Should the B.A.A. try to get the IAAF to rescind its rules and assert that the win by Geoffrey Mutai is not just one that lends itself to favorable conditions and a “fast” course? Absolutely. Does it matter a lick to most people who saw this astonishing performance on Boylston Street that day? For the most part, no. When Mutai (and poor Moses Mosop who ran a ridiculous 2:03:06 to be relegated to second place!) almost literally flew down the street, there was a hush unlike I have ever heard on this most famous of finish lines. People knew they were viewing the remarkable.
No one was looking at windsocks.
