Weather forecast for Atlanta looks quite peachy. 30k hobby joggers and 50 elities perspiring long before the starting gun goes off. July in the Deep South when pecan trees get lonely and red clay roads get muddy. Mosquitoes love this time of year. They are very patriotic.
M.A.G.A...
30:45X-C1978 wrote:
Jorgensen needs 2 levels of improvement to be "convincing".
She can get there - let's not forget she's an Olympic champion in the TRI - but she's stuck in a plateau - I'm just not a fan of altitude training - Gwen makes a big deal of training at altitude but just don't think it takes you to the next level (although the Kenyans train at altitude it works for them but they also ran 10 miles a day to school as kids ) as people claim - Pat Porter trained at altitude and could crank out 4:40's on 12K XC courses (and was US XC champion 8 years in a row) but in his 2 Olympics he finished mid pack both times far below to what he should have done and never broke 28 on the track but Craig Virgin who trained in Illinois ( low elevation) ran 27:29 on the track. I wish Gwen would move to say So Cal and train at sea level but a few times a week get in some super serious hill training at Griffith - if she did this I predict she'd go sub 1:09 for the HM, but whoever is her coach got her convinced they know what's best for her - but you're totally correct - if she doesn't get to the next 2 levels soon, no way does she make the 2020 US Olympic women's marathon team.
Bernard Lagat predictions
I say in the top 10
old mid-distance guy Lagat shows up & takes home a check wrote:
Bernard Lagat predictions
I say in the top 10
Can he double dip and take masters money plus top 10 USA Champs money?
http://usatf-mens-10km-championship.runnerspace.com/eprofile.php?event_id=2515&do=news&news_id=537979Is Bernard Lagat to oldest athelete still on a Nike contract?
Probably not a good idea to talk about women's weight.
Southern food is not conducive to weight loss.
Apparently, the pre-race meal for all elite athletes is:
Pulled pork BQ sandwich
Slaw
Hush puppies
Butter beans
Green beans
Fritters
Grits
A slice of pecan pie
And of course an extra large sweet ice-tea to wash it all down
M.A.G.A...
I'm expecting good things from a relative unknown, Sydney Devore. She's from Lakeland, FL so should be able to handle the heat/humidity. Her 10k PR is only mid 35's, but she's been running much faster than that lately. She won the Pittsburgh Marathon a few months back. She did have about a week of reduced/missed runs in June due to an abdominal tear, but seems to have completely recovered. I wouldn't be surprised with a low to mid 33'/top 5 finish.
Phantasy Star wrote:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_toleranceMormons are fascists.
Where is the paradox here? Society can tolerate the speech of a minority of intolerant individuals while remaining tolerant itself. There is no basis for Popper's assertion that "Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance."
3hr-marathoner wrote:
Phantasy Star wrote:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_toleranceMormons are fascists.
Where is the paradox here? Society can tolerate the speech of a minority of intolerant individuals while remaining tolerant itself. There is no basis for Popper's assertion that "Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance."
You are too smart to be a part of this message board.
lolno wrote:
Rubicon wrote:
Has Emma Abrahamson turned pro?
atlanta track club is hardly "pro".
Also, Emma needs to lose 20pounds.
You may be correct on everything said, but I'm the kind of guy who gives someone the benefit of the doubt at first. The club claims to have an elite team - ok fine, I'll be expecting some ATC athletes finishing near the top, if not, then we'll know it's all crap and the same with Emma. If she claims to be pro and comes in 500th place we'll know she's full of crap too. I've met so many people over the years who claimed to be running superstars, but then you do some checking around and find out they're full of crap. I used to work with a guy who said he ran the mile in 4:07 in HS, so then I asked "which colleges tried to recruit you?" he looked at me puzzled because in his lie he never considered a 4:07 HS miler WILL get college program's attention and his name should be on some list somewhere - I investigated and name never showed up anywhere. Then another guy claimed to have run 13:40 in the 5000 and a 3:54 mile. He told me which meets he did these so I looked his name up and his name never showed up anywhere. But in every case I went ahead and believed them at first, I even shook their hand a congratulated them! So I hope they had fun tricking me! But in subsequent months, they knew that I knew they were fibbing. Also had many ex military guys claimed to have run 3 miles in 17:00 in boots and 80 pounds of gear on their back - now those guys you can't do any checking, just play along in their BS and have some fun
anyone know if they will do pre-race interviews and whatnot this year like last year?
they were posted starting noon last year (2017) but not this year
dunno if the stupid "NBC Gold" contract is messing with it this year
http://www.runnerspace.com/eprofile.php?event_id=2522&do=videos
lolno wrote:
atlanta track club is hardly "pro".
Also, Emma needs to lose 20pounds.
ATC has some very serious runners, top 10 last year in a pretty freakin' elite field
https://www.instagram.com/p/BklTd5CF16-/and I guess I have to expect BS against women's weight on letsrun but wow so stupid, yeah Emma is soooo overweight, sure
https://www.instagram.com/p/BkVIBOPFJRE/Hey we're not trying to be negative, we just want to see some results matching the talk. If you publicly announce you're an elite pro runner or your club is full of elites. then let's see some actual top finishes. If the actions can match the talk, then great.
pre-race-day press releases (so far? no video interviews this year usatf? it is a freaking championship race)
For the elite athletes, the Peachtree is serious business. Returning to defend her title as the 2017 Peachtree and USA 10 km champion is Aliphine Tuliamuk, seeking her 10th U.S. title since becoming a U.S. citizen in 2016. Asked if she had the same closing speed she used last year to close out her victory here, she replied simply: “Yes.”
But Peachtree can also be joyous, even to the athletes with a first prize of $10,000 at stake. “I have been a citizen for a little over two years, and my second Fourth of July was here last year, and it was really emotional I won a few U.S. championships, but this was a little different. At the finish line I teared up a bit, because there were so many more people crossing that line,” she said, of the 60,000 runners behind her.
In what Tuliamuk herself called one of the strongest fields she has run in lately, her challengers will include Sarah Pagano, who has finished second the past two years in the 10 km championships; Sara Hall, who finished second here in 2014; and Gwen Jorgensen, the 2016 Olympic triathlon gold medalist-turned-2020 marathon hopeful who is making her U.S. 10K road debut here.
“I’m excited to go out there and just put myself in the race, hopefully,” said Jorgensen, whose 10K personal best is second only to Tuliamuk’s in the field.
On the men’s side, two-time Olympian Lopez Lomong, fresh off his surprise 10,000-meter victory at the USATF Outdoor Nationals on the track, will be making his 10K road debut against a veteran lineup that includes Lagat; last year’s third-place finisher, Sam Chelanga; Tyler Pennel, who has twice been runner-up here; and reigning USA Half Marathon champion Chris Derrick.
Last year, Derrick kicked past Lagat, now 43, to finish fourth here. Neither has forgotten.
“I remember clearly that last stretch and Chris Derrick really had no mercy on me,” said Lagat.
“I wanted it way more than he did last year,” Derrick explained wryly. “He was like “I’m a five-time Olympian, this is for fourth place, it’s fine,’ and I was like ‘He’s 42 years old … it’s my turn. I tore a piece of my soul out to beat him last year.
Lomong listened intently. “I’m not a 10K runner,” he said. “These guys are very good. I have no idea what’s going to happen tomorrow. I’m just going to follow and join with 60,000 amazing people toeing the line to run the streets of Atlanta, so I’m happy.”
Will it be televised? You know, like it was NATIONALLY in the 1980s, on WTBS? Just checking.
totally missed Allie Buchalski was a NCAA 5000m champion (2nd overall) 15:35 5000m (!)
she ran peachtree 10k in 2014 in 38:13 but she was only 19 then
so this is her elite debut, so should be amazing to see how much she knocks off that old PR
https://www.atlantatrackclub.org/news/buchalski-peachtree-debut
zoomzoomzoom wrote:
pre-race-day press releases (so far? no video interviews this year usatf? it is a freaking championship race)
https://www.atlantatrackclub.org/news/jeezy-top-competitors-ready-for-ajchttp://www.runnerspace.com/eprofile.php?event_id=2522&do=news&news_id=538151For the elite athletes, the Peachtree is serious business. Returning to defend her title as the 2017 Peachtree and USA 10 km champion is Aliphine Tuliamuk, seeking her 10th U.S. title since becoming a U.S. citizen in 2016. Asked if she had the same closing speed she used last year to close out her victory here, she replied simply: “Yes.”
But Peachtree can also be joyous, even to the athletes with a first prize of $10,000 at stake. “I have been a citizen for a little over two years, and my second Fourth of July was here last year, and it was really emotional I won a few U.S. championships, but this was a little different. At the finish line I teared up a bit, because there were so many more people crossing that line,” she said, of the 60,000 runners behind her.
In what Tuliamuk herself called one of the strongest fields she has run in lately, her challengers will include Sarah Pagano, who has finished second the past two years in the 10 km championships; Sara Hall, who finished second here in 2014; and Gwen Jorgensen, the 2016 Olympic triathlon gold medalist-turned-2020 marathon hopeful who is making her U.S. 10K road debut here.
“I’m excited to go out there and just put myself in the race, hopefully,” said Jorgensen, whose 10K personal best is second only to Tuliamuk’s in the field.
On the men’s side, two-time Olympian Lopez Lomong, fresh off his surprise 10,000-meter victory at the USATF Outdoor Nationals on the track, will be making his 10K road debut against a veteran lineup that includes Lagat; last year’s third-place finisher, Sam Chelanga; Tyler Pennel, who has twice been runner-up here; and reigning USA Half Marathon champion Chris Derrick.
Last year, Derrick kicked past Lagat, now 43, to finish fourth here. Neither has forgotten.
“I remember clearly that last stretch and Chris Derrick really had no mercy on me,” said Lagat.
“I wanted it way more than he did last year,” Derrick explained wryly. “He was like “I’m a five-time Olympian, this is for fourth place, it’s fine,’ and I was like ‘He’s 42 years old … it’s my turn. I tore a piece of my soul out to beat him last year.
Lomong listened intently. “I’m not a 10K runner,” he said. “These guys are very good. I have no idea what’s going to happen tomorrow. I’m just going to follow and join with 60,000 amazing people toeing the line to run the streets of Atlanta, so I’m happy.”
No videos, but there was a Peass Conference. Good job USATF.
https://www.11alive.com/video/news/running-for-my-life-lopez-lomong-on-the-impact-of-ajc-peachtree-road-race/85-8178507Lopez interview
good old usatf is promoting running in the usa by "broadcasting" it on pay-only NBCSN twelve hours AFTER the race at 7PM in the evening (EDT)
7pm on July 4th, could they bury it any further?