Emily Sisson is a guaranteed lock with no hills. Time for Seidel’s 15 minutes to end though.
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The Beer Miler wrote:
Precious Roy wrote:
Anyone remember the last time the trials were held as a stand alone event and not in conjunction with another marathon?
Orlando should host an open marathon that Sunday. Maybe it could help offset the costs. I'd fly down to watch the trials and run a marathon the next day.
I'm with you. I dig the trials weekends, but without the open marathon the next day, not sure I'd travel just to watch the trials.
LRC should get ahead of the game and co-ordinate a large Sunday morning long-run with a party afterwards. Get a band, cater food, see about getting some of the trials participants to show up and schmooze.
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why Orlando?
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kmaclam wrote:
grumpyoldman wrote:
That will be huge for Gov. DeSantis. He'll be in the throws of his Presidential bid by then!
Huh? You think he'll throw the election? Nah. He wants it way too bad.
No no, he’ll discus the campaign with voters.
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Rekt wrote:
Seems like a nice place to go that time of year
Which means there’ll be an ice storm that weekend.
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Lntn wrote:
Exactly. I live in Chattanooga and its hilly. I don’t understand why USATF is making the mistake again. Atl was hilly, japan was not. Paris is hilly, Orlando is not.
In fairness, the Japan Olympics was scheduled to be run on a hilly course and Atlanta was a great duplication of that course. Then Japan switched the location of the Olympic marathon due to weather worries so it became a flat course.
In this case, I am wondering if the flat course is because runners this time will need to make the Olympic qualifying time. We don't know those details yet but that may be the reasoning.
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Lntn wrote:
Different courses suit certain runners better than others. I know Atlanta was selected before the course was changed. To me it makes sense to send the best athletes for a hilly Paris course the trials should mimic that.
IMO the only competitive purpose for attending the Olympics is to try to medal. The US marathon field is not so deep and competitive that someone with the potential to medal in the Olympics will fail to even qualify on a course that doesn't suit them.
To wit, a world class marathoner using 2023 to prepare for the Paris course hills should have no problem placing top 3 at the trials on a flat course.
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I prefer Houston.
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In Orlando, so does that mean they will have Balloon Ladies?
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zxcvxzcv wrote:
It can be pretty nice at that time of year but can also be very humid and unpleasant. They can get some hills out a ways from Orlando, but I don't think there's much anywhere near downtown, other than maybe bridge hills, and the Paris course is not going to be flat.
It can also be cold. I went down from MI in February 2004 and it was 34 in Orlando and 36 in Detroit on the same day. I definitely didn't think I'd be going down to Orlando and have worse weather than Detroit in february. It was right back into the 70s a few days later but it was cold.
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It will not be fast. The weather will be low 70s and humid. Same as NY this year.
Flat does not necessarily produce fast.
I predict Americans that were born in Africa to fair better because of the conditions. Just like NY.
The exception will be those that understand their current fitness level and don’t act stupid like most of the Americans in NY.34 -
Colin Bennie is a lock.
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Those that remain at altitude too long and don’t acclimate to heat and humidity will struggle. Overdressing at 7000 feet is not acclimatizing.
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Because they put up the most money, and is the most accessible of the two cities bidding (quick, how do you fly in & out of Chattanooga?)
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Maybe I would have gotten a few more up votes if I had included Wejo in the conversation.
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So you think it's hot in Orlando in February? Might wanna check the weather. People who don't have common knowledge of Florida think it's sunny and 80 year round.
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remember the point wrote:
Lntn wrote:
Different courses suit certain runners better than others. I know Atlanta was selected before the course was changed. To me it makes sense to send the best athletes for a hilly Paris course the trials should mimic that.
IMO the only competitive purpose for attending the Olympics is to try to medal. The US marathon field is not so deep and competitive that someone with the potential to medal in the Olympics will fail to even qualify on a course that doesn't suit them.
To wit, a world class marathoner using 2023 to prepare for the Paris course hills should have no problem placing top 3 at the trials on a flat course.
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My sources say the trials course will be in the lake nona area
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Humidity is the poor man’s altitude training.
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