centro’s 25 mile run for Chicago

Yeah I made my comments when I hadn't watched the video. He actually more/less did exactly what he said he was going to do in it. I thought he might be taking a real crack at the distance. In the video, he said that he was going to pace some of the elite women & take it out in 70-72 & try to come back faster, if possible. He went 70/72. Seems like a lot of people had slight positive splits due to the wind. I still think he has the talent or potential (insert whatever phrase you like) to run a decent (OTQ range) marathon. He said he ran a 10 mile tempo in 50-flat in this build-up. That plus the 25 miler shows some decent endurance. Just off of those two workouts, alone, I'd expect sub-2:20, & he came pretty close today. I'd guess if he could hold 5-flat for 10 in a workout that he could run a half @ that pace. That would roughly project out to OTQ range. If he wants to take a serious crack at the marathon I don't see why sub-2:15 range wouldn't be the target.