Kyle Merber complains about time trial marathons

Kyle and Citius Mag add nothing to the sport. They are so immature and I have stopped watching their videos!

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Why does having 2:17 guys at the trials make the sub 2:10 guys slower?

Listen... Kyle Merber is soft. One of the softest runners in America. The whole podcast and citius mag thing he is trying to do... Softer than snowflake ice cream...

'omggg I love track and field, it's the best sport, so many people should be watching it' Shut uppppp. They sound like Captains of the chess team, complaining about how it should be more popular.

Kyle slander should be banned from the forum honestly. there's not a nicer guy that tries harder to report on running news and engage people.

But to the point of the post, the guys that did the mckirdy run as just there to go to Trials. They won't qualify for the games. What's the harm?

I don't have any huge beef with the time-trial marathons, but they are very similar to the flat-&-fast xc racing that is becoming overly prevalent and killing off some of the best aspects of xc.

Merber... that's how you race marathons... it's called "who can run a faster time". Sorry we don't want to jog 95% of the race and sprint side by side.

Well if they did a better job of governing the PEDS and the shoe wars then the standards wouldn't be set so high. The difference in the qualifying standard the past seven years is stunning.

2016 Rio Olympics - standard was 2:19:00 - 155 runners

2020 Tokyo Olympics - standard was 2:11:30 - 106 runners (this a 7.5 min jump, that's like 2.5k!)

2024 Paris Olympics - standard is 2:08:10. Plus the world rankings, etc.

It seems like the 2020 standard was about right. The situation we have now is about as clear as mud between who gets the spots, the ever-changing world rankings, etc.

Merber competed at middle distances only and doesn't understand distance running. He's one of the types who was super talented and succeeded on low mileage. He was decent in xc, but that was in spite of his low mileage - just due to talent. He wouldn't be a factor at any race over 10k in his prime and doesn't understand those races.

Loser American runner mentality. Merver complaining about Americans time trialing a marathon to run sub 2:20, meanwhile 1,000 Kenyans could run sub a 2:20 marathon on a regular training day

Not to mention that nearly every other track race is essentially a time trial

A great, HUGE majority of people in every single race ever are not racing for the win.

"My qualms with marathon running are more about the dispersal of talent rather than the disjunction of courses. And maybe if chasing fast times puts the fittest athletes in the world on the same course on the same day in head-to-head matchups, then that’s worth giving up running past national monuments through screaming crowds to do so?"

https://www.thelapcount.com/p/marathons-getting-shorter

your quote here in unintelligible. We actually don’t know what you’re trying to say here

LOL, Pot, meet kettle.

Marathon courses with multiple loops and 2+ hours of constant fan experiences should be the norm. Any new marathon trying to make a statement should be willing to try this format.

I am suggesting that it’s not a complaint about time trials. My biggest gripe with the current setup is that all the best athletes do different ones. The short loop, elite-focused marathons could potentially fix that issue.

(1) In what way

(2) I’m not the one taking shots in a widely distributed newsletter

(3) what I said makes sense, what Kyle said does not

Chess is arguably more popular than running right now lol