Factoid for dummies wrote:
ben ftw wrote:
I just realized Ben has his OTQ now. Will he try to the make the marathon team in 2020?
When did the window open for a HM qualifier? I think you are wrong.
You're right, nvm. It opens Sep 1, 2018. I thought it was the same window as the marathon.
pigs and men and bears wrote:
in preparation for the Boston marathon, Rupp runs a 59:47 tune-up, Dathan runs a 62:42 tune up.
Which runner would you rather be right now?
I knew it. This comparison was gonna be brought up super fast.
brooksmi wrote:
did you watch the race? What a strong effort! Ritz pulled the pack with headwind, 35degrees from 8mi to 13...
How cold was it from 1 to 8 miles?
It was 30 degrees at the start.
I agree with your post, except for the fact that the hills you describe are higher than any hill in NYC.
I think Ben will be rejuvenated with his new coach. Ray does a great job and I expect Ben to be an Olympian in 2020. Having said that he will NEVER run a marathon. If you talk to him he will tell you the same thing. It's not even remotely in his thought process.
...And then this is Garrett Heath.
Not a marathoner wrote:
I think Ben will be rejuvenated with his new coach. Ray does a great job and I expect Ben to be an Olympian in 2020. Having said that he will NEVER run a marathon. If you talk to him he will tell you the same thing. It's not even remotely in his thought process.
I would think that True's strengths will not carry over to the marathon. For whatever reason, his international/top-level perfomance has been very streaky. Occasionally he seems dominant or in the upper echelon, other times he is invisible. It is really difficult to categorize him as a runner, based on his track championship perfomances he is a step behind everyone else, maybe has trouble with surging or kicking. But he won that Diamond League 5000 by outkicking some good names (Nick Willis), he has done very well on the roads and had a great World Cross in 2013.
ritzisfragile wrote:
he'll break before boston
Hate to say I told ya’ll so...but that was too easy to see coming.
