Curtis in NYC Marathon

[novaclassof90]

Bobby Curtis ran 2:16:44 to finish 15th in the NYC marathon yesterday, that's his first one.

 

[TheFoyeEffect]

I was there. I saw him at mile 16 and then again at mile 25. He looked very good at 16, but he looked like he was in some serious pain at 25. Jen Rhines dropped out right after she ran by where I was, looked like her quads were absolutely gone.

 

[novaclassof90]

As a buddy of mine says "everybody is at pain after the 20 mile mark, if you aren't in pain the last 6 miles it means that you just wasted the last 2 hours of your life".

 

[TheFoyeEffect]

Compared to the other elite runners though, he looked dead.

 

[novaclassof90]

doesn't matter how fit Curtis gets, he's never going to be able to match the kenyans and ethiopians. He just doesn't have their pure talent. He could get to sub 2:10 which is ridiculously good, but he is never going to be a 2:05 guy. I sure hope he proves me wrong, but that's my 2 cents.