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You are reporting the following post to the moderators for review and possible removal from the forum Poster: Runningart2004 Subject: RE: 2008 OT marathon host named tommorow... Body: It's been the same general process for eons. Just because we are slow and sometimes can't get three damn guys under the standard isn't the fault of the selection race. It is the fault of the athletes. I believe they went to a single selection race in '72? There was a time when it was actually difficult to pick the top three best US Marathoners because we had so many guys at or under 2:10. You can't just select them based on time because all courses are different. So, what you do is take the different courses out of the equation. Put our best on the starting line. If you choke at the US Trials you will choke at the Olympics. I do think there should be some appeal process for injured runners who can't make the trials. I also don't like the trials being more than 6 months away from the Olympics. A lot can happen in a year. If you're hot in February or March you'll likely still be hot by the time the Olympics come. There's too much time between NYC and the Olympic games for shit to go bad. Alan Hit the submit button below if you want us to review the post. If you feel this is urgent or want a reply, email us at letsrun@letsrun.com about the post and please include a link to the thread the post is on and what page number/post on that page it is
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