The 2024 Boston Marathon Was INCREDIBLE!

Alright everyone, it's finally time for the

2024

Boston Marathon. This is one of the largest and most competitive 26.2M races in the world, and with an estimated 30,000 runners scheduled to compete today, there will be plenty of competition. new personal bests now. One of the great attractions of this event is undoubtedly the professional fields every year, many of the best in the world walk this starting line for the opportunity to achieve a great victory in a great

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and for this

2024

Boston edition there are many big names to look forward to. On the men's side we have a total of 10 athletes who have run more than 2 hours in 6 minutes, so the possibility of a very fast time on this course is certainly high.

However, one of the big athletes everyone is watching right now is Evans. chabet from Kenya who is actually looking for his third consecutive title in Boston since he was the winner in 2022 and 2023 and specifically for 2023 this victory was quite significant because he defeated Elliot Kip chog from Kenya in a very famous edition of the Boston

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, but Today he seeks to become one of the few people to win Boston three consecutive times. Now, on the women's side, we also have a huge field assembled with a total of nine women with personal bests under 2 hours and 20 minutes.

For men, the women's race has huge potential for a fast time and just like the men, the defending champion is also in this race and this athlete is Helen Obiri from Kenya who was not only the winner of Boston last season but also won last year's Nueva race. York City Marathon, so it's certainly on a very good streak at the moment. To start this race we had a classic start in Boston with one athlete pushing the pace like crazy and this runner was Yumi Mori from Japan who opened the gap on the field almost instantly with an incredibly fast opening mile, now this type of strategy will It has led to some dramatic wins in the past so it can possibly hold on to win here, but this is highly unlikely as Boston starts very strongly downhill and finishes dramatically uphill and also has a rhythm of its own.

In a much more mature way, there was a very strong group quite close by, so we will have to wait and see how this race develops. On the women's side, we also had a slight break in the first mile as Emma Bates of the United States took the lead. a slight advantage in this first stage now her Gap was nowhere near Mory on the male side and a lot of times you just find yourself in the lead with no real intention of running in front from the start, but either way she seemed very strong. the other runners in this field and I think the reason we saw such strong starts on both sides was because the conditions were almost perfect for this race with temperatures around 50° at the start and luckily the wind was pretty minimal with occasional gusts. from behind to actually help the athletes instead of hurting them in the past Now, in the first 5km, the men's field split a time of 1421, which would actually lead to a finish of around 2 hours and 1 minute if they kept This pace, but as many of you know that the initial stages of Boston are downhill, so a quick 5K opening is pretty common and expect this course to slow down a bit during the second half, especially with the inevitable climbs that will probably knock many off their feet.

Athletes trying to maintain this pace through the hills back to the women's side, all the favorites were still running together for the first 5 km and split a time of 1636 for the first 5 km now, if the women maintained this pace until the goal. They would finish around 2 hours and 20 minutes, which many of them have already done, so this was a pretty even pace in these early stages. Now, on the men's side, we saw an absolutely crazy surge from his sister Lemma from Ethiopia, one of the only ones. four men once ran under 2 hours and 2 minutes and for this second 5km split he ran a time of 4 1407 and actually split 10km in 2828, this is the equivalent of a marathon finish of 2 hours and 7 seconds , which is actually faster. than the current marathon world record, which was again severely advanced by these downhill areas, but Man Limma dropped the hammer very early, which is a little scary given how devastating the second half can be, but if there was anyone in this field who could do a move like this and not completely die, it would be limma or potentially Evans Chet, this pace was pretty crazy and actually only continued during the 15km split in the limma split, a time of 4243 which still represented an estimated overall finish of 2 hours and 10 seconds which is again the world record Tempo, this was a very, very bold move from the start and actually put him over a minute ahead of the chasing group as they passed by 15K and 4405 which is still a marathon finish in under 2 hours and 4 minutes, however if they wanted to catch limma in front he would have to die completely in the second half or they would have to start making their moves now same.

On the women's side, they went through the 10K in 3328, which was a slight slowdown, but they were still close to 2. They were hours and 21 minutes away from their projected finish and unlike the men's race, they still had around 15 athletes, all at the front of UPF, still running strong, so it was really anyone's guess who would win now for the first half marathon division on the men's side. in 1 hour in 19 seconds which is absolutely crazy as this still puts him at course record pace and just off world record pace and for the course record it dates back to 2011 by Jeffrey Mutai who ran a time of 2 hours, 3 minutes and 2 seconds, so currently Limma was not only at the course record pace, but he was at a historically fast pace that would actually put him under two hours in 1 minute.

Now through this halfway split the chasing group was still a long distance behind as they passed at 1 hour 2. minutes and 8 seconds, it was still a solid pace for the chasing group and this race was quickly becoming into something very special and stay tuned for the second half because this race is becoming more and more legendary now that on the women's side they go through the half marathon in 1 hour, 12 minutes and 33 seconds, putting them just outside the 2 hours and 25 minutes to go and at this point the field was so big I really started to feel like someone was getting ready to make a big move but it still didn't happen for a while but credit to Dez Lyon who started to close the gap from the back in this group and if you know anything about Dez, you know that she is a brave and very strong runner like Ron in the 2019 installment. typhoon conditions, so be sure to keep your eyes on her as you move along the 30 km.

Mark Limma split a time of 1 hour, 26 minutes and 56 seconds, which represented a slight slowdown as he hit the hills, but it was still sub-4 minutes and 40 seconds per mile pace and his lead was almost 3. minutes now as Evans Chabet in the chasing group passed 30km at 12945 so unless something huge took limma down in these last 10km he was very likely the overall winner of this race. but then it finally happened to Sis l ma when he climbed the hills with great difficulty because from 30 to 35 km he ran a time of 16 minutes and you can noticeably see his decrease in pace, he looked slow, he looked tired, this was just...

What exactly happens when you go out so fast in the Boston Marathon and don't properly prepare for these hills? 16 minutes keeps flying by, it's world class skill in the second half of a marathon, but the field was starting to close at this point. and through the 35 5km mark, his lead had now been reduced to less than 2 minutes, so he would potentially be caught here now. This final 5km split really showed some courage and determination from ceis limma because despite hitting a super powerful wall just before the 35km Mark, he maintained his poise and speed and with a very brave performance he showed a great victory here, sis limma finally achieved victory in 2 hours, 6 minutes and 17 seconds and handsomely won a prize of $150,000 for her first place.

Finish from your first half to your second half. I'm going to split 1 hour and 19 minutes to 1 hour, 5 minutes and 58 seconds, showing a positive split of over five full minutes, but it was still a super brave and super brave performance, so shout out to Sis. Limma for a very historic victory and this also puts him as the athlete to beat right now in the marathon because after last year's victory in Valencia and this year's victory in Boston, this really makes him a top contender to enter to the Olympics and now finishing in second place was Mohhamad Essa.

With a time of 20658 and finishing with a brave performance in third place was Evans Chabet who again shows solid consistency in 2 hours, 7 minutes and 22 seconds. This is a pretty dramatic race on the men's side and it really looked like limma was on the verge of losing its big lead, but unlike this men's race, the women's race saw a big push to the finish line, as in these last 5km It was Helen Oi battling Sharon Loy, who certainly proved herself to be one of the world's best marathoners in this final stage. I saw both athletes run very close to the 5 minute mile barrier and they ran well under 16 minutes for the final 5K here, but with a little more speed and an incredibly brave race.

Helen Oir took the win in this Boston Marathon with a title hurdle in 2 hours 22 minutes and 37 seconds, unlike the men's race, this was actually a big negative split for Helen Obiri who opened her first half in 1 hour, 12 minutes and 33 seconds and he closed his second half in 1 hour, 10 minutes and 34 seconds, so this was really a great race and this is actually his third consecutive victory in any marathon. She won last year's New York and Boston marathons and now opens 2024 with another big win in a major marathon, so Helen oi might be the best marathoner in the world on the women's side right now.

Close behind in second place was Sharon Loy and finishing in third place was none other than Edna Kipot, who somehow at the age of 44 still runs incredibly fast in Marathon Majors, so a big shout out goes to her and this concludes This year's Boston Marathon showing incredibly Brave. running incredibly fast times and even more history on the roads of Boston thanks for watching everyone and as always until next time