Monti prediction of prize money "issues" at LA comes true

[MJD]

RRW piece before the race:

"The broader question is, no matter what the gap, can an athlete who is competing against runners of his or her gender concentrate on beating another competitor he or she cannot see? Also, are the women at a disadvantage because their lead pack will be smaller than the men's?"

http://www.runnersweb.com/running/news/ ... athon.html

Post race piece:

"The handicap division of the City of Los Angeles Marathon, known as the "Challenge," ultimately didn't deliver the most exciting moment of today's race, but it did produce $136,400 payday for a Kenyan man, and a bitter taste in a Russian woman's mouth."

"Near tears, she added tersely: "If they don't change the rule, I'm never coming back.""

http://www.runnersweb.com/running/news/ ... thon2.html

[doug0914]

Re: Monti prediction of prize money

in the interview the womens winner said the time difference is unfair and that the handicap should be the difference between the mens and womens record, if that were the case the handicap would be 10 minutes and 30 seconds, tergats 204.55 to radcliffes 215.25, meaning today she would have been caught a lot sooner.

[doug0914]

Re: Monti prediction of prize money

amazingly the top woman was 13th overall out of over 25 thousand runners without the handicap, also last years female winner once a 356 1500 meter runner ran 231, to break the womans over 50 record by over 13 minutes.

[ed gee]

Re: Monti prediction of prize money

she was referring to the LA marathon records, not world records.