New york marathon 2010 live updates

Gebrselassie, 37, is the world record holder in the marathon and a two-time Olympic gold medalist in the 10, meters. Shalane Flanagan said she had been dreaming about being a marathon runner since she was young, so she was overwhelmed with emotion at the finish. At the finish line, after she finished second to Edna Kiplagat in a breakthrough performance in her marathon debut, Flanagan fell to the ground in tears.

When she pulled herself up, she felt nothing but happiness. I just felt good, so I just tried to be calm and collected. My heart was there, but my legs failed me a little. Chilean miner Edison Pena began visibly struggling while running up First Avenue in Manhattan, despite all the throngs cheering his every step on the most fan-packed part of the route. He began to seem agitated at all the other runners taking his picture. Eventually he slowed to a walk, still accompanied by his two New York Road Runners escorts, through 18 miles.

People are still cheering him every step, though, recognizing the difficulty of his journey. At 1 hour 47 minutes, year-old Jon Mendes of Manhattan reached the five-mile mark in walking the marathon with his friend, Carl Landegger, 80, and his grandson, Daniel Marks, Mendes was the eldest finisher in at age 85 in 8 hours, 3 minutes. If he completes the course today , Mendes would be the ninth-oldest finisher in the history of the race. The oldest was Joseph Galia, a year-old in They were with friends visiting from Munich, including Chris Goennawein, Across the street, an eight-member group played the traditional music of abada-capoeira, a Brazilian musical martial art.

They banged drums and tapped berimbaus, a 5-foot wooden string instrument, forming a pulsating rhythm as runners streamed out of McCarren Park. He dropped out at Mile Ramaala had run this race eight times previously, winning in , finishing second in and third in Chilean miner Edison Pena crossed the half-marathon mark in Weatherman extraordinaire Al Roker passed the 10K mark at Shalane Flanagan had the best showing of all the top American runners with her second-place finish.

He finished in Dathan Ritzenhein finished eighth in On his last trip here, he out-kicked the field to win the Healthy Kidney 10K here earlier this year. Mutai, also 26, but a marathon veteran, finished second. Mutai finished second in the London Marathon last spring. Gebremariam prepared for this by finishing second in the Philadelphia Half-Marathon this summer.

He is the fourth man to win this race in his marathon debut. Gebremariam unleashed the finishing kick at Mile 25 and began pulling away from a suddenly struggling Mutai. Gebremariam, making his marathon debut here, is running easily and looks very strong.

Gebremariam and Mutai are in Central Park alone, having dropped Kwambai for the final time. He was 20 seconds behind as the top two are neck-and-neck in the final hills at Mile This will be a great finish.

Edna Kiplagat of Kenya used a strong push through the hills of Central Park to leave her nearest competitors behind far behind as the finish line neared. Kiplagat, 31, has had a phenomenal year. She won her first three races of , including the Los Angeles Marathon, all in personal best times. The other was a 15K in Utica, N. Classic 4-Mile. Flanagan caught Keitani in the hills of the final mile and finished second in He is only a few meters back. From appearances, though, Gebremariam looks to be running the easiest at Mile He is the world cross-country champion and he is known for his finishing speed.

Gebre Gebremariam, of Ethiopia, leading the race with Mutai, is only one half of the debut duo from Ethiopia. His wife, Werknesh Kidane was supposed to make her marathon debut, but pulled out with a calf injury this week. She stayed home in Ethiopia with their two sons. Edna Kiplagat is looking like the experienced marathoner she is, using her strength to pull ahead of Keitany and Flanagan, who has dropped to a distant third.

She is only lengthening her lead as the finish line nears. In Central Park, Edna Kiplagat began pushing the pace and Keitany went with her, but Flanagan fell off their pace and is now desperately trying to catch up again. Not unexpected on that front, but most thought Gebrselassie would be the Ethiopian contending for the title.

Mary Keitany of Kenya is the world champion at the half-marathon and Shalane Flanagan of the United States is the reigning bronze medalist in the Olympic 10, meters but that hardly means they would win their first marathon — but both have an excellent chance.

About to enter Central Park past the mile mark, Keitany and Flanagan were in the lead pack of three with Edna Kiplagat of Kenya, the one of the three with marathon experience. She won the Los Angeles Marathon earlier this year. But this has been quite a fall for the running-rich nation.

How about this astounding statistic of dominance? Race Results Weekly helped tracked 45 fall marathons with international fields since Sept. I walked out my building in Fort Greene this morning and saw small knots of people running down the sidewalk.

Some were pushing strollers, some were dragging small dogs in their wake. There was no real rush — the New York City marathon was already well underway and it would be hours before the final stragglers made their way down Lafayette Avenue and the neighborhood would return to normal.

There was the unmistakable feeling that we were missing something. Once I arrived at Lafayette, I noticed that a band had set up outside the deli where I usually pick up milk. A few blocks down, someone had set up loudspeakers and was blaring everything from Born to Run to Footloose. Once the elite athletes passed through — they flashed by in a blur of police motorcycles and press trucks — the runners joined the party.

One was dressed in a Minnie Mouse outfit. Another wore a full-length, hot-pink bodysuit. One ran by sipping a can of beer. Across the street, I noticed a woman and her son passing out cookies from an aluminum tin. The spectators smiled, as touched as I was by this small-town display of neighborliness.

But not a single person took a cookie. They ran a 17th mile. He was getting it worked on, two coaches noted, but whether that was strategy or reality was yet unclear.

Gebrselassie made it clear on his Twitter feed right before the race, and despite his staying in the lead pack for the first 15 miles, the pain, apparently was too intense before he even made it to Manhattan.

This is the second straight race in New York that Gebrselassie withdrew mid-race. At the half-marathon in March, he pulled up with asthma problems. Even before he started on Sunday, Gebrselassie had committed to running the Tokyo Marathon in February. The lead pack not only lost Haile Gebrselassie, who dropped out before the mile mark, but defending champion Meb Keflezighi fell off the pace as the lead pack began to string out along First Avenue in Manhattan.

Filed under: Stream. Reddit Pocket Flipboard Email. The women's division was won by Edna Kiplagat of Kenya. American Meb Keflezighi, the defending champion, finished sixth. Simon Vroemen, Netherlands, Enrico Vivian, Italy, Anders Szalkai, Sweden, Peter Mullen, New York, Mark Olivier, Groton, Conn.

Brian Grudowski, Buffalo Grove, Ill. Harrison Lakehomer, New York, Alessandro Rambaldini, Italy, Antonio Santi, Italy, Peter Bartlett, New York, Piacenza Enzo, Italy, Greg Wieczorek, Canada, Albert J.

Donawa, Bermuda, Nick Neely, Portola Valley, Calif. Francisco Javier Rodriguez Tovar, Spain, Daniel Nally, Arlington, Mass. Fabian Roncero, Spain, Stephen Donahue, San Francisco, Antonio Blanco Gutierrez, Spain, Scott Barnacle, Frankfort, Ind. Stephane Vautier, France, Sebastien Baret, France, John Roberts, New York, Brian Lang, Dumont, N. Cedric De Caluwe, Belgium, Oskar de Kuijer, Netherlands, Michael Capriolo, Akron, Ohio, Tito Fiorenzo Tiberti, Italy, John Morrissey, Britain, Mathieu Dube, Canada, Oscar Martin Perez, Spain, Justin Scheid, Sparta, N.

Dirk Muench, Germany, Justin Chaston, Britain, Justin Park, Sandy, Utah, Keith Forlenza, Whitestone, N. Pietro Cabassi, Italy, Vincent Rousseau, France, Josep Sansa Bullich, Andorra, Kip Hoffman, Watsontown, Pa. Piergiorgio Conti, Italy, Clay Wing, Sedro-Woolley, Wash.

Michele Bertoletti, Italy,