Chicago Marathon - 12th Oct 2014

opus

Very best of luck to everyone running tomorrow, hope you have a great race!

tHE vAGGABOND

Thanks all..

Spent far too long in expo yesterday. Never understood how obsessed Americans were with Boston, *every single person* I have spoken too has moved onto it as a subject in about 2 mins...

Breakfast run this morning, not a patch on other ones I have done, but a great morning &

Peckham

Wearing my Chicago 2013 hoodie today and remembering great memories from last year.
Prepare yourself for the heat when you enter the tunnel immediately after the start, and the noise when you come out of it.

Good luck all.

adrian522

Is this on TV anywhere? Broadcast online?

skeleton_boy

Best of luck to all running this tomorrow. I have it tentatively penciled in for '15.

blockic

adrian522 wrote: »

Is this on TV anywhere? Broadcast online?

Think this is international..

http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Watch-the-2014-Chicago-Marathon-272105781.html

Starts 1pm Irish time.

Met up briefly with CityClashRocker at the expo earlier and meeting Vagga later....we are actively planning post-race beers tomorrow..

Priorities!

I wasn't really too interested/motivated for this up to today, went to the expo and the atmosphere there and around town resulted in me really looking forward to the day tomorrow now..gonna be a bit of fun! Especially as the pressure is off!

If any other boardies are running..PM me and i'll add ye to the whatsapp group we have going..more than welcome to join in the celebrations tomorrow!

FBOT01

Good luck to all those running today. ENJOY!!

rom

Excellent quality feed.

yaboya1

They're off....

yaboya1

Elites through the first mile in 4:34!
Too fast?

rom

http://results.chicagomarathon.com/2014/?lang=EN_CAP&pid=start

rom

Great interview there with someone who gives out water.

Chivito550

These NBC commentators are painful to listen to. Marataaawwwwnnnnn!!

rom

Chivito550 wrote: »

These NBC commentators are painful to listen to. Marataaawwwwnnnnn!!

They were saying the guy at the start was close to breaking the 4 minute mark when he ran last year. :rolleyes:

yaboya1

Men through 5k in 14:42

rom

amy hastings ftw ................... not

yaboya1

Women through 5k in 17:14

tang1

Johnny through 5k in 23 mins.

yaboya1

Men through 10k in 29:27

eliwallach

Is that earlier link to the live stream working for everybody?

yaboya1

eliwallach wrote: »

Is that earlier link to the live stream working for everybody?

Yeah.
Amy Hastings 15 seconds clear of the female field through 10k in 34:22

rom

eliwallach wrote: »

Is that earlier link to the live stream working for everybody?

try http://watchathletics.com/page/905/live-stream-chicago-marathon-2014

rom

Any chance we can see the elites running instead of another airhead **** spouting ****.

yaboya1

Men through 15k in 44:13

dublin runner

What do people expect? Just tuned in. Very interested to see how Bekele goes. Hopefully the pace will quicken after halfway.

yaboya1

rom wrote: »

Great interview there with someone who gives out water.

A match for the earlier interview now with the guy who cleans up after the race.

Krusty_Clown

Wow.... Worst coverage evah!!
Are there any elite runners in the field? You really wouldn't know.

xElDeeX

We did just get that 30 second glance at the womens race so that's.........great

opus

Why the obsession about minute differences in temp or in fact the weather in general?! Does it really matter if it's 9.5C or 10C

dublin runner

Could be a cracking finish. Not looking like a time-trial race at the moment.

xElDeeX

dublin runner wrote: »

Could be a cracking finish. Not looking like a time-trial race at the moment.

Hope so. I'm looking forward to the pacemakers dropping off as I find that confusing to watch and then the race can start properly.

dublin runner

xElDeeX wrote: »

Hope so. I'm looking forward to the pacemakers dropping off as I find that confusing to watch and then the race can start properly.

Yeah, I know. Wonder when the first move will be made. Bekele looks to be running a sensible race. Hard to know at the moment.

xElDeeX

dublin runner wrote: »

Yeah, I know. Wonder when the first move will be made. Bekele looks to be running a sensible race. Hard to know at the moment.

In the meantime we do get that classic view of the first mile once everyone has left. That would have kept me up at night worrying if I hadn't known what it looked like.

tang1

Johnny through 15k in 1.09.10. On course for 3.14.xx finish.

yaboya1

Bekele looks to be using the others now to shade him from the sun.

Stazza

Jake Krong through halfway in 68:47 - predicted finish 2:17:35 - if his hammy holds up...

dublin runner

Does Kipchoge sweat? Haha! Worst commentary ever.

Chivito550

rom wrote: »

Any chance we can see the elites running instead of another airhead **** spouting ****.

I'm turning this off as soon as the leading woman crosses the finish line. The glorification of 4 hour marathons annoys me at the best of times, but throw in American "you can do it" bullsh1t and it becomes intolerable.

dublin runner

They are giving virtually no coverage of the women's race. Quite insulting. Ok, that's my last comment on the coverage!

rom

"Wheelchair runners" lol seriously

yaboya1

dublin runner wrote: »

They are giving virtually no coverage of the women's race. Quite insulting. Ok, that's my last comment on the coverage!

FYP

dublin runner

yaboya1 wrote: »

FYP

Haha!

At least RTE will do a better job when covering the Dublin Marathon. Oh wait.....

yaboya1

Wait until Kipchoge starts sweating.
Bekele and the pack are f*cked!

dublin runner

yaboya1 wrote: »

Wait until Kipchoge starts sweating.

FYP.

Everyone knows he doesn't sweat. Have you been listening at all?

MrMacPhisto

I have to admit that I have only been watching this for 15 minutes. I have seen about 25 seconds of the womens elite race and none of the mens. What kind of coverage is this?

dublin runner

ANY CHANCE OF COVERING THE RACE????????????????????????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

yaboya1

Now we're on Columbus Drive just before the first mile marker.
The race started an hour and forty minutes ago so there's nobody here.
Obviously this is more interesting than the men's/women's elite races.

FFS!

rom

No chance of mile markers on the map but temperatures classic.

dublin runner

yaboya1 wrote: »

Now we're on Columbus Drive just before the first mile marker.
The race started an hour and forty minutes ago so there's nobody here.
Obviously this is more interesting than the men's/women's elite races.

FFS!

I have given up.

All you can do is laugh!!

rom

I thought it couldn't get worse than paris two years ago when they started to interview a dog in the middle.