It was a great finish in the men’s 2008 New York City Marathon, as Marilson Gomes dos Santos took his second title on the streets of New York, winning in 2:08:43. Until the final kilometer, however, the race was Abderrahim Goumri’s, as he opened up a nine second lead with 3km to go. But the […]
New York Marathon
New York Marathon 2008 women analysis
Paula Radcliffe is the undisputed number one marathon runner in the world, and so it should not be all that surprising to us when she shows up and pulls out a performance like she did in New York today. However, her “legacy” has been unfairly punctuated by one failure every four years – the Olympic […]
NYC preview and heatstroke wrap-up
A look ahead at the New York City Marathon We’ve wrapped our heatstroke series now, thanks to everyone for questions, comments and stories. The series was quite technical, heavy on the calculations and concepts, but hopefully provided some food for thought, and the realization that heatstroke is not simply the result of exercising in hot […]
2007 ING NYC Marathon
In this post, we bring you insights, split times and discussion of the ING New York City Marathon. We begin with the Women’s race, and discuss the Men’s race further down. Coming into today’s ING New York Marathon, there was possibly more focus on the women’s race than ever before, for two main reasons: Paula […]
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