Our media room, November 1, 2009, Mandarin Oriental Hotel, 36th
The pack of elite women are off, hitting 5k in 17:53, with six in the front pack of 29 elite women starters. Three women nearly went down, Kosgei, Yuri, and Lewy Boulet.
I am covering event live on runblogrun.com on twitter.
Women hit 5k in 17:53, 10k in 35:15, 15k in 52:38, ten miles in 56:27, hitting halfway in 1:14:04-slower than last year! In women's lead pack was Radcliffe, Petrova, Daunay, Tulu, Kosgei, with Lewy Boulet dropping back fifteen seconds at 11 miles. Women hit halfway in 1:14:04.
On men's side, 5k hit in 15:51, 10k in 31:04, with pack of forty. Down to seventeen, with Ryan Hall, Meb Keflizighi, Hendrick Raamala, Jouad Gharib, Bolata Asmeron, Jorge Torres in lead pack.
Men hit halfway in 1:05:07.
I have been on twitter, at twitter.com/runblogrun, updating the event from the first steps to the winning steps of top men and women. I will follow up with a how the race was won, and a news item. Thanks for following our coverage!
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