No, it's not. Nike shoes and Skechers shoes and Adidas shoes and Asics shoes are pretty much identical- Meb didn't get injured wearing shitty Nike shoes, he got injured running 100+ miles a week from his early twenties onward. Nike shoes don't cause pelvic stress fractures; running very fast very long distances for a…

Would have qualified but stopped to text her bf a few times the last time she ran a marathon.

"I thought it might be a little broad." Um, Jon? The term is "woman". Sexist.

It is very difficult to throw a baseball that far with any accuracy! Source: I also weigh 125lbs and am terrible at real sports.

I've said this before, but the number of people spelling it "Sketchers" is through the roof. Get your branding team on it, Skechers!

No.

The reason they were "not trying to win" was because they could not win- the guys they were up against had PRs about 8 minutes better than theirs. If they had made a move, it would have just helped the Kenyan and Ethiopian runners catch Meb, and would have probably caused the Americans to burn out much more quickly.

Haha no apologies necessary. I don't think Salazar hurt Ritz at all- if anything he might have extended his injury-prone career. And Mary Cain is a STUD and I don't think anything Salazar does will change that- she's as close to a sure thing as you get in distance running.

I love the "hipster's version of Runner's World". Keep on keepin' on, Fittish.

"Figures the marathon out" is something people who haven't run a marathon won't understand but man is it true. The difference between a half marathon and a full marathon is the difference between a 200m dash and a half marathon.

Is Salazar going to turn him into the next Oregon Project star, or is he going to flame out like every other OP runner except Mo, Rupp, Centro, and maybe Ritz (generous)?

I....actually think Puskedra has a decent shot! He's had a good half-marathon PR for a while now, 1:01.30 something right?

Haven't finished reading the entire thing yet, and my guess is that I'll agree with the rest of it, but...."(and frankly, he's very unlikely to repeat Rupp's success on the track)." I don't know if I agree with this entirely. Do I think he'll get a silver medal in the 10K? No, but then again I NEVER thought I'd see a…

My 2001 Honda Civic got totaled. I want a fun car. Focus ST or Mazda3? No Mazda Speed3 for a while I assume...

They weren't physically blocking anyone- they had two or three lanes of road on which to run. Hall didn't block them, he just didn't run by them and push the pace.

The number of people misspelling "skechers" today is astounding. Sounds like a branding problem to me!

Ah ok- thanks for clarifying. Sorry about that.

I'm not belittling anyone's victory- Ernst Van Dyk is an AMAZING athlete and deserves all the recognition in the world. He's won Boston 10 times- it's truly remarkable.

Universal Sports really knows their audience! Their Performance of the Day goes to....THE FIRST AMERICAN MAN TO WIN THE BOSTON MARATHON IN 30 years!!! Oh wait just kidding, it went to the THIRTY NINE YEAR OLD WITH THE SLOW PR WHO UPSET THE ENTIRE FIELD TO WIN THE BOSTON MARATHON!!!! Nope, that's not it either. It goes…

Go Jumbos.