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Post by frojoe23 on Nov 6, 2006 7:58:11 GMT -5
So did anybody watch NBC's spectacular recap of the race. The worst coverage I have ever seen. It was more or less reminiscent of the year P. Diddy ran the marathon except this time all of the cameras were on Lance Armstrong. I know that it was only a recap, but to show the men at the beginning, 15 miles and 26 miles gives me no sense of what actually went on. They did show a move made at 15 miles, but it was swallowed up quick. I found it very disappointing that they didn't show Gomes de Santos surge that won him the race. There was very little attention given to the fact that Gomes beat a star-studded field and that every single one of the "star" Americans bombed while the unheralded Gilmore had one of his best races. I still have no idea what happened to Meb. If it was an injury I don't know why he would've finished the race. They said that Ritz' last 2k was at like 6:33 pace. ( That shows me that anybody can totally have a crap day at the marathon - not just me). I don't even know if Culpeper finished the race.
I thought that the women's race was pretty clear-cut the entire way through. The winner just stayed enough ahead of that group to where she wasn't killing herself to get away and they weren't making up any ground on her. Anyway, at least I would've beaten Lance Armstrong!!!
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Post by baldisbetter on Nov 6, 2006 8:34:45 GMT -5
I had trouble with the site during the race. The athlete tracking was extremely slow.
I can’t believe Lance made it under 3 hrs. Now I have to go 2:55:00 at Boston.
A better story then Lance is our very own David Dean of Frostburg. He is a faculty member in the History department and I believe he has run more then 60 marathon and Ultras combine. He runs with the famous or maybe that is infamous “FSU Lunch Time Legend”.
David and his son Josh ran in the New York yesterday. It was Josh’s first marathon. They ran the race together and will be featured in an upcoming issue of Runners World. Their times are below: 20135 David Dean 64M MD USA 4:32:26 0:31:02 1:01:09 1:31:43 2:02:52 2:09:59 2:36:21 3:09:13 3:43:41 4:17:49 10:23 28106 Josh Dean 33M NY USA 4:32:25 0:31:02 1:01:09 1:31:43 2:02:51 2:09:59 2:36:20 3:09:12 3:43:40 4:17:48 10:23
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Post by zach on Nov 6, 2006 13:20:07 GMT -5
I agree Jaron. Coverage was terrible. Peter Gilmore comes from seemingly nowhere and they didn't even talk about him. I think Meb was sick all week leading up to it. Apparently somewhere on the course Gomes ran away from Tergat and they didn't show it. Oh well, can't say I was surprised about the coverage. It is that way for all sports that are not mainstream. They would rather focus on a 'feel-good story' than the real event.
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Post by frojoe23 on Nov 6, 2006 14:52:04 GMT -5
Agree with you totally, Zach. I think every time that I watch a track meet or a marathon, my response is "that was the worst coverage ever!" I think it just gets worse and worse everytime. I really enjoyed when the women were 37 minutes in and Doug Hammond said they would finish in another hour and a half.
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