Riley and Elliott Heath were both great XC runners in college. Arguably as good as Puskedra. Heath just choked every year at NCAA's. But he's training with the Schumacher group now so he's going to be up in it.
Ben True could be a good dark horse pick. He often runs very well in road races when people aren't in peak form yet. He could steal this.
What about the masters race. No Pete Magill? Who is gonna win this thing? Could it be the man who owned STL road racing for years Mike Farrell?
Yes-- http://www.runnerspace.com/USARunningCircuit
hoping to watch? wrote:
will the races be streamed online anywhere?
You're right, we shouldn't underestimate True, however, it's hard to imagine him beating Ritz over 12k in a National Championship race.
old man river wrote:
Riley and Elliott Heath were both great XC runners in college. Arguably as good as Puskedra. Heath just choked every year at NCAA's. But he's training with the Schumacher group now so he's going to be up in it.
Ben True could be a good dark horse pick. He often runs very well in road races when people aren't in peak form yet. He could steal this.
Why isn't Rupp running. Alberto won over Craig Virgin in Saint Louis for the U.S. XC title. You would think Rupp could easily win the race after that fast mile last weekend. Oh well, Alberto knows he'd get destroyed at the World Cross meet. I heard thhe course wasn't Rupp certified anyway.
I wouldn't want Rupp running. It's essentially like putting Bekele in the race. A very predictable blowout win. The field as is will be very interesting with Ritz, Teg, Derrick, etc.
This will be a good chance for Bobby Mack to try and beat some of the big name Nike runners.
SLICK WATTS wrote:
Im tellin yall right now RITZY BABY is gettin the W. all those years grindin it out in colorado so he'll be ready for the cold. RITZ BABY IS GONNA RUN THE SHOW. HE DONT SHOW UP TO RACES UNLESS HE READY
I would say that he has to be the favorite. Followed by Derrick, then Teg, then Puskedra, then the field. Actually, I might give the field a slightly better chance than Puskedra individually.
I just don't want to get lapped tomorrow
I think Ryan Vail will have a good run.
Okey dokay wrote:
I think Ryan Vail will have a good run.
Agreed. Doubt he can win but I would not be surprised to see him make the US team. Didn't he actually lead the US team at Worlds a few years back?
Micheal "Machine Gun" Sheehan is gonna clean up this field...no prisoners. NO MERCY!!!
I'd like to see Rupp running but he is going after some records, so that's solid consolation. But this is the year where he could do very well at world's in xc.
ritz 1
derrick 2
teg 3
puskedra 4
riley 5
6?
Exceptionally Exceptional wrote:
SLICK WATTS wrote:... HE DONT SHOW UP TO RACES UNLESS HE READY
Yeah, except for meaningless one like, say, the OT and the OG.
Yeah, he broke 2:10 and got 4th to drugged up Abdi. Not his fault. Then took no break and ran the A standard at the OT for the 10k. A real bust. Then of course he got smoked on the track in the 10k.
coach bigfoot wrote:
Yeah, he broke 2:10 and got 4th to drugged up Abdi. Not his fault. Then took no break and ran the A standard at the OT for the 10k. A real bust. Then of course he got smoked on the track in the 10k.
Abdi is awesome (and clean). F*ck you.
He ran the Fukuoka Marathon on December 1. Might be hard to come back from that.
Recognizer of Brilliance wrote:
Okey dokay wrote:I think Ryan Vail will have a good run.
Agreed. Doubt he can win but I would not be surprised to see him make the US team. Didn't he actually lead the US team at Worlds a few years back?
the worlds XC course in Poland is not Rupp-certified because of some foot-high logs every lap.
I think Bobby Mack's chances just plummeted now that he has to wear Reebok shoes.
old man river wrote:
Riley and Elliott Heath were both great XC runners in college. Arguably as good as Puskedra. Heath just choked every year at NCAA's. But he's training with the Schumacher group now so he's going to be up in it.
Ben True could be a good dark horse pick. He often runs very well in road races when people aren't in peak form yet. He could steal this.
I thought your comment was crazy until I did some research. Not totally off but Puskedra has the better career in xc no doubt.
Riley at NCAAs/Pac 10s:
2008: 55th as frosh (7th pac 10s)
2009: 54th as soph (6th pac 10s)
2010: 6th as jr. (2nd at pac 10s)
2011: 11th as sr. (4th pac 10s)
Puskedra at NCAAs/Pac 10s
2008: 5th at NCAAs (2nd at Pac 10s)
2009: 21st at NCAAs (4th at pac10s
2010: 3rd at NCAAs(4th at pac 10s)
2011: 6th at NCAAs (5th pac 10s)
Heath at NCAAs/Pac 10s:
2007 237th at NCAAs (35th at Pac 10s)
2008 112th at NCAAs (20th at Pac 10s)
2009 33rd at NCAAs (3rd at Pac 10s)
2010 42nd at NCAAs (1st at pac 10s)
Pusekdra vs Riley at NCAAs: Puskedra 4 - Riley 0
Puskedra vs. Riley at Pac 10s: Puskedra 2 - Riley 2
Puskedra vs Heath at NCAAs: Puskedra 3 - Riley 0
Pusekdra Vs Heath at Pac 10s: Puskedra 1- Heath 2
Shout out to the Santa Barbara Running & Racing Men's Masters team which will be trying to follow up its win last year with another one, and to Rusty Snow who is looking to lead the team to victory and improve on last year's second place finish. Rusty is an outstanding coach to many of us here in Santa Barbara and the RD of the Santa Barbara International Marathon. If you wanted to drop everything and move to a town just for it's running community (and accommodating weather), Santa Barbara would be a good choice.
Santa Barbara wrote:
Shout out to the Santa Barbara Running & Racing Men's Masters team which will be trying to follow up its win last year with another one, and to Rusty Snow who is looking to lead the team to victory and improve on last year's second place finish. Rusty is an outstanding coach to many of us here in Santa Barbara and the RD of the Santa Barbara International Marathon. If you wanted to drop everything and move to a town just for it's running community (and accommodating weather), Santa Barbara would be a good choice.
Calm down.