London Marathon elite fields 2020

This will be Josh Lunn's 3rd marathon, not my fault he didn't finish the first 2 but at what point does a debut stop becoming a debut?

He was just a pacemaker in Frankfurt, spoke to his coach the other day and says he is in 2:11 shape.

I know Dan Grant can big up his athletes but 2.11!!

He is dating Jenny Nesbitt, and I saw on her IG a post about his session this weekend. To do a 21 mile workout in Wales on his own in the wind and average 5:15 pace is excellent. If Walmsley did this then people would be saying he could run 2:09.

Floundering Irish wrote:

slowerthanu wrote:

Molly Seidel vs. Sara Hall intrigues me as a race within the race. Who finishes ahead in that battle assuming they both toe the line?

NO WAY MOLLY SEIDEL SHOWS UP. Never healthy for a full year. She hit the trials well but will never continue.

No Desi Linden because she can not collect a pay day anyplace other than N.Y. or Boston. Same with several other Americans. Props to Sara Hall.

Totally agree, Sara Hall is pure badass. That abomination of a course in Atlanta produced 3 qualifiers not in her league.

agc5k wrote:

cmon man wrote:

No Rupp :(

He was injured back in May or June (not sure). He got injured the week he was supposed to pace Nico for the 5k, which is probably the main reason Nico didn't break Rupp's 5k record.

I too have heard that Rupp is not healthy. That and he obviously doesn't care about records - if so he would easily have the American Half and likely the full by now. Medals are the name of the game........

MarlonDevonish wrote:

He is dating Jenny Nesbitt, and I saw on her IG a post about his session this weekend. To do a 21 mile workout in Wales on his own in the wind and average 5:15 pace is excellent. If Walmsley did this then people would be saying he could run 2:09.

Is he a 64 half guy? No way under 2.14. Can’t see him finishing in the top 30.

ok guy wrote:

agc5k wrote:

He was injured back in May or June (not sure). He got injured the week he was supposed to pace Nico for the 5k, which is probably the main reason Nico didn't break Rupp's 5k record.

I too have heard that Rupp is not healthy. That and he obviously doesn't care about records - if so he would easily have the American Half and likely the full by now. Medals are the name of the game........

Rupp has spent most of his career chasing every indoor and outdoor record possible

Floundering Irish wrote:

slowerthanu wrote:

Molly Seidel vs. Sara Hall intrigues me as a race within the race. Who finishes ahead in that battle assuming they both toe the line?

NO WAY MOLLY SEIDEL SHOWS UP. Never healthy for a full year. She hit the trials well but will never continue.

No Desi Linden because she can not collect a pay day anyplace other than N.Y. or Boston. Same with several other Americans. Props to Sara Hall.

Can you elaborate on Linden? Is that a contract thing or are you saying she only prefers those course?

I can see Lunn going top 11, best runner Nene Valley have every had, will retire his very with a sub 2010 run from the young man x

fml wrote:

Floundering Irish wrote:

NO WAY MOLLY SEIDEL SHOWS UP. Never healthy for a full year. She hit the trials well but will never continue.

No Desi Linden because she can not collect a pay day anyplace other than N.Y. or Boston. Same with several other Americans. Props to Sara Hall.

Can you elaborate on Linden? Is that a contract thing or are you saying she only prefers those course?

I think he's saying only NY and Boston offer her money.

PANVAC wrote:

I can see Lunn going top 11, best runner Nene Valley have every had, will retire his very with a sub 2010 run from the young man x

He might do well over the classic distance but none of his results scream out world class. Even 29.44 over 10k on the road is not top 10 among British distance runners this year, And last year wouldn’t have got him into the top 50.

Hardloper wrote:

ok guy wrote:

I too have heard that Rupp is not healthy. That and he obviously doesn't care about records - if so he would easily have the American Half and likely the full by now. Medals are the name of the game........

Rupp has spent most of his career chasing every indoor and outdoor record possible

Agree with Loper here. He has tried to get those records. Now, is it possible he can? Possible, I guess, but 'easily'? Not buying that! If he could easily do it he would long ago have done so.

So amazing she has yet to make an Olympic team in her 37 years.

Molly showed up on the day she needed to. It will be good to get another marathon under her belt, but I don’t predict that Sara will beat her Sara has dropped out of races too.

What's the latest on the fields now that we are a few days away? I see an EPOpian and her coach tested positive for "covid" so aren't there but are there any other major changes? Looks like a bit of rain might be forecast too which means all the Kenyans will drop out or not start as they don't won't to risk getting a cold ?

truth be told. wrote:

puke is a funny word wrote:

Where’s Alaphine? Complains she gets no respect but when there is one race to compete against the best in 2020 she’s a no show.

She won the Olympic Marathon Trials, and she is correct- blatant racism was on full display with the focus on 2nd. How about you have some respect?

She was predicted to do well in the Trials, not a shocker. She had already ran 2:26:50 a year earlier.

Molly was not predicted to be in the top 3 and it was more of a shocker that she was right behind her at the finish than Alaphine winning.

Had this race happened in 2012 and Goucher was 2nd and Molly first, more of the media attention would have been on Goucher (even without her chasing the camera for publicity) versus Molly.

There's a lot of ways to look at it. Also, she was not known by the average runner the way a Goucher or Flanagan is.

Look at Bernard Lagat for instance, if he had taken 2nd he would have gotten a lot of attention. Molly was simply a good story because it was her first marathon and she was right behind first place.

Or, you can simply use the race card as a blanket statement to make yourself feel better.