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Hello and welcome everybody My 
name is letty I host the 

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marathon running podcast and 
this YouTube channel and I'm an 

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absolute running nerd. 
I am here in Boston and I'm not 

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even running the race. 
I'm literally here to spectate 

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and do media stuff. 
I'm very excited about this 

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year's Boston Field. 
And so I wanted to share a few 

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of my thoughts just because I 
always found that when before I 

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got nerdy about running, I 
always found that it was 

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difficult for me to figure out 
who is who when it comes to 

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running. 
And now that I do know a lot of 

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the names that I've been 
following them for a while, I 

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want to share that with you guys
so you know who to look out for 

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when you're watching the 
marathon on ESPN or your local 

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news or wherever you do it. 
So let's start with the women's 

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field. 
I have my computer right here 

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next to me with me so I can 
hopefully not mispronounce the 

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names and tell you some of the 
data. 

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So let's start with the woman's 
field. 

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The fastest woman in the field 
is Amane Beriso. 

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She's from Ethiopia. 
Her PR is a 2/14/58, which she 

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got in 2022 in Valencia, which 
is a very flat race. 

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She's a great contender and 
along with her there is another 

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person that is going to do a 
debut at the Boston Marathon. 

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And she ran a 216 in Amsterdam 
very recently last year in 2024.

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And that is Yelmzerf Yehulah, 
which I'm really sorry if I'm 

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mispronouncing the name, also 
from Ethiopia. 

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So those two contenders are the 
two fastest in the field. 

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Let's talk about some other 
people with fast numbers. 

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Kiara d'amato, we know she ran a
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She's going to be running this. 
Also from the Americans, we have

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Emma Bates, who is also a 
favorite, who is also very nice.

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They're all really nice, so it's
really hard to say who's going 

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to win because you want all of 
them to win because they're all 

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nice. 
But Emma Bates, PR is currently 

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at 2:22 at the Boston course. 
And I keep saying which courses 

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they run their PRS on because I 
think that's super important. 

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You can't compare Chicago with a
course like Boston, right? 

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Everybody knows that world 
records are not set well, they 

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can't be set in Boston, but they
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be set just because it's such a 
difficult course. 

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It's a net downhill, but there's
tons of hills, including the 

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heartbreak hills that you guys 
have heard about. 

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Anyway, let me talk about some 
other contenders from the United

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States. 
We have Sarah Hall. 

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Sarah Hall ran a 22032 in 
Chandler in 2020, which that is 

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really fast. 
I know she ran really well in 

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Valencia. 
I don't have the number that she

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did when she ran that last time,
but I know she's really strong. 

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I talked to her at the press 
conference and she was feeling 

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strong and she looks amazing, so
hopefully it'll be a good day 

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for her as well. 
We have the 2024 winner, Helen 

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Abiri. 
She's also going to to be there 

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and she ran a 221 in the Boston 
course last year and that was 

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great. 
Yes, Linden is going to be 

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running this course. 
I think she said for the 12th 

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time in her PR was a 222 in 
Boston in 2011. 

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And then obviously we all know 
that she was the one that 

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endured the rain and everything 
most in 2018 and ended up 

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winning that race even though it
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So that is good. 
I also want to mention that 

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Dakota Lindworm or now Dakota 
Propane, she got married, 

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changed her last name. 
She's going to be running this 

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race and she did amazing. 
She did top ten at the Paris 

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Olympic Marathon last year, 
which we know that course is 

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even more hilly than Boston. 
So she's a great contender for 

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this race. 
And then I want to talk about 

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Jess McClain. 
Jess McClain did not make it to 

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the Olympics. 
She missed her spot. 

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She came in fourth at the 
Olympic trials in Orlando last 

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year with a 225 and she was 
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running as they backup in case 
they needed it at the Olympics. 

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She didn't run, but I hear 
wonderful stories about how 

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strong she is and hopefully 
it'll be a good day for her as 

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well. 
Obviously there's thousands of 

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other runners, so can't mention 
all of them and these are the 

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contenders. 
Do I have a personal favorite? 

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I really don't. 
I really like just nice people 

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and all of them seem to be 
really nice. 

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Also, Paula Radcliffe is coming.
She's obviously not going to go 

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for a win. 
She's going for a six star and 

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she's been all over town and 
we've had a lot of Paula 

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Radcliffe sightings and I'm 
going to be excited to see how 

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she does at this race because I 
guess she was disappointed with 

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her Tokyo results. 
But that's it for the women. 

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Let's move on to the men's race.
For the men, we have Sesay Lemma

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who won the marathon in Boston 
last year. 

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His personal best is a two O 
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which is really, really fast. 
So he did well in Boston and 

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Valencia. 
So we know he can handle both 

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courses flat and not flat. 
So he's a great contender. 

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And then personal friends of 
mine, Evan Chabet, who we 

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visited in Kenya, he's already 
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Hopefully he will podium as 
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His PR is a 2O3 also in 
Valencia, so take notes if you 

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don't get into the majors. 
Maybe you want to try Valencia. 

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It seems to be really popular 
and flat course and great for 

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PRS. 
John Courier is also running 

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this marathon. 
He is a 2O2 runner, the Chicago 

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winner of last year and his 
training went really well. 

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And if John Courier wins, then 
it'll be the first first time in

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history that two brothers won 
the Boston Marathon because his 

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brother Wesley also won the best
in marathon. 

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I don't remember what year, but 
that would be kind of cool to 

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see as well. 
Then Cyprian Catoot also from 

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the 2 Running Club, which is the
same running club as Evans 

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Chevette. 
He is going to be there and he's

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a two O 3 runner. 
His PR was achieved in Berlin 

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and that was last year. 
So you know, he's really strong.

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His training went well and 
hopefully he will podium too. 

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I kind of went all of them 
podium, which that's not going 

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to happen, but it'd be cool if 
they all could hold hands and 

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cross the finish line together. 
That would be awesome. 

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But let's keep talking about who
else is going to be there from 

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the Americans. 
We're going to have Connor 

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Mintz, who recently set the 
American record for the half 

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marathon and his personal best 
is still that two O 745 I 

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believe that he did when he ran 
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Actually it was a two O 747 and 
then then Clayton Young, his 

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training partner who came in at 
a 208 flat and hopefully they 

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will have great races. 
They both had great training 

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cycles and feel very confident 
about this race. 

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Other favorites are CJ 
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CJ Albertson's is not very off 
their time. 

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CJ Albertson's PR is a 2/8/17 so
he's only 17 seconds slower and 

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I know he is a beast. 
He does crazy training on 

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treadmills at his house at an 
incline with heat and 

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everything, so he's a very 
strong person to watch out for. 

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Zach Panning, the guy that also 
ran the Olympic trials with 

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Clayton Young and Conor Mance 
who ended up dropping back just 

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a little bit. 
He is a very strong person as 

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well. 
It would be great to see him up 

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there as well. 
His personal best is a two O 

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916, also achieved in Chicago 
and then Haemanad Alou from 

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Ethiopia. 
His personal best is a 2O four, 

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also achieved in Valencia. 
Valencia is the place to go. 

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He's going to be there, so it's 
going to be a super exciting 

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field. 
So my favorite picks for this 

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race are going to be John Career
and Evans, Chabet and Supreme 

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Court, just because I think they
are all so lovely. 

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But then also Conor Mance and 
Clayton Young would be great to 

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see. 
They all would be again, great 

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to see because they're all 
really, really nice. 

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Hopefully you guys are taking 
notes of what their jerseys are 

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going to look like so you can 
recognize them as they fly by, 

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you cheer them on and let's see 
what happens on Monday. 

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I'm very excited. 
If you like this type of 

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content, don't forget to 
subscribe and until next time, 

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we'll probably have a video of 
the winners coming up. 

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So if you want to see that, you 
find it here. 

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Thank you so much and until next
time.