1:04:53 Officially for Adam Goucher. OTQ by 7 seconds

good debut for chris barnicle running 1:02. Glad to see him qualify for the trials.

Agree - awesome half marathon debut from Barnicle .... ballsy move going through the 5k in 14:35

I don't see how anyone could possibly think this is a good result. It's a horrible time -- especially for someone with his credentials.

Curtis and Barnicle though ran well, especially Barnicle, who continues his comeback. Perhaps another year he will step up bigtime?

malmo wrote:

I don't see how anyone could possibly think this is a good result. It's a horrible time -- especially for someone with his credentials.

Curtis and Barnicle though ran well, especially Barnicle, who continues his comeback. Perhaps another year he will step up bigtime?

malmo, he needed to qualify for the Olympic trials. He did. That is a good result. Not worth it going out too fast and blowing up and missing it. Look at his splits, he was obviously just going to get the standard. We will see what he can do in January.

OvrPl Bib First Name Last Name City State Chip Time

1 1 Matthew Kisorio 58:46:00

2 2 Sammy Kitwara 58:47:00

3 9 James Mwangi 01:00:42

4 5 Peter Kamais 01:01:06

5 13 Julias Koskei 01:01:21

6 17 Shawn Forrest 01:01:34

7 7 Abderrahim Goumri 01:01:41

8 70 Hosea Macharinyang 01:01:42

9 15 Bobby Curtis Philadelphia PA 01:01:52

10 6 Markos Geneti 01:02:01

11 67 Samual Ndereba 01:02:08

12 14 Ridouane Harroufi 01:02:45

13 26 Chris Barnicle Newtonville MA 01:02:43

14 8 Jason Hartmann Boulder CO 01:03:38

15 18 Weldon Kirui 01:03:44

16 14884 Vyacheslav Shabunin 01:03:51

17 10 Shadrack Biwott 01:03:56

18 29 Boaz Cheboiywo 01:04:09

19 11 McDonald Ondara 01:04:31

20 21 Matthew Eaton Bowling Green KY 01:04:36

21 25 C Fred Joslyn Syracuse NY 01:04:37

22 12 Adam Goucher Portland OR 01:04:52

23 20 Paul Hefferon Rochester Hills MI 01:04:53

24 16 Tyler McCandless Boulder CO 01:04:59

25 45 David Berdan Owings Mill MD 01:05:53

Top 25 Dudes

I am so genuinely happy for Adam Goucher! Well deserved. I hope he finds the contentment he is after.

I really admire the way he has supported his wife and really been there for her and not resented her success when he was injured.

He and Kara seems so sweet and over the moon for their new baby.

Good luck!

Great even pacing Adam!

Adam hit the 10 mile split in 49:27, which is the exact time he ran the 10 mile split in at the 2008 San Jose RNR Half Marathon:

http://results.active.com/pages/oneResult.jsp?pID=61500872&rsID=70706

The difference this time was an even split. In 2008 he went out too fast and hit the 10km split in 29:32. This year's even pacing had him hitting the 10km split in a more conservative 30:30.

That allowed him to maintain his pace and finish in 1:04:52 and not fade to a 1:05:43 like he did in 2008!

Shoot for a 1:06 half in Houston!

Sub-1:05 with lowered T-levels is fairly impressive. I wonder if he can beat Caster in an 800?

http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/09/fatherhood-decreases-testosteron.html

Does anyone know what a Top 10 U.S. Half list looks like, performer wise, not performance?

So far I can find:

Hall: 59.43

Ritz: 60;00

Todd Williams; 60:11

Rupp: 60:30

Meb: 60:25

The All Time List goes to 1:01:29 that I used.

Only 5 Americans ahead of him today!!

1:05 half converts to about a 2:16 marathon and 2:16 is the OG B .

OG Q window started 1 Jan 2011.

haha YO wrote:

malmo wrote:

I don't see how anyone could possibly think this is a good result. It's a horrible time -- especially for someone with his credentials.

Curtis and Barnicle though ran well, especially Barnicle, who continues his comeback. Perhaps another year he will step up bigtime?

malmo, he needed to qualify for the Olympic trials. He did. That is a good result. Not worth it going out too fast and blowing up and missing it. Look at his splits, he was obviously just going to get the standard. We will see what he can do in January.

he slowed from 10k - 10mile and was barely able to hang on for a qualifier. he's run 1:03:17, 1:06:06, 1:05:43, and now 1:04:53. Be lucky to crack top 15 at the trials.

I think there's a lack of objectivity here. Goucher has been consistently injured and just getting back. He got the qualifier off of less-than-ideal training. He met his goal. Let's see if he can get a substantial base in now before the OT.

Trialswatcher wrote:

Does anyone know what a Top 10 U.S. Half list looks like, performer wise, not performance?

59:43 ( 1) Ryan Hall (CA) 14 Oct 1982 14 Jan 2007 Houston TX USA

1:00:00 ( 3) Dathan Ritzenhein (OR) 30 Dec 1982 11 Oct 2009 Birmingham ENG

1:00:55 ( 1) Mark Curp (MO) 05 Jan 1959 15 Sep 1985 Philadelphia PA USA

1:01:00 ( 1) Mebrahtom Keflezighi (CA) 05 May 1975 04 Oct 2009 San Jose CA USA

1:01:07 ( 2) Abdihakim Abdirahman- 2 01 Jan 1977 17 Sep 2006 Philadelphia PA USA

1:01:17 ( 1) Khalid Khannouchi (NY) 22 Dec 1971 17 Sep 2000 Philadelphia PA USA

1:01:30 ( 2) Keith Brantly (FL) 23 May 1962 19 Sep 1993 Philadelphia PA USA

1:01:32 ( 1) Paul Cummings (UT) 05 Sep 1953 25 Sep 1983 Dayton OH USA

1:01:43 ( 2) George Malley (OR) 28 Jul 1955 19 Sep 1982 Philadelphia PA USA

1:01:47 ( 1) Herb Lindsay (MI) 12 Nov 1954 20 Sep 1981 Manchester VT USA

10

1:01:47 ( 4) Bill Reifsnyder (NM) 13 Apr 1962 15 Sep 1985 Philadelphia PA USA

1:01:47 ( 5) Jon Sinclair (CO) 04 Sep 1957 15 Sep 1985 Philadelphia PA USA

1:01:52 ( 1) Todd Williams (MI) 07 Mar 1969 07 Dec 1991 Orlando FL USA

1:01:52 (9) Bobby Curtis (PA) 18 Sep 2011 Philadelphia PA USA

1:01:54 ( 1) Antonio Vega (MN) 07 Dec 1983 17 Jan 2010 Houston TX USA

1:01:57 ( 2) Bruce Bickford (MA) 12 Mar 1957 14 Sep 1986 Philadelphia PA USA

1:01:25 a ( 3) Dathan Ritzenhein- 2 30 Dec 1982 01 Oct 2006 South Shields ENG

1:01:28 a ( 2) Mebrahtom Keflezighi- 3 05 May 1975 27 Aug 2006 New York NY USA

1:01:30 a (3) Galen Rupp 2011 New York, NY USA

1:01:33 a ( 3) Abdihakim Abdirahman- 3 01 Jan 1977 05 Oct 2008 South Shields ENG

1:01:55 a ( 6) Joshua Rohatinsky (UT) 07 Mar 1982 21 Mar 2010 New York NY USA

1:02:00 a (18) Bill Reifsnyder- 2 13 Apr 1962 20 Sep 1992 South Shields ENG

Where's Rupp?

NM, I see you have it at the bottom... Why adjust it by a minute though? It may have been a bit fast, but definitely not by 60 seconds.

Also, though, what about Mo Trafeh?

he said in this interview he was hoping to run 63 and PR.

http://competitorradio.competitor.com/2011/09/adam-goucher/

Trialswatcher wrote:

Does anyone know what a Top 10 U.S. Half list looks like, performer wise, not performance?

Don't worry, he's still slower than Rupp at every distance.

Calirunner45...your an idiot.