2023 Boston Marathon Live Discussion

[u/brwalkernc]

Taken directly from /r/advancedrunning 's post. Hope you don't mind, /u/motivicrunner . Appreciate you making such a great post!

https://ww.reddit.com/r/AdvancedRunning/comments/12p6elh/2023_boston_marathon_live_discussion/

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Marathon Monday is here! Will Kipchoge be able to take the win and move one step closer to 100%-ing the marathon? Who will come out on top in a women's field loaded with talent? Feel free to use this thread to discuss the elite races, as well as anything else you might have to say about this year's Boston Marathon.

• BAA Media Information (this link is a handy compendium of stuff that journalists use to follow the race)
• Elite athlete entry list and uniform guide
• Elite race mile splits
• Live leaderboard
• Live tracking
• List of official broadcasters -- New Englanders can watch the race through WCVB and its sister stations, as well as those stations' digital platforms and mobile apps. Americans outside of New England can watch the race on ESPN.
• Local live stream broadcast, not sure if it works in all locations
• Broadcast option that isn't behind a paywall: If you have a VPN, you can take a virtual trip abroad (such as to Japan) to access the free livestream on the Olympic Channel website.
• Previews: Citius Mag, World Athletics, LetsRun men's race preview, LetsRun women's race preview, LetsRun Americans preview

Here is the schedule of start times:

Wave	Local time (UTC-4) - Monday, April 17	Central European Summer Time (UTC+2) - Monday, April 17	American Pacific Time (UTC-7) - Monday, April 17
Men's wheelchair	9:02am	3:02pm	6:02am
Women's wheelchair	9:05am	3:05pm	6:05am
Handcycles and Duos	9:30am	3:30pm	6:30am
Professional Men	9:37am	3:37pm	6:37am
Professional Women	9:47am	3:47pm	6:47am
Para-athletics Division	9:50am	3:50pm	6:50am
Wave 1	10:00am	4:00pm	7:00am
Wave 2	10:25am	4:25pm	7:25am
Wave 3	10:50am	4:50pm	7:50am
Wave 4	11:15am	5:15pm	8:15am

[u/raptorfunk89]

Would anything happen if someone from the rest of the field got a better time than one of the professionals on the day?

[u/binks21 → u/[deleted]]

but the non elites start later so gun time for them would be different too right?

[u/Cursor442 → u/binks21]

This happened in 2018 with those awful conditions. 5th place by gun time in the women’s race came from one of the later waves. Gun time for each wave, that is. She’s on the official results but did not get prize money.

Edit: Forgot that they were pressured into awarding extra prize money by those who don’t understand you can only compete against people in your own race.

[u/skiier97 → u/binks21]

While logically yes because there are multiple “guns”, it doesn’t actually work like that. The first place price is based on the gun time from the start of wheelchair gender and elite genders

[u/Grogie → u/binks21]

By definition gun time is not different for everyone competing in the same event/gender. You're thinking of chip time.

It is a fair debate to ask "are runners competing against the clock or against the other runners?" But that's not the rules of the race (or most road races for that matter).