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Link to the Chicago Marathon (Read 97 times)

LRB


    The race can be viewed here

    LRB


      The second wave just started, while the elite men clocked in at the 10k mark in 29:16.

      LRB


        The elite women ran the 10k in 33:23.

        hog4life


          Damn that's fast

          Zelanie


            They are hauling out there!  Nobody wants to be the first to drop out of the lead pack.

            LRB


              Yeah the men ran 10 miles in 47:10.  That's just stupid!

                And they just dropped a 4:39 mile.

                 

                Oh. My. God.

                hog4life


                  And they just dropped a 4:39 mile.

                   

                  Oh. My. God.

                   

                  Mile 12! Holy shit, they're just getting warmed up!

                  Zelanie


                    The Russian woman looks like a giant out there.

                      More important than the elites: anyone stalking any forumites?

                      Dave

                      LRB


                        The Russian woman looks like a giant out there.

                         

                        She does, or the other women are just that small?

                         

                        The lead men ran the half in 1:01:52, the women in 1:11:10.

                          The Russian woman looks like a giant out there.

                           

                          Yes.  Maybe she's just a little tall, though -- the African women are often tiny.

                           

                          Does she have on two different shoes?

                          Love the Half


                            Wow.  The men have dropped all of the pacers short of 25k and I think they were supposed to stay around to 30k.  They're moving.

                            Short term goal: 17:59 5K

                            Mid term goal:  2:54:59 marathon

                            Long term goal: To say I've been a runner half my life.  (I started running at age 45).

                            Zelanie


                               Does she have on two different shoes?

                               

                              Maybe they're different color on the inside compared to the outside?

                               

                              Watching the women's wheelchair finish made me realize how much it must suck to finish the race and really want a drink but not want to use your arms to get it.

                              Love the Half


                                Men's lead group is down to four - Mutai, Kimetto, Kitwara, Kogo

                                Short term goal: 17:59 5K

                                Mid term goal:  2:54:59 marathon

                                Long term goal: To say I've been a runner half my life.  (I started running at age 45).

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