OFFICIAL 2013 Chicago Marathon Play-by-Play Thread

Is sol planning on finishing?

fr2ggy wrote:

You can fall of the pace quick..you can't get it back. I'll be proven right. turd

You're digging yourself a hole, just stop while you aren't too far behind.

Where is TEG???????

Patrick Swayze is leading the womens race.

chi watcher wrote:

Ritz already dropped

Hilarious. What did it take, ten minutes for Ritz to get dropped? And where are all those folks who were calling Ritz for the win now?

^&%$#**(*& wrote:

was ritz in that overhead shot of the pack Hartmann was leading?

That was actually a shot of Solinsky leading the Japanese contingent.

Top 30 cleanly presented at 30k

Pos. Name (CTZ) Age Time

1 Assefa, Belete (ETH) 22 0:29:21

2 Falil, Abdellah (MAR) 37 0:29:21

3 Mosop, Moses (KEN) 28 0:29:22

4 Kogo, Micah (KEN) 27 0:29:22

5 Kitwara, Sammy (KEN) 26 0:29:22

6 Abshero, Ayele (ETH) 22 0:29:22

7 Ndirangu, Simon (KEN) 27 0:29:22

8 Tadese, Zersenay (ERI) 31 0:29:23

9 Kimetto, Dennis (KEN) 29 0:29:23

10 Kosgei, Shadrack (KEN) 28 0:29:23

11 Mutai, Emannuel (KEN) 28 0:29:23

12 Kigen, Mike (KEN) 27 0:29:23

13 Jufar, Tariku (ETH) 29 0:29:24

14 Alemayehu Sendeku, Tesfaye (ETH) 29 0:29:24

15 Birke, Merkebu (ETH) 25 0:29:24

16 Nyantika, Pius (KEN) 27 0:29:25

17 Hartmann, Jason (USA) 32 0:29:48

18 Ritzenhein, Dathan (USA) 30 0:29:48

19 Limaa, Reuben (KEN) 27 0:29:51

20 Solinsky, Chris (USA) 28 0:30:55

21 Jefferson, Fidele (USA) 35 0:30:55

22 Higashino, Kenji (JPN) 26 0:30:56

23 Sano, Hiroaki (JPN) 29 0:30:56

24 Oda, Yoshinori (JPN) 32 0:30:56

25 Fujimori, Norihide (JPN) 28 0:30:56

26 Cragg, Alistair (IRL) 33 0:31:00

27 Shelley, Michael (AUS) 29 0:31:00

28 Tegenkamp, Matt (USA) 31 0:31:00

29 Tanaka, Hiroki (JPN) 30 0:31:00

30 Quigley, Sean (USA) 28 0:31:01

Regardless of how it plays out, Ritz has started out perfectly. You'd think the announcers would say something about the lead American runner. In any case Hartmann runs even 200 meter splits, to say nothing of even 5K splits. My guess is he'll take Ritz through 20K. If Ritz has it today, he'll have some carnage to pick up along the way, which will help since otherwise he'll be in no man's land.

Wondering Again wrote:

chi watcher wrote:

Ritz already dropped

Hilarious. What did it take, ten minutes for Ritz to get dropped? And where are all those folks who were calling Ritz for the win now?

i'm not claiming ritz will win it...but if he keeps on this 4:48 pace i doubt he isn't top 5

Oh OK, OXY socks threw me off.

Men at 2:03:46 pace at 15K.

Ritz 44:49/4:49 at 15K

Wondering Again wrote:

chi watcher wrote:

Ritz already dropped

Hilarious. What did it take, ten minutes for Ritz to get dropped? And where are all those folks who were calling Ritz for the win now?

I remember when know it all's like you said the same thing about Deena at the olympics.

I don't think Ritz is going to win, but I think you should STFU.

For the record, we forgot to make our picks.

I agree with Deena Kastor. Jeptoo will win the women's race. That's our pick.

As for the men??? Isn't that basically impossible to pick. This field is LOADED....

pls stop going to joanie ;_;

C 1 Falil, Abdellah (MAR) 45 35-39 37 04:44 +00:00 00:44:00

2 Assefa, Belete (ETH) 44 20-24 22 04:44 +00:01 00:44:01

3 Mosop, Moses (KEN) 2 25-29 28 04:44 +00:01 00:44:01

4 Kitwara, Sammy (KEN) 6 25-29 26 04:44 +00:01 00:44:01

5 Kogo, Micah (KEN) 12 25-29 27 04:44 +00:02 00:44:02

6 Kigen, Mike (KEN) 10 25-29 27 04:44 +00:02 00:44:02

7 Ndirangu, Simon (KEN) 49 25-29 27 04:44 +00:02 00:44:02

8 Kimetto, Dennis (KEN) 3 25-29 29 04:44 +00:02 00:44:02

9 Mutai, Emannuel (KEN) 5 25-29 28 04:44 +00:02 00:44:02

10 Jufar, Tariku (ETH) 7 25-29 29 04:44 +00:03 00:44:03

11 Birke, Merkebu (ETH) 15 25-29 25 04:44 +00:03 00:44:03

12 Abshero, Ayele (ETH) 4 20-24 22 04:44 +00:03 00:44:03

13 Alemayehu Sendeku, Tesfaye (ETH) Antioch, CA 16 25-29 29 04:44 +00:03 00:44:03

A 14 Tadese, Zersenay (ERI) 13 30-34 31 04:44 +00:04 00:44:04

15 Kosgei, Shadrack (KEN) 47 25-29 28 04:44 +00:04 00:44:04

16 Nyantika, Pius (KEN) Louisville, KY 39 25-29 27 04:46 +00:26 00:44:26

17 Limaa, Reuben (KEN) 48 25-29 27 04:49 +00:48 00:44:48

18 Hartmann, Jason (USA) 46 30-34 32 04:49 +00:49 00:44:49

D 19 Ritzenhein, Dathan (USA) 9 30-34 30 04:49 +00:49 00:44:49

20 Jefferson, Fidele (USA) Flagstaff, AZ 320 35-39 35 04:59 +02:26 00:46:26

21 Higashino, Kenji (JPN) 19 25-29 26 04:59 +02:27 00:46:27

22 Sano, Hiroaki (JPN) 20 25-29 29 04:59 +02:27 00:46:27

23 Oda, Yoshinori (JPN) 11 30-34 32 04:59 +02:27 00:46:27

24 Fujimori, Norihide (JPN) 24 25-29 28 04:59 +02:27 00:46:27

25 Solinsky, Chris (USA) 50 25-29 28 05:00 +02:31 00:46:31

26 Cragg, Alistair (IRL) 43 30-34 33 05:00 +02:31 00:46:31

27 Tanaka, Hiroki (JPN) 23 30-34 30 05:00 +02:32 00:46:32

B 28 Tegenkamp, Matt (USA) 14 30-34 31 05:00 +02:32 00:46:32

29 Shelley, Michael (AUS) 17 25-29 29 05:00 +02:32 00:46:32

30 Otsuka, Yoshiki (JPN)

ritz on 2:06 pace through 15k - smart, I think

hgjhgjhg wrote:

pls stop going to joanie ;_;

Deena should have been in Joan's position.

This is what you call good coverage? I don't give a shit interviews with Deena and watching her LEARN TO KEEP THE CAMERA 100% ON THE RACE.... do you see hockey/baseball GAMES being cut like this...