![]() “You can’t be too disappointed in a PR, but I wanted more than a PR. “It’s just like, the ‘what if’ kills me right now,” she said. Afterward, Tuliamuk said she was pleased about her time, but had hoped to stay in the mix longer as she contemplated the results, she second-guessed her decision not to cover the early move. She finished 32 seconds behind Obiri’s 2:21:38 and 10 seconds behind Yeshaneh, who finished third despite a fall around mile 23.īehind her, 2020 US Olympic Team Trials champion Aliphine Tuliamuk, 34, finished 11th in 2:24:37-a personal best by more than 2 minutes. She and the four other leaders-eventual winner Hellen Obiri of Kenya, Ethiopia’s Amane Beriso and Ababel Yeshaneh, and Israel’s Lonah Salpeter-even clocked a 5:05 mile between miles 22 and 23, before Bates fell a few strides behind. “I think she just decided, ‘Today, I’m going to stick my nose in it and I’m going to be part of this,’ and she’ll be pretty happy with that.” “She shrugged her shoulders, smiled, and I told her, ‘Let her legs run,’” Bosshard said. Bosshard saw her around mile 20, at the top of Heartbreak Hill. After that, she kept expecting the effort to feel harder, but it never did. (They’ll work more on drafting and conserving energy for next time, he said afterward.)īased on her training, Bosshard knew Bates could stay near the front at least through halfway. “What helped me the most was the downhill, just to be able to make sure the quads could take that beating, and then be able to hit those uphills like we did,” she said.Īlthough she planned to race aggressively, she didn’t intend to lead so late into the race-in fact, she said, Bosshard had specifically instructed her not to. In training, Bosshard had mapped out a course that mimicked Boston’s hills, which Bates believes served her well (and also helped her teammate Scott Fauble, whose 2:09:44 finish made him first American on the men’s side). But she remained in the lead pack-and often, in the front of it, looking relaxed and composed-for about the next 13 miles. By mile 10, she’d worked her way back up.Īt times, the surging pace felt like a fartlek, Bates said. ![]() But Bates, who said before the race she believed she was in American record shape on a flat course, remained determined not to let them escape. (For a stretch around the 5K mark, serial marathoner Maegan Krifchin led, in a cheetah-print singlet and pink sweatband.)Ī 5:08 mile at mile 7, in Framingham, thinned the leaders’ ranks to about eight, with all the Americans left behind. The Toronto Parking Authority’s Carpark 58, the Bloor-Bedford Garage: 9 Bedford Road, north of Bloor Street West and two blocks east of the Museum.Indeed, the race started conservatively, with a large lead pack covering the first 10K in 34:46, a 5:36 pace. Street parking and paid parking lots within walking distance of the Museum may be available. Then turn right onto Bloor Street and go east on Bloor to St. Proceed north on Spadina to Bloor Street. Get onto the Gardiner Expressway and exit at Spadina Avenue. Turn left onto Bloor Street and continue east to St. OR take the Bathurst Street exit and go south to Bloor Street. Turn right onto Bloor Street and continue west to St. Take the Avenue Road exit and go south to Bloor Street. From there, cross the road twice to reach the southwest corner of the intersection, and you’re at the Museum! Turn left (walk south) for about 30 seconds and you’ll be at the northeast corner of Bloor Street West and St. George subway station (on both the Bloor-Danforth and the Yonge-University lines), exit onto St.
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