Official 2020 US Olympic Marathon Trials Discussion Thread

I had her in my top 5...Kipyego was the only other I had correct though.

How did Luke finish? either way he'll still be the same loser hosting an open house begging for real estate clients tomorrow.

It was three Americans, you stupid pig.

Larry Dickman wrote:

It was three Americans, you stupid pig.

What he said.

Dorando wrote:

No actually it's a valid point. V bad form - this does not help race relations at all.

Found the Trump voter!!

Not sure if it’s been posted but shout out to Martin Hehir. Sixth place while in med school full time and father of a very young kid. Pretty damn impressive.

Jordan Hasay goes home devastated!

???????????

achukumba wrote:

runningchick wrote:

I mean none of Kipyego and Tuliamuk moved here as kids so there is that. They are american but what bothers me is that Kipyego trains and seemingly lives in Kenya whereas Tuliamuk actually lives and trains here with NAZ in Flagstaff. Big difference.

Either they are Americans or they are not. Where they were born or train makes ZERO difference. If Kipyego prefers to train in Kenya (which is obviously working for her) that does not make her any less American. Many of the top swimmers in the world go to college and train in the U.S. but compete for other nations—does that make them Americans? Like I said, troll on—I’m done with this subtly racist nonsense.

Those who cry "racist" are usually found to be the real racists among us.

bruce dentons gold medal wrote:

Not sure if it’s been posted but shout out to Martin Hehir. Sixth place while in med school full time and father of a very young kid. Pretty damn impressive.

True. Good Instagram too. A very good guy, and great race for his second marathon.

Yeah. Huddle, Sisson, Hall DNF’d around the same mark.

If we were talking about the US national team for soccer, and a bunch of naturalized white Englishmen and Germans were named over native born Americans, would you feel less of a connection to the team? You very well might. It’s not about race for most people. Heck, I think people would be pumped to see a US born African American make the team.

skechers fly wrote:

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Those who cry "racist" are usually found to be the real racists among us.

Blah, blah, blah...says another Trump voter!!!!

To quote noted CNN "journalist" Wajahat Ali:

"Your and idot!"

CJ Albertson is a guy from my local area and 7th place is a huge improvement over his seed. Watch out, this guy is on his way up!

Earlyboy wrote:

Abdi getting a spot just shows how pathetic a trials these are. 43 give me a break.

Not the ideal outcome.

Reminds me of Vince Carter, who should have retired and let the new kids play.

Kipyego won Kenya a silver medal at London 2012. She became a US citizen in January 2017 and continues to train in Kenya.

amkelley wrote:

CJ Albertson is a guy from my local area and 7th place is a huge improvement over his seed. Watch out, this guy is on his way up!

CJ posted a monster 20+ mile workout on Strava a few weeks ago that got some hype on here. Glad to see he can back it up, he is going to be a contender next go-round

Women's "big five" 0 for 5. Who would have guessed?

I know a lot of people will use the women’s results to argue the alphaflys don’t make a lot of difference but the only reason they didn’t in the women’s race was because of how incredibly slow and tactical it was in the first half. By the time people started grinding only a few were left. I mean the course by no means was fast but the men still ran good times with some (jake Riley) running a PB on this course. Can someone tell me I’m wrong?