Great coverage and nice race! The racially diverse podium on the men's finish was pretty cool, too. I also liked the pep talk at the start. I'll make sure to play it before all of my marathon training sessions.
Announcers, do better. When there were 4 men, you said Barnabas Kiptum was a pacer. He was not. The pacers were Kiprono (in orange), Birir (in yellow, dropped early), and Yator (in white). This happens pretty frequently, especially to Kenyan runners. And I get that Kenyan runners look similar from a distance, but that’s your job! Write down their names if you have to.
If someone’s been ahead all along and is ahead by 30 sec at 40k, anything can happen. But if someone was with the pack and then breaks ahead, they’re usually safe. The reason is, if you’ve been ahead all along, you may be getting tired. But if you break away then you definitely still have energy.
Wanted to see if the guy in fourth finished in under 2:10 and then right before he finishes they cut to an aerial shot of the city ?!?!? So infuriating
