Official 2016 Olympic Marathon Trials LIve Discussion Thread

I'd assume the burn was this "Epitome of what a best friend and training partner is..." as opposed to that flaky attention whore Kara.

sp2 wrote:

CycloneAlum wrote:

Meb is more American than you are. American is a state of mind as much as it is a birthright. I'd take him in my corner every time compared to some keyboard warrior troll.

Yep. Meb is about a million times the American as any of the LR a-holes who constantly run him down for 'not being American.'

You want an athlete as role-model? Meb is it.

^^this^^

was rupp's victory really a surprise to anyone? And does anyone actually feel something about it? When i look at rupp, i get nothing. I don't feel the emotion. There's no connection. How can i get excited about that?

makes you wonder about fairness, whether goucher can make an appeal for illegal aid

aftermath wrote:

jhdfajdhf wrote:

Shalane did some damage

Looks like Amy and Desi are holding her up at the interview.

Just so HAPPY for Desi!!! This is THE year for her!

best friends wrote:

Shalane "Amy is the epitome of a best friend"

I don't think Flanagan makes it without Cragg the last 3 miles

Yupp, she looked like she was going to pack it in. Flanagan looked completely destroyed. Cragg wins 1st and 3rd in these trials.

What illegal aid?

She should have been on an IV. Where in the world are the medical experts at the finish line USATF had been talking about? Insane that her husband, coach, officials allowed her to do that interview. IV and ice bath.

Marathon pain wrote:

Can you get an IV after the race?

best friends wrote:

Shalane "Amy is the epitome of a best friend"

I don't think Flanagan makes it without Cragg the last 3 miles

This

Women's olympic marathon not until Aug 14, full six months to recover, base train, and fit in a nice marathon block.

Good news for shalane, who looks like she'll need it

Official wrote:

What illegal aid?

No aid at all. Didn't pull her. Didn't carry her water bottle. Nada.

No different that Rupp and Meb working together until Rupp took off the last several miles. Rupp and Meb ran together a long part pf the race.

Coebra wrote:

was rupp's victory really a surprise to anyone? And does anyone actually feel something about it? When i look at rupp, i get nothing. I don't feel the emotion. There's no connection. How can i get excited about that?

I want to root for Rupp but he just seems to be devoid of personality. Meb comes through acknowledging his supporters, clearly thankful for the support--showing that at some level sport is entertainment. Rupp seems to be performing for nobody except Alberto Salazar. I am sure that is not entirely true, but it would be nice if he could work harder at the connection thing.

allah!! wrote:

Mebrahtom Keflezighi is a Muslim who thinks you cuckolds are infidels and would just assume chop your head off as deal with you. He laughs behind your silly infidel backs as you kiss his rear and give him $$$

Croikey! Lookee at that troll! 'e just near took moi 'ead off as 'e jumped out of the bushes!

He's not a dangerous troll, is 'e? look at how he poorly troies to make people angry. 'e's trying to whip people's emotions up by making this a religious argument!

What were the notable DNFs? For the men, I can think of Ritz, Estrada, Bobby Curtis, Sam Chelanga, Brett Gotcher, and Tyler McCandless. For the women, Sara Hall, Gebre, Annie Bersagel, and Alana Hadley.

Any others?

wasn't estrada going to show the haters? or was he going to ignore them? I don't remember

Montesquieu wrote:

She should have been on an IV. Where in the world are the medical experts at the finish line

Apparently all of the medical experts were following the race on this board, like you, so they weren't available to administer fluids.

Anything else anyone should have done, doc?

Congrats to the qualifiers; I feel for Luke though.

Am I the only one who thought Rupp looked like he was really hurting at 40K, or thereabouts (not like we got splits or anything)? Sure he was able to finish the last 400 well, but I can do that, and I'm nobody. I think he was giving way more effort than people are acknowledging. Well done for a début, to be sure, but I think he was pretty much redlining there at the end.

Rockgip wrote:

What were the notable DNFs? For the men, I can think of Ritz, Estrada, Bobby Curtis, Sam Chelanga, Brett Gotcher, and Tyler McCandless. For the women, Sara Hall, Gebre, Annie Bersagel, and Alana Hadley.

Any others?

Clara Santucci

It didn't help that Alberto was immediately up Galen's ass after the race like usual . No time to be a fan and competitor favorite