> Looking at the Chicago results, virtually every person outside the top ten, > including names like Kimondiu, de la Cerda, Dowling, Cox, and Shay, had gun > times that were 20-25 seconds slower than their chip times. > > I've seen pictures of the Boston start, and heard similar stories from New > York, with the elite getting a substantial buffer zone on the masses. But do > even sub-2:15 guys now count as the masses and have to give up what appears to > be, based on the time involved, upwards of 100 meters? I can't imagine any > race actually has a buffer zone that size - that's bigger than a city block in > most downtowns. What's going on here? > > Another question: are the split times listed chip times? Kimondiu's half-way > split (1:02:10) is faster than the top finishers by almost exactly the > difference between his gun- and chip times at the finish. My interpretation > is that he made up the 21-second gap from the start and was running with the > leaders at halfway, but maybe I should read all the reports for myself.
I'm guessing that the half split mat wasn't set properly and the times weren't adjusted. bd -- Benji Durden [EMAIL PROTECTED]
