — 2:21:50
3. Lonah Salpeter (ISR) — 2:21:57
4. Ababel Yeshaneh (ETH) — 2:22:00
5. Emma Bates (USA) — 2:22:10
6. Nazret Weldu (ERI) — 2:23:25
7. Angela Tanui (KEN) — 2:24:12
8. Hiwot Gebremaryam (ETH) — 2:24:30
9. Mary Ngugi (KEN) — 2:24:33
10. Gotytom Gebreslase (ETH) — 2:24:34
11. Aliphine Tuliamuk (USA) — 2:24:37
12. Joyciline Jepkosgei (KEN) — 2:24:44
17. Sara Hall (USA) — 2:25:48
18. Des Linden (USA) — 2:27:18
30. Edna Kiplagat (KEN) — 2:34:40
Men's Wheelchair Women's Wheelchair
1. Marcel Hug (SUI) 1:17.06 Course Record 1. Susannah Scaroni (US) 1:41.45
2. Daniel Romanchuk (US) 1:27.45 2. Madison de Rosario (AUS) 1:46.55
3. Jetze Plat (NED) 1:28.35 3. Wakako Tsuchida (JPN) 1:47.04
I watched the race today from sleet drenched Vancouver Island. Of course the big story was Eliud Kipchoge's 6th place. The man can't win them all, but he sure did a lot of work for the rest of the field until he dropped back late in the race. Evans Chebet (KEN) gets two in a row with an 8 second win over Gabriel Geay of Tanzania who tried twice to break away from the pack and came back from third place to edge Benson Kipruto (KEN) by two seconds.
Being an American I was pulling for Emma Bates who was really running a great race with all the African runners and hung tough to the end finishing only 32 seconds behind the winner Hellen Obiri of Kenya. Equally impressive was Ababel Yeshaneh of Ethiopia who did a face plant with about 2.5 miles to go, got back up and rejoined the lead pack and finished 4th.
The wheelchair events were led by Marcel Hug of Switzerland in a race record 1:17.06 and Susannah Scaroni of the US in 1:41.45. Both races got strung out quickly but the first mile or so was exciting almost like watching a Tour de France. I was impressed that no one collided with each other. It could have left a lot of DNA on the road.
Comments on the televising are by Thomas Coyne with whom I tend to concur on all points.
George
Here is Thomas' take:
In my view today's was the worst TV coverage of a Boston Marathon I have
ever seen.
First, some of the runners had their first names on their bibs but the
screen only showed their last names.
Second, the listing of places at certain checkpoints did not match the
placings of the runners on the screen.
Third, once the world record holder had fallen off the pace the TV
focused on him so much a late comer to the race would have thought he
was in the lead.
Fourth, he finished 6th but the TV did not show the 4th and 5th runners.
Fifth, the TV did not show Connor Mantz, the first American to finish.
Correction: Scott Fauble (7th) and Matt McDonald (10th) finished ahead of Mantz
Sixth, the Moroccan's name, Zouhair Talbi (who finished 5th, I believe) was not even
listed on the screen during the first part of the race.
Thomas,
It would appear also that apart from Meb Keflezighi and Carrie Tollefson there were no other commentators who had ever run a marathon apart from maybe. They were locals from Boston news media and one ESPN reporter who probably did a bit of homework and did their best and had nice smiles. Those with experience were somewhat pushed to the side during the broadcast. The finish line also looked a bit confused when they sent Chebet into the left chute and the next runners into the right chute. Maybe that was the plan.
George (yours in hindsight)
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