Calling it now - Huddle for a 10k medal in Rio

Elmira Fan wrote:

Hard to say what color.

Picture all of her hometown fans gathered at Notre Dame High (her alma mater) cheering her on to a medal. Seemed like a long shot a few years ago but not now.

She is also the nicest girl out there and has been trained exquisitely.

Very exciting.

You mean like in a local 10K she runs there?

Because she won't even be on the 10K team.

Sorry- the truth comes out wrote:

Elmira Fan wrote:

Hard to say what color.

Picture all of her hometown fans gathered at Notre Dame High (her alma mater) cheering her on to a medal. Seemed like a long shot a few years ago but not now.

She is also the nicest girl out there and has been trained exquisitely.

Very exciting.

You mean like in a local 10K she runs there?

Because she won't even be on the 10K team.

She's the 2nd fastest American of all time...so I'd love to know who you have ahead of her.

Sons of Obama wrote:

notseeingit wrote:

3 Ethiopians

3 Kenyans

Do they give a medal for 7th place?

No but maybe for the best looking. And africans shure as hell arent winning that

I'm not sure if I should point out that this claim is sexist and racist or if I should argue that it's just plain *wrong*.

Elmira Fan wrote:

Hard to say what color.

Picture all of her hometown fans gathered at Notre Dame High (her alma mater) cheering her on to a medal. Seemed like a long shot a few years ago but not now.

She is also the nicest girl out there and has been trained exquisitely.

Very exciting.

My first instinct was to say no way, simply because her 1:08x half marathon is good, but it's not super impressive when you consider there are several women capable of running minutes faster. However:

- Some the top road half/marathoners don't race on the track.

- The winner of the 10K and 5K does not automatically go to the Ethiopians anymore.

- Huddle's half marathon is just as fast as Shalane and Kara when they medaled and Huddle's half marathon was run on a slower course.

- Any athlete who can run a sub-31 10K and is a 4:26 miler cannot be counted out in a championship 10K.

With all of that said, I definitely wouldn't say Huddle will medal in Rio, but I wouldn't call her a long shot either. With out knowing who has fully committed to the roads or the 5k, the ladies listed below I will rate over Huddle.

Sally Kipyego, Dibaba, Defar, Florence Kiplagat, Linet Masai, Gladys Cherono and I expect Jordan Hasay to be competitor of Huddle this years as well.

Look at her. She looks unhealthy. She will not be able to sustain her current form for Rio. Without a doubt she will not medal.

Elmira Fan wrote:

Hard to say what color.

Picture all of her hometown fans gathered at Notre Dame High (her alma mater) cheering her on to a medal. Seemed like a long shot a few years ago but not now.

She is also the nicest girl out there and has been trained exquisitely.

Very exciting.

Not only did Huddle outkick Rowbury (as Vic88 notes) but she re-passed her on the homestretch, after starting a sustained kick for home two laps prior. Huddle stands a chance, definitely.

reed wrote:

molly ran 30:47 last year in what i'm fairly sure was her only 10,000m race. that's about as good as her 14:42, and just about equal to her new half PR (half is a little worse but NYC isn't an easy course).

say she gets in 30:25 shape this summer. a bit off flanagan's AR of 30:22.

that's definitely in the medal hunt for 2016. you've got betsy saina, sally kipyego, joyce chepkirui out of kenya alone.

say chepkirui opts for road racing over the track. saina ran 14:39 last year and 30:46 on the roads.

i'm just gonna call a 4th place finish for huddle. maybe i'll remember predicting this next year, but i doubt it.

Pretty good call. Huddle was 6th and set an AR.

I think huddle performed higher than expectations on this thread but no one forecast such a fast race.