Daniel Do Nascimento collapses while leading New York
From LetsRun.com
November 6, 2022
NEW YORK – The 2022 TCS New York City Marathon served as a reminder of what happens when you fly too close to the sun in a 26.2-mile race. For the first half of the race Brazilians Daniel Do Nascimento crazy split after crazy split demolished despite unseasonably warm, muggy conditions (68 degrees, 81% humidity, 61 dew point at start). He ran the second (downhill) mile on the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge in 4:20, the first 10km under the world record pace in 28:42 (2:01:03) and the first half in 61:22, almost two minutes faster than Geoffrey MutaiIn 2011, Do Nascimento broke his course record of 2:05:06 with a time of 63:18. By this point, Do Nascimento had built up a 2:12 lead over second place.
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But things got completely out of hand for him in the second half. First, Do Nascimento took a toilet break and ducked into a portapotty for 18 seconds at mile 18. At 30km his lead had shrunk to 1:07 and continued to shrink when Do Nascimento stopped and went at mile 20. That cost him another 10 seconds, and shortly after, Do Nascimento stopped completely, ducked under the police tape marking the course, and collapsed on the side of the road.
Daniel Do Nascimento is on the track to lead the NYC marathon
He was leading the NYC marathon back then.
That allows Boston Marathon champion Evans Chebet to take the lead by default. Chebet, who had started charging on the Queensboro Bridge, split 14:37 from 25-30km to break away from the chasing group. Chebet led the chasers by 28 seconds at 20 miles, but his lead was just 17 seconds at 35 km (21.7 miles) over the 2018 runner-up Shura Kitata. The lead had shrunk to 12 seconds by 40km, but the warm, muggy conditions affected everyone by then, including Kitata and Chebet, who held on to victory in 2:08:41, the slowest winning time since 2017.
Chebet became only the third man this century to win Boston and New York in the same year, alongside Mutai (2011) and Rodger’s rop (2002). Next Back, Scott Fauble — wearing a Nike jersey after agreeing to a sponsorship deal the night before the race — was the best American in 9th place in 2:13:35. Galen Rup, who had struggled with injuries throughout 2022, went out with the second group behind Do Nascimento and was fifth at halftime. But when Chebet made his move to break up the pack, Rupp couldn’t react and retired with 30km to go.
Analysis and interviews among the results.
The 25 best finishes from the men’s NYC marathon
Quick Take: Evans Chebet is having a great year for himself, his training squad and Kenya
Chebet adds the NYC crown to the Boston win he clinched in April, and while he used big maneuvers to break up the field in both races, the conditions made this race a little different. In Boston, Chebet made a hard push from Heartbreak Hill and looked great until the end to win in 2:06:51. He was moving earlier today, just past the halfway point and although he looked great for a while and led the rest of the chasers by up to 28 seconds, he really had to grind it in the final miles as that gap only shrunk would be 12 seconds at 40k.
It’s rare for anyone to win NYC by slowing that much – Chebet’s last three 5K splits were 14:37, 15:29, 15:58 – but the combination of the Central Park hills and the warm conditions wore everyone down today.
With the win, Chebet has won five of his last six marathons and is now firmly in the running for best marathoner alive, unnamed Eliud Kipchoge. But Chebet might not even be the best guy in his own training group at Kapsabet under Claudio Berardelli. One of his training partners Amos Kiprutowon London this year while another, Benson KiprutoShe won Boston last year and Chicago this year.
Chebet’s win also means Kenyan men have won all six World Marathon Majors this year – the first time a country has won all six in a single year.
Quick Take: Daniel Do Nascimento ran silly and unfortunately he paid for it today
You never want to see an athlete collapse on the side of the road during a marathon, so it’s unfortunate that Daniel Do Nascimento’s marathon ended like this today. But you must seriously question the decision-making that led to Do Nascimento going past 10km on a difficult course in warm marathon weather in a ridiculous 61:22 on a difficult course at a world record pace. Except perhaps for Kipchoge, that pace was beyond the reach of any marathon runner in today’s conditions, and Do Nascimento’s body began to shut down with just over 10km to go. An important reminder that even if you feel good early on, you still have to consider the course and the conditions.
Word on the street is that Do Nascimento is in monster form for New York. His first half showed that, but even in the days of super shoes, the marathon distance has to be respected, especially on warm days.
Hopefully he recovers and is a force on the track as his bravery or stupidity has undoubtedly won him many fans.
Quick Take: Scott Fauble rode a typically intelligent race to become top American again
Honestly, today wasn’t a great day for the American men — Fauble’s 9th place finish was the lowest finish for the best American since 2013. But Fauble almost never runs a bad marathon, so it’s perhaps not surprising that on a day when his Countrymen fought, Fauble was able to beat them all with another smart, solid effort.
Fauble and Coach Joe Bossard thought the track would be running 3-4 minutes slow today due to the heat and that 2:12 would be good enough to put him in the top five. So Fauble focused on running that pace (5:02/mile), and when he saw the leaders going faster, he backed away, confident they would come back to him in the end. Fauble took the lead in the second group and encouraged the other Americans to maintain the 2:12 pace. The group broke up after about 12 miles and Fauble was on his own after that.
Fauble himself slowed down in the second half (he split 66:14-67:21) and not everyone came back (2:12:00 would have finished sixth today). But on a day when everyone suffered, Fauble was pleased with his performance and proud to finish as the top American, just as he did in Boston earlier this year.
“Any time you can walk well on the big stage, it’s very satisfying, and being the best American is a huge bonus,” Fauble said.
Quick Take: Fauble didn’t receive his Nike singlet until 10 p.m. Saturday night
Fauble hasn’t been out of a shoe deal since his decision to leave the HOKA NAZ Elite team in late 2021, and just 24 hours from NYC he still didn’t have a sponsor and couldn’t reach an agreement that he felt was worthy of his worth.
“It’s difficult out there to get enough money that I’m looking for,” Fauble said.
But Fable’s agent Josh Cox was finally able to make some progress this week, and last night over dinner, Fauble received a text message from Cox that he had struck a deal with Nike. Fauble signed off, and from there it was a mad rush to make sure he was fully kitted out in time for the race. He drove to a Nike store in New York to pick up a pair of sneakers and then got his undershirt.
“It’s pretty hectic getting your undershirt for the race at 10pm the night before,” Fauble said.
Looking ahead, Fauble said it was a “huge relief” to have the sponsorship situation sorted out.
“It’s nice to have that behind us,” he said.
Quick Take: A day to forget for most American men
Although this race featured one of the strongest American fields ever in terms of personal best (five Americans entered under 2:09, a first for any race), Fauble was the only one to break 2:15. It was clearly a tough day to run fast as only three men broke 2:11, but few Americans will be happy with their performance today. A look at how some of the notable US men have fared:
Galen Rupp, DNF: Although Rupp said the back pain he had been struggling with in 2022 had subsided in recent weeks, he didn’t look full of confidence ahead of the race, admitting he had nerve problems in his leg during a less-than-ideal build-up had fight . Rupp bravely kept up with the leaders behind Nascimento, but as soon as there was a change of pace he became unresponsive and was soon out of the race. Rupp is still just a year away from 2:06, but if he wants to return to that kind of form it’s clear he needs to put some healthy training together.
Reed Fisher, 10th (2:15:23): This was a solid run for the Tinman Elite athlete. After a difficult start to his marathon career (he finished 97th in the 2020 Olympic trials on his debut), Fischer has been improving with every race. He ran 2:10:54 in Boston in April (although he only finished 16th) and today claimed his second top 10 finish in a Major (he finished 9th in Chicago last year).
Jared Ward, 11th (2:17:09): While the time is nothing special, it was a step up for Ward, who finished just 26th in Boston in April.
Leonard Korir, 13th (2:17:29): Korir went out aggressively in his first marathon since the ’20s, but paid handsomely and ended up running a big positive split: 64:14/73:15).
Matt Llano, 14th (2:20:04): Llano was pleased to do relatively well in this area as his recent marathons have not gone well as he has struggled with a variety of issues including pain in his side that is mostly unique to running. He hopes this is a stepping stone to getting back to his old form (2:11:04) pb.
Shadrack Kipchirchir, 21st (2:28:15): Given the track and conditions, this was a very tough race to debut in. Thanks to Kipchirchir for gutting it and ending it when he ran an even bigger positive split than Korir (65:31/82:44).
Abdi Abdirahman, DNF: This was to be Abdirahman’s farewell marathon as a pro, but he never made it to the finish line as he had no split time at 35km.
Union Athletic Club’s Suguro Osako was fifth
his trainer Peter Julian said he would continue working with him, discussed changes at Union Athletics Club and was full of praise for Donavan Brazier.
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