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A Race Like No Other
The 45th Running of the New York City Marathon - As It Happens
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We're on-site at the New York City Marathon and will be commenting on the race - as it happens. If you haven't yet, follow the links above to read the bios and look at the starter lists - so you know who the players are. Then, return to this page and refresh often. We'll have photos and post-race writeups after the race is over.
Refresh this page every few minutes to see the latest updates. We'll have all of the updates for all races on this one page - trying to make it as easy as possible for our readers to see what's happening.
Note, as you read these reports, they will appear in reverse chronological order.
Newest updates will be at the top of each section. Men's Race | Women's Race
Overview
The weather on race day will be fine for the runners: high 50s at the start and low 60s at the finish with a bit of wind from the North (headwind to start, tailwind for the last 6 miles). Not perfect conditions, but very good....
Men's Race back to top
Finish (2:10:34). Stanley Biwott continued to extend his lead and looked strong through to the finish and win in 2:10:34. Geoffrey Kamworor takes second in 2:10:48. Lelisa Desisa finishes third in 2:12:10. Defending champion Wilson Kipsang finishes fourth in 2:12:45. Meb Keflezighi finishes third in 2:13:32 to also set a new USA Masters Record.
Mile 25 (2:04:47). Biwott has built a five second lead on Kamworor and looks like the winner. After a slow start, the last miles have been overly impressive: 4:24, 4:30, 4;33, 4:44, 4:35 - that's some fast running.
Mile 22 (1:50:44), Mile 23 (1:55:28), Mile 24 (2:00:12) - the men have really picked up the pace... Stanley Biwottt and Geoffrey Kamworor are alone at the front and one of these men will win, the other take runner-up honors. Lelisa Desisa is back 15 seconds (he will comfortably own third place).
Mile 21 (1:46:25) - Finally, the men have put the pedal to the metal - was that really a 4:24 mile!!! Kamworor has pushed the pace and only Biwott and Desisa are able to hang on. It is going to be one of those three who will win. Kamworor looks the strongest, but there are many miles left. Wilson Kipsang is nine seconds back.
Mile 19 (1:36:47), Mile 20 (1:42:01) - The men have not sped up at all, and are still on pace for a slow, slow New York City Marathon. Eight men in the lead group.
Mile 18 (1:31:44) - The last mile for the men was a 4:40 - they are starting to run and the lead pack is down to 8 men. One thing we looked forward in this race was Meb Keflezighi breaking the USA Masters Marathon record (and then breaking it again at the Olympic Trials Marathon) - but at this pace, that record (2:13:52) might not fall today.
Mile 16 (1:21:59), Mile 17 (1:27:04) - Ummm... The men are on target for a 2:14 marathon. Yes, they will speed up now that they are moving up 1st Avenue in Manhattan, but this will be a slow marathon...
Mile 14 (1:11:15), Mile 15 (1:16:36), 25K (1:19:38). The men are running up the 59th Street Bridge. We thought the 2:10:59 finish in 2104 (the slowest winning time since 1995) was bad. But the men are 8 seconds behind - at 25K - where they were in 2014. Slow!
Mile 13 (1:06:14), Halfway (1:06:50). Our great employee Tyler McCandless is in the press room is writing with us and he says: "heck, what's going on, I could be running this race." Okay, he didn't really say that and will probably hit me for writing that... But he was probably thinking it and this pace is not impressing us.
Mile 12 (1:01:07) 20K (1:03:13) - With a 4:47 split for mile 12, the men are finally starting to run... Tsegay and Biwott are starting to set the pace and there are now 8 in the lead pack.. Meb Keflezighi is the sole American in the lead group.
Mile 11 (0:56:30), Mile 12 () - Then men are slowing down... The unknown Ethiopian (Kemal, bib 259) is running ten seconds ahead of the others. This is a leisurely run for most of these men. We are excited to see a real race - when it comes...
Mile 10 (50:59) - We notice two more men in the lead pack that we hadn't seen before - what! Added to the front pack are Habib Mosbah (ALG) with bib #279, Berhanu Dare Kemal (ETH) with bib #259; according to the official tracker they've been there the whole time, but they were excluded from the official media tracker we were using as they aren't in the official pro field. Are these guys pretenders or will one of them stick it out to be top ten? And still three Americans in the lead pack: Meb Keflezighi, Nick Arciniaga and Craig Leon.
Mile 7 (0:35:33), Mile 8 (40:43), Mile 9 (0:45:53), 15K (0:47:29) - Still 17 in the lead pack, the men are still running on pace to run 2:13. Come on, let's pick it up! This will be one of those NYC Marathon where nothing happens until the 59th Street Bridge - all the men will still have their strength at that point, and let's look for a good negative split.
Mile 6 (0:30:25), 10K (31:31) - Yemane Tsegay is beginning to push the pace. The early miles were setting the men up for a 2:12/2:13, slow and strategic. It is time for these men to push the pace.
Mile 4 (20:25), Mile 5 (25:26) - Still 17 men in the lead pack.
Mile 1 (5:24), Mile 2 (10:09), Mile 3 (15:18), 5K (15:47). Seventeen men in the lead pack Lelisa Desisa (ETH), Yemane Tsegay (ETH), Yuki Kawauchi (JPN), Geoffery Kamworor (KEN), Zicheng Li (CHN), Stefano Scaini (ITA), Andrea Lalli (ITA), Daniele Meucci (ITA), Juan Luis Barrios (MEX), Meb Keflezighi (USA), Stanley Biwott (KEN), Wilson Kipsang (KEN), Nicholas Arciniaga (USA), Kevin Chelimo (KEN), Craig Leon (USA), Carmine Buccilli (ITA), Harbert Okuti (UGA). Habib Mosbah (ALG), Berhanu Dare Kemal (ETH)
The Men's race has started. About 25 in a pack. Of course it's too early to comment on the race - but we're looking forward to good things on this day where weather will not be a factor...
The men's race will begin at 9:50AM. We'll have more when the race begins.
Women's Race back to top
Finish (2:24:25) - Mary Keitany wins in 2:24:25 - a huge negative split. Aselech Mergia finishes second in 2:25:32, Tigist Tufa falls to third in 2:25:50. Sara Moreira who led for much of the race finished fourth in 2:25:53. Laura Thweatt, in her debut marathon, runs 2:28:23 for seventh place. Thweatt's time puts her sixth on the list of women qualified for the USA Olympic Trials - and she achieved that on the New York City Marathon course (difficult), and in a race where she went out too fast (inexperience). Should Thweatt decide to run the Olympic Trials Marathon, we think she'll have a great chance of making the team...
Mile 24 (2:12:03), Mile 25 (2:17:27) - Mary Keitany's lead is now nearly 90 seconds.... Tigist Tufa is in second place, but Aselefech Mergia and Sara Moreira together are gaining on her. Priscah Jeptoo has fallen to fourth place.
Mile 23 (2:06:31) - Keitany's last three miles were 5:14, 5:13, 5:15; she is destroying the field and in the last 2-1/2 miles has opened up a lead of 45 seconds - incredible. Tigist Tufa is fading but still in second place. Priscah Jeptoo is three seconds behind Tufa in third place. The two debutantes have fallen well back, having taken on more than they can chew... Laura Thweatt is 2:04 back with a 5:57 23rd mile (but we think she could still break 2:30); Sally Kipyego is 45 seconds behind Thweatt with a 6:18 23rd mile (probably the slowest mile that she's ever run in her life).
35K (1:59:55), Mile 22 (2:01:16) - Mary Keitany is a champion (and the defending champion), and she will win the 2015 New York City Marathon - we can call it at mile 22 already... She ran a smart race letting the other runners set the pace before taking off at mile 20... We contrast this to her first New York City Marathon in 2010 when Keitany, then the Half Marathon world record holder, blasted the first half of the NYC Marathon at world record pace, only to fade terribly and hold on - barely - to third place. She has matured greatly as a marathoner.
Mile 20 (1:50:49), Mile 21 (1:56:03) - The women's race is down to a two-woman affair. Mary Keitany versus Tigist Tufa. Priscah Jeptoo is running alone behind, looking like the odds-on favorite for third place.
Mile 18 (1:39:58), Mile 19 (1:45:27) - The women have crested the 59th Street bridge and moving up 1st Avenue. This is when the New York City really begins. Mary Keitany is setting the pace and looks strong. Tigist Tufa is running strong alonngside. Just behind in the pack are Priscah Jeptoo, Asefelech Meriga and Sara Moreira.
Mile 16 (1:29:06), Mile 17 (1:34:33) - Eight women continue in the lead. Sara Moreira continues to set the pace. It feels like we've been writing these same words for the last 45 minutes :-)
Mile 14 (1:17:52), Mile 15 (1:23:28), 25K (1:26:39) - Eight women in the lead pack. The women have been running a very even pace - good job...
photo: Victah Sailer/PhotoRun
Lauara Thweatt at the front of the 2015 NYC Marathon
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Mile 13 (1:12:18), halfway (1:12:56). Laura Thweatt has taken the lead - perhaps she read what we wrote and wants to prove us wrong? Nine women in the lead running an honest pace for the New York City Marathon course.
Mile 10 (55:39), Mile 11 (1:01:14), Mile 12 (1:06:41). Still ten in the lead pack. Moreira continues to set the pace. In the lead pack are two debutantes to the marathon distance: Sally Kipyego of Kenya and Laura Thweatt of the USA. Kipyego, the London Olympics 10000m Silver Medalist, is running within her abilities. We are worried that Thweatt - both with the pressure of being the top American in the field and inexperienced at the distance - will learn the hard way how long 26.2 miles is and how hard those last miles can be if you go out too fast....
Mile 8 (44:38), Mile 9 (0:50:12), 15K (0:51:55) - Ten women in the pack still heading for a sub-2:26 finish. Deba, again, is off the pack.
Mile 7 (38:57) - Deba (and Prokopcuka who had fallen back with Deba) have rejoined the lead pack and Deba with Moreira are setting the pace.
Mile 4 (22:20), Mile 5 (27:48), Mile 6 (33:17), 10K (34:28) - Eleven women remain in the lead pack and we note that they are not very far off the course record at this point. Of the favorites, Buzunesh Deba has dropped back and is ten seconds back. Sara Moreira continues to lead the pack and set the pace.
Mile 1 (5:58 uphill), Mile 2 (11:12), 5K (17:23) - Sixteen women in the lead pack running at a pace that will have them finishing in about 2:26. That's an honest pace and one that most of these women (but not all) can manage for most or all of the race. In the pack: Sara Moreira (POR), Caroline Rotich (KEN), Cassie Fien (AUS), Tigist Tufa (ETH), Christelle Daunay (FRA), Sally Kipyego (KEN), Ana Dulce Felix (POR), Changqin Ding (CHN), Marisol Romero (MEX), Mary Keitany (KEN), Buzunesh Deba (ETH), Priscah Jeptoo (KEN), Laura Thweatt (USA), Jelena Prokopcuka (LAT), Anna Incerti (ITA), Aselefech Mergia (ETH).
The women's race has started, about 20 women have started in the elite field and as the women run up the Verrazano Narrows Bridge (one of the bigger uphills on the course), about 16 women are in the lead pack.
The women's race will begin at 9:20AM.
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