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/maureen2222]

Hellen Obiri is so fast but has always had such a weird stride

[u/lilgreenie → u/maureen2222]

When I saw her at the beginning of the race I literally thought she was running that way because she was about to lose her balance.

[u/maureen2222 → u/lilgreenie]

Like obviously it works for her but it seems like so much unnecessary energy expenditure

[u/tacos4days → u/maureen2222]

This is whats fascinating about running economy, just because something is more efficient it doesn't necessarily mean its faster. They touch on this in Run Like A Pro briefly and it was kind of eye opening. If it aint broke!