After being affected by the epidemic, experiencing cancellations, and hosting the autumn race, the Boston Marathon finally returned to the familiar April Patriot Day tomorrow to hold the race.
Although the previous biggest player, Beckler, did not participate as scheduled, the strength of other players was enough to impact the record of the tournament that had been sealed for many years.
In an era when various road running records are broken from time to time, the oldest Boston Marathon record has been held for a long time.
The current fixture records are Geoffrey Mutai's men's record of 2:03:02 in 2011 and The women's record of 2:19:59 set by Buzunesh Deba in 2014.
The later record for women also remained for 8 years. This is definitely a different story in today's record-breaking times.
In Grand Slam events, the Tokyo Marathon ushered in a new men's and women's world record this year, the London men's record was set in 2019, the Berlin men's and women's record was born in 2018, and the Chicago women's record appeared in 2019.
The New York City Marathon can be said to be a difficult brother in Boston, and the record has been sealed for many years. Coincidentally, both race records were run by Mutai in 2011. The women's game record in New York was even more distant in 2003.
Because the route of the Boston Marathon is in a straight line, running from the suburban town of Hopkin to downtown Boston. This route, which is too far between the starting and ending points, does not comply with the IAAF regulations, so the results of the runners are not recognized.
For example, Mutai's results that year were faster than the world record, but due to route design problems, it was not recognized as a world record.
Boston, the world's first urban marathon, was also somewhat dismissive of changing its route for recognition. The route has been generally adhered to in this way.
Looking at the results of this year's contestants, there are 5 players with the best result within 2 hours and 5 minutes. The contestants are Birhanu Legese (2:02:48), Evans Chebet (2:03:00), Lawrence Cherono (2:03:04), Sisay Lemma (2:03:36) and Kinde Atanaw (2:03:51).
Legese was supposed to go to the Tokyo Marathon, but announced his retirement before the race. Chebet is the world's fastest player for the 2020 season. Cherono is the 2019 Boston Marathon champion. Lemma is the 2021 London Marathon winner.
Compared to the men's players, the women's players are more likely to set new records. This is because the top three players with the best results are all within 2 hours and 18 minutes.
They are Peres Jepchirchir (2:17:16), Joyciline Jepkosgei (2:17:43), And Degitu Azimeraw (2:17:58).
Jepchirchir was the women's marathon champion at last year's Tokyo Olympics and the New York Marathon; Jepkosgei was the winner of last year's London Marathon; and Azimeraw ran within 2 hours and 20 minutes in each of her three marathons.
The players are strong enough to challenge the record. But it also takes a little bit of luck to make dreams a reality.
On the one hand, the Boston Marathon has no frontrunners, and runners need to determine their own speed at all times to beat the record.
On the other hand, Boston's changeable weather is the biggest challenge. The most impressive thing was the cold rainy weather when Kawauchi won the championship in 2018. By the way, he will also participate this year.
The year Mutai set the record, he also encountered a tailwind weather, and the west wind made him run faster. The famous American runner Bill Rogers said that every ten years, Boston will have an evil tailwind that will make you run faster.
To set a new record, the Boston Marathon offered a $50,000 bounty to entice runners to run faster and faster.
As for the result, let's pay attention to it on Monday night.