Official 2020 US Olympic Marathon Trials Discussion Thread

Both premonitions of Rupp lapping women and lead women lapping men have occurred.

TMADDOX wrote:

Who are these men that the women leaders are passing?

Just what I was wondering, lol. Those guys must be running 2:4x pace. How did they run sub- 2:19 to qualify?

runnerdave wrote:

NOBODY could've predicted all this. Lol.

Yea, these hills are causing absolute carnage!

Rooting for Thweatt. She probably comes in 4th again tho

He was always a long shot, but first time marathoner... I think he held his own. A couple spots away from B Lagat, Scott Smith, Sam Chelanga. Roadies are not crossing over because of this... just not worth it financially.

Bib #1 wrote:

Rooting for Thweatt. She probably comes in 4th again tho

Doesn't look like it

Des in 4th!

LoneStarXC wrote:

Just what I was wondering, lol. Those guys must be running 2:4x pace. How did they run sub- 2:19 to qualify?

In a huge field like this, you're going to have people that are sick or injured that decide to just run it to say they ran the trials.

How close is Des...seems unlikely, but we'll see.

Go Seidel!

Aliphine's form completely breaking down.

Kind of rude of that guy to offer up tiny American flags at this time. What if they're going at an all out sprint?

What if I told you that only ~25% of the men’s field would have qualified for the trials at the trials

Congrats Kenya! #notsorry

He was always a long shot, but first time marathoner... I think he held his own. A couple spots away from B Lagat, Scott Smith, Sam Chelanga. Roadies are not crossing over because of this... just not worth it financially.

Two Kenyans on the US team ?

Top two was really exciting. I love Ali T. Molly Seidel, holy shite!

Kind of wish third hadn't been Kipyego. I like her a lot, but she doesn't train here. Ali T does, and that's the difference for me. The shot of the NAZ elite girls hugging was super touching.

Two Kenyans on the US team ?

Tuliamuk, Seidel, and Kipyego; another result that will totally mess up the prediction contest.

Editor's Note: Top-5 Results:

1) Aliphine Tuliamuk (2:27:23)

2) Molly Seidel (2:27:31)

3) Sally Kipyego (2:28:52)

4) Des Linden (2:29:03)

5) Laura Thweatt (2:29:08)

They were hurt in their build up, they didn't peak right. This isn't a race you can just skip. So it's not surprising that plenty of athletes would show up to the start not ready to run sub-2:19.

Who cares?