Official 2020 US Olympic Marathon Trials Discussion Thread

Except Luke has been a front runner since his high school days...

Is there actually a feed showing the race? The constant stories with no split screen is so frustrating.

In the last 10 minutes they have shown 2 minutes of race

Jesus god in HEAVEN is this a fucking joke?

can we just watch the race? what is all this

I'd draft too wrote:

Lol at the commentators acting like Albertson drafting is some kind of a dick move. Do they not understand races have tactics?

Right, do they expect him to run beside him out of some commitment to racing like a cycling time trial?

He is not clipping his stride or cutting corners.

wow... what a terrible take. fake pbs???

Is there a stream that is actually showing the race? I haven't seen 30 seconds straight of the men's race in the past 20 minutes on NBC, and the Olympic Channel page isn't loading for some reason.

what a terrible broadcast, why dont they just show the race

SHOW THE GODDAMN RACE WOW

Does NBC know there is a race going on? This is awful!!!

2miler wrote:

Is it too hard to get some picture in picture??? Good grief we might see half the race...

+1

WHY Don't they do the shoe debate after or before the race?!?

R U kidding me?

WachusettRunner wrote:

Seriously, can't believe I paid for an NBC Sports Gold subscription - SHOW THE DAMN RACE (preferably with split screen of both races)

I hate to complain but at the 25 min mark, I can’t imagine they’ve even shown five minutes of the men’s race. I have NO CLUE what is happening.

kmaclam wrote:

phdjajshdh wrote:

I’m always embarrassed when I see people leading who will likely end up in 15-30th place by the end.

You got Luke finishing Top 30?!? I wish, but no way.

agreed he's out front so he can put a great picture on his real estate website and say look at me. I led the Olympic trials Marathon. Of course he will admit his finish in 100 plus place. remember he has a major in sports marketing that's why he came out of retirement he saw a great way to try to promote his lackluster and failing real estate business.

Where is the race!

So true, this is embarrassingly bad

2miler wrote:

Is it too hard to get some picture in picture??? Good grief we might see half the race...

Coverage is absolute banter

Convinced NBC makes these broadcasts worse on purpose to spite this board.

Who is closely watching this coverage? The families and friends of the participants and nerds like us on this board.