This Day in Observe & Subject, November 5, Alf Shrubb units 7 WRs in a single race (1904), Carrie Dawson-Boyd battles Kara Wheeler (1994), Hellen Obiri wins NYC (2023), photograph by Walt Murphy Information & Outcomes

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This Day in Observe & Subject–November 5

1890—Princeton’s Luther Cary ran 11.2 for 100 meters in New York to equal the American Document he had already shared with Yale’s Charles Sherrill. Cary gained the 100y and 220y on the 1891 IC4A and U.S. Championships.

1904—Nice Britain’s Alfie Shrubb set 7 World Data in a single race at Glasgow’s Ibrox Park:

6-miles 29:59.4

10,000m 31:02.4

7-miles 35:04.6

8-miles 40:16.0

9-miles 45:27.6

10-miles 50:40.6

I-Hour 18,742 meters (11.645 miles)

The race was billed as a 10-miler, however when Shrubb reached the end line, spectators urged him to proceed operating so he may get the

This Day in Observe & Subject, November 5, Alf Shrubb units 7 WRs in a single race (1904), Carrie Dawson-Boyd battles Kara Wheeler (1994), Hellen Obiri wins NYC (2023), photograph by Walt Murphy Information & Outcomes — Alf Shrubb wore footwear made by Joe Foster, who turned Reebok. Paul Fireman bought Reebok in 1981, and the remainder is historical past.

1-hour report! Mentioned Shrubb, “I managed it, however with a foul sew. Had it not been for dropping 25 seconds on the finish of the ten miles, by way of hesitation, the Hour report would have been one thing higher” (From the Development of IAAF World Data)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Shrubb

1994–It was a preview of issues to return, with senior Carrie Tollefson beating junior Kara Wheeler (now Kara Goucher) to win the AA division on the Minnesota Excessive Faculty State meet (14:09.2-14:10.5). It was a dream matchup between two returning Foot Locker finalists (fifth & ninth, respectively) and two defending state champions (in several divisions).

A couple of mile into the 4k race, Tollefson (Dawson-Boyd) turned to her rival and stated, “Let’s take over the race and see what occurs.” Wheeler (Duluth-East) responded to the pleasant problem, and the 2 pulled away from the pack, going shoulder-to-shoulder till Tollefson took command with 600 meters to go and went on to win her fifth State title! (From X-Nation X-Press)

The 2 went on to have excellent careers in school and past. Each gained NCAA titles in x-country and on the monitor, each turned Olympians, and Goucher gained the silver medal within the 10,000-Meters on the 2007 World Championships. Tollefson is energetic lately as a TV commentator, on-line coach, and director of her personal operating camp, whereas Goucher, who was 4^th on the 2016 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials, made a quick transition to path operating in 2019. She debuted in 2021 as an NBC’s T&F broadcasting crew member.

Goucher: http://www.karagoucher.com/

https://worldathletics.org/athletes/united-states/kara-goucher-14311212

Goucher-Path Working: https://www.runnersworld.com/information/a28065655/kara-goucher-leadville-debut/

Tollefson: http://carrietollefson.com/

https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/united-states/carrie-tollefson-14322879

Podcast: https://www.ctollerun.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ctollerun

TCS NY Metropolis Marathon

1989—Tanzania’s Juma Ikangaa gained the lads’s race on the NY Metropolis Marathon in 2:08:01, setting a Course Document that lasted till 2001, when Ethiopia’s Tesfaye Jifar ran 2:07:43.

Norway’s Ingrid Kristiansen gained the ladies’s race in 2:25:30, only one second off Allison Roe’s CR of two:25:29. She was named to the NY Highway Runners Corridor of Fame in 2019.

People completed 2^nd in each races—Ken Martin (2:09:38) and Kim Jones (2:27:54/4 weeks after profitable the Twin Cities Marathon). Ending 3^rd within the males’s race was Italy’s Gelindo Bordin (2:09:40), who had gained Olympic gold in Seoul the earlier 12 months, and 9^th was Ethiopia’s Belayneh Dinsamo (2:13:42), who had set a World Document of two:06:50 in Rotterdam in April.

Italy’s Laura Fogli (2:28:43) compiled one of many biggest placings within the occasion’s historical past for somebody who by no means gained the race. She completed 3^rd this 12 months for the 4^th time, was 2^nd twice, and 4^th twice.

1981-4^th

1982-4^th

1983-2^nd

1984-3^rd

1985-3^rd

1986-3^rd

1987-didn’t run)

1988-2^nd

1989-3^rd

Different Notable Finishers (Complete-24,572)

Males: 8. Steve Jones (Wales) 2:12:58…10.Pat Petersen (USA) 2:14:02…14.Gianni Poli (Italy/1986 winner) 2:15:47; DNF-Mark Nenow (USA), Mark Plaatjes (South Africa)

Girls: 12. Priscilla Welch (Nice Britain/1987 winner) 2:36:15, 13.Margaret Groos (USA) 2:37:33

Outcomes: https://outcomes.nyrr.org/occasion/891105/finishers

High 20: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_New_York_City_Marathon

Sports activities Illustrated Protection

Kim Jones(for subscribers):

https://www.runnersworld.com/races-places/a20799009/how-i-placed-second-at-the-1989-nyc-marathon/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SO06xAlrl8E

2000—The winners this 12 months have been Morocco’s Abdelkader El Mouaziz (2:10:09) and Russia’s Lyudmila Petrova (2:25:45).

Different Notable Finishers

Males: 2.Japhet Kosgei (Kenya) 2:12:30, 3.Shem Kororia (Kenya) 2:12:33…6.Josia Thugwane (South Africa/1996 Olympic Champion) 2:15:25…10.John Kagwe (Kenya/winner in 1997,1998) 2:17:02…14.German Silva (Mexico/winner in 1994,1995) 2:20:41…19.Paul Pilkington (USA) 2:23:33.

Girls: 2.Franca Fiacconi (Italy) 2:26:03, 3.Margaret Okayo (Kenya/would win in 2001, 2003-set the Course Document of two:22:31) 2:26:36…6.Tegla Loroupe (Kenya/winner in 1994, 1995) 2:29:35; DNF- Anuța Cătună (Romania/1996 winner)

Outcomes: https://outcomes.nyrr.org/occasion/NYC2000/finishers

High 20: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_New_York_City_Marathon

www.nytimes.com/2000/11/07/sports activities/new-york-city-marathon-busy-day-for-the-winners-while-the-rest-simply-rest.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2000/11/06/sports activities/new-york-city-marathon-men-a-moroccan-running-like-the-wind.html

2006—Brazil’s Marílson dos Santos (2:09:58) was the shock winner of the lads’s race, with Stephen Kiogora (2:10:06) profitable the battle for two^nd over fellow Kenyan Paul Tergat (2:10:10), the defending champion.

The winner of the ladies’s race for the two^nd 12 months in a row was Latvia’s Jeļena Prokopčuka (2:25:05).

Different Notable Finishers

Males: 6. Stefano Baldini (Italy/2004 Olympic Champion) 2:11:33, 7.Wilson Kipsang (Kenya/would win in 2014) 2:11:54…9.Hendrick Ramaala (South Africa/winner in 2004) 2:13:04…10.Peter Gilmore 2:13:13, 11.Dathan Ritzenhein 2:14:01…20.Meb Keflezighi (would win in 2009) 2:22:02.

Girls: 2.Tetyana Hladyr (Ukraine) 2:26:05, 3.Catherine Ndereba (Kenya/Olympic champion-2004,2008) 2:26:58…6.Deena Kastor (USA) 2:27:54…8.Lornah Kiplagat (Netherlands) 2:32:31…9.Katie McGregor (USA) 2:32:36…14.Sonia O’Sullivan (Eire) 2:42:05

Outcomes: https://outcomes.nyrr.org/occasion/a61105/finishers/1901559

High 20: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_New_York_City_Marathon

NY Occasions Protection: https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/pages/sports activities/sportsspecial/

A Serving to Hand: https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/07/sports activities/othersports/07runner.html?ref=sportsspecial

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiGV355H2F4

2017—Shalane Flanagan (2:26:53) turned the primary American lady to win the NY Metropolis Marathon since Miki Gorman gained in 1977. Ending 2^nd was Kenya’s 3-time defending champion Mary Keitany (2:27:54).

It was candy redemption for the Massachusetts-raised Flanagan, who was devastated when an damage pressured her to withdraw from the Boston Marathon in April.

Shalane Flanagan, 2017 NYC Marathon, photograph courtesy of NYRR Membership

Geoffrey Kamworor (2:10:53) edged fellow Kenyan Wilson Kipsang (2:10:56), the 2014 winner, to win the lads’s race. Ethiopia’s Lelisa Desisa (2:11:32), the 2018 race winner, got here in third!

From FloTrack:

In the course of the problematic factors within the race, Flanagan stated that she tried to recollect one other runner who had impressed her and lots of others all through his profession. Within the males’s race, 2009 winner Meb Keflezighi accomplished his twenty sixth and ultimate profession marathon (11^th-2:15:29). “I used to be considering of Meb, and I used to be considering of how I needed to make him proud right now, and I feel I did,” she stated.

Different Notable Finishers

Males: 7.Abdi Abdirahman (USA) 2:12:48…10.Shadrack Kiptoo (USA) 2:14:57

Girls: 4. Edna Kiplagat (Kenya/2010 winner) 2:29:36, 5.Allie Kiefer (USA) 2:29:39…8.Kellyn Taylor 2:29:56, 9. Diane Nkuri 2:31:21, 10.Stephanie Bruce (USA) 2:31:44…13.Aliphine Tuliamuk (USA) 2:33:18

Outcomes: https://outcomes.nyrr.org/occasion/M2017/finishers

High 20: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_New_York_City_Marathon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQzqVii3v1Y

www.letsrun.com/information/2017/11/shalane-Flanagan-wins-2017-new-york-city-marathon-1st-american-winner-40-years/

Flanagan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrcCP0VUU_s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xzYA0LPDX0

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/05/sports activities/nyc-marathon.html

https://www.flotrack.org/articles/6032563-shalane-flanagan-wins-the-new-york-city-marathon

2023(New)—It was one of many biggest battles within the illustrious historical past of the NY Metropolis Marathon. Getting into the ultimate mile of the ladies’s race, Kenya’s Hellen Obiri and Sharon Lokedi and Ethiopia’s Letesenbet Gidey have been operating stride-for-stride by way of Central Park. Lokedi, the defending champion, was the primary to drop again. On the identical time, Obiri, 6^th in her marathon debut in final 12 months’s race, quickly pulled away from Gidey (2:27:29), the World Document holder at 10,000 meters, and gained going away in 2:27:23. For Obiri, who’s coached by Dathan Ritzenhein, it was her 2^nd main victory of the 12 months, having gained the Boston Marathon in April. Lokedi (2:27:33) held on for 3^rd. Former World Document holder Brigid Kosgei (2:27:45), who had been with the lead group for a lot of the race, completed 4^th.

The lead pack at 5, TCS New York Marathon
New York, New York, USA
November 5, 2023, photograph by Kevin Morris

7^th was 43-year previous Edna Kiplagat (KEN/2:29:40), adopted by People Kellyn Taylor (2:29:48) and Molly Huddle (2:32:02).

The lads’s race winner with a brand new Course Document of two:04:58 was Ethiopia’s Tamirat Tola, the winner of the Marathon on the 2022 World Championships. He would go on to win Olympic gold in Paris in 2024. Ending a distant 2^nd was Kenya’s Albert Korir (2:06:57), the winner in 2021.

Different Notable/U.S. Finishers

Males:…4. Abdi Nageeye (NED) 2:10:21…would win the 2024 race…8.Edward Cheserek (KEN) 2:11:20…10.Futsum Zienasellassie (USA) 2:12:09, 11.Elkanah Kibet (USA) 2:12:23…48.Garrett Heath (USA) 2:29:46, 49.Elliott Heath (USA) 2:29:47; DNF-Cam Levins (CAN)

NYRR Outcomes

That Final Mile(W)! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2F62UtYR4Y

https://www.letsrun.com/occasions/2023/11/2023-tcs-new-york-city-marathon

https://www.flotrack.org/occasions/11304578-2023-tcs-new-york-city-marathon/information

https://www.nytimes.com/reside/2023/11/05/nyregion/nyc-marathon

https://trackandfieldnews.com/nyc-womens-marathon-obiri-triumphs-in-second-try/

https://trackandfieldnews.com/nyc-mens-marathon-tola-clips-course-record/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZQJWgzTnhY

LetsRun Interviews

Lokedi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4gBJhkdumQ

Huddle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0M1OSN3bXM

Ritzenhein: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtJwUsN8T2s