KENYANS CHEBET, LOKEDI WIN WARM AND HUMID TCS NEW YORK CITY MARATHON
By David Monti, @d9monti
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NEW YORK (06-Nov) — On an unusually warm and humid fall day, Evans Chebet and Sharon Lokedi of Kenya won the men’s and women’s professional divisions of the 51st TCS New York City Marathon here this morning. Chebet, 34, backed up his win at the Boston Marathon last April and became the first man since Geoffrey Mutai in 2011 to win both the Boston and New York City Marathons in the same year. Lokedi, 28, running in just her first marathon, ran a patient race and won a close, late-race battle against Israel’s Lonah Chemtai Salpeter by seven seconds. Lokedi clocked 2:23:23 and became just the eighth athlete in New York City Marathon history to win in a true marathon debut. She is also the first athlete representing Baltimore-based Under Armour to win an Abbott World Marathon Majors event.
DO NASCIMENTO TAKES A FLYER
In a surprising move, Brazil’s Daniel Do Nascimento tried to steal the race after just the first three kilometers. He bolted away from the field, shooting through the first 5 kilometers in 14:31 and 10 km in 28:42. Improbably, he was on pace for a 2:01:03 finish time, faster than Eliud Kipchoge’s pending world record 2:01:09 set just six weeks ago.
Behind him a strong chase pack was forming led by Chebet, defending champion Albert Korir of Kenya, Abdi Nageeye of the Netherlands, Suguro Osako of Japan, Galen Rupp of the United States, and Shura Kitata of Ethiopia among others. Chebet wasn’t concerned about Do Nascimento, despite the Brazilian’s 2:04:51 personal best.
“I knew how far the leader was from me,” Chebet said through a translator. “I also knew it was hot and humid, and I was also going at a high pace, and I know I was going to catch him.”
Do Nascimento ran with abandon, clicking off miles in the 4:30 range, and his lead grew. By 15 km he was 1:40 ahead of the chasers, but his cushion expanded to 2:12 by halfway where he clocked the fastest half-marathon split in the history of the race: 1:01:22. His lead held at that level through 25 km after he completed the long climb of the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge from Queens to Manhattan.
Heading on to First Avenue in Manhattan where the crowds are the thickest, the Brazilian finally began to slow. He ran only 15:41 for the five kilometers from 25 km to 30 km (which is downhill), compared to 14:37 for the chase…
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