Kara Goucher to run Boston

So? The exceptions don't prove the rule. Let's just wait and see. If you are a 2:06 guy that wants to be relegated to running a string of 2:10+s for the next several years, then fine. I'm not placing limitations on anybody and this has nothing to do with compasrisons of talent. I am asserting what should be obvious to most. Let's just wait and see.

Adam is focusing on where the money is - his wife's career ! Someone said it best in this thread, Kara is trying to maximize her return while the iron is hot. Adam will not become a distraction to her like he almost did in the US OT, but instead will play a key support role to ensure they can leverage as much return as possible during her next few years as America's best female marathoner.

Adam is bought into this team-work, family strategy.

I can't help but notice how you stick your nose in everywhere and anywhere. You often spout out names like you are "in the know". When in fact your arrogance is only surpassed by your ignorance.

Guy Morse is NOT the elite athlete coordinator.

Sagarin wrote:

So? The exceptions don't prove the rule. Let's just wait and see. If you are a 2:06 guy that wants to be relegated to running a string of 2:10+s for the next several years, then fine. I'm not placing limitations on anybody and this has nothing to do with compasrisons of talent. I am asserting what should be obvious to most. Let's just wait and see.

So who would you put up as an example of a guy who runs one marathon plus a track season per year and has been cranking out 2:06 marathons for years on end?

That's not the point and you well know it. It could be 2:10s or 2:14s or, hell, 2:24s. Only so many top level (a relative term) marathons in any given body. Especially when they are crammed together. As I said, let's just wait and see.

Boner wrote:

Wonder what her signing fee would be ?

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Higher than her hubby's.

And many will wonder more of what she will wear.

RI runner wrote:

And many will wonder more of what she will wear.

A laurel wreath.

wer234 wrote:

Another American goes over to the dark side. She's going to have a harder time qualifying for the World Champs in track (assuming she even wants to compete there anymore).

Uh, she's 30 years old. She made an Olympic team and medalled at the WCs. I'm pretty sure moving up to the marathon, where she has a good shot at developing and competing for top 3 in the big races, is the smart move for her. Oh, and she'll get paid some serious cash.

It's a no brainer... track is on the back burner.

I think it's a good decision for her too at this point. She probably only has a few years left to be at her peak.

Well, her chances of winning the Boston Marathon are better than her chances of beating Tirunesh Dibaba on the track anytime soon.

Not if Dibaba were to show up in Boston! :)

I can't wait to watch her run. I think she will do great. Her confidence is her strength.

My best guess is, and it's only a guess, is that at some point in the not-too-far-distant future, she's going to want to start a family. She left it all on the track the past few years, culminating in a World Champs medal, a couple of PRs, and an Olympic berth. How much faster is she going to get? She's 30 now, and the wheels begin to fall off somewhere in the early 30s, for most anyhow, as her husband is probably realizing. So she is moving up in distance, with a focus on competing with the best Americans all-time at the marathon and looking to cash in while she still has solid earnings power. It's a great move for her. Will she be around for 2012? Who knows. But she's probably going to run her best performances before that.

dibaba did show up in boston last year... she broker the indoor 2 mile wr

In the know... wrote:

Not if Dibaba were to show up in Boston! :)

That was actually Defar, although Dibaba did break the indoor 5k WR the year before.