Will US 15 km Record fall at Saturday's Gate River Run USATF 15 km Championship (47:00 - 5:02 / mile) in Jacksonville?

Yes, because SHOES!!! Some slug who never broke 50 minutes before will shatter the AR.

Galen Rupp not racing?

Schneider, Sisson, Seidel, Kepyego should battle for women's title. No sub 47 this year.

Erassa, Kipchirchir, Mead look like top of weak men's field. Maybe some guys fromVirginia Beach indoor meet will stop by for fast tempo?

DoublePlusUngoodShoes wrote:

Yes, because SHOES!!! Some slug who never broke 50 minutes before will shatter the AR.

Yea that's my thought. If Shalane had the right shoes, that record would be down around 45:30.

Emily Sisson has joined an already-stellar USATF 15K Championships field, but it appears Sara Hall is no longer running.

https://twitter.com/fast_women/status/1371920424276275202

Subtract Molly Seidel, who announced today on Instagram that she's going to sit this one out.

https://twitter.com/fast_women/status/1372698747738726408

Women's Field (42 Women)

Emma Bates ASICS

Jennifer Bergman Skechers Performance / Roots Running Project

Liz Camy-Blackwell

Ann Centner

Katrina Coogan New Balance / New Balance Boston

Kayley DeLay Yale University

Kaitlin Donner

Emily Durgin

Lindsay Flanagan ASICS

Roberta Groner Shore Athletic Club

Crystal Harriss McKirdy Trained

Morgan Hull

Katy Jermann Minnesota Distance Elite

Erika Kemp Boston Athletic Association

Sally Kipyego NIKE Oregon Track Club Elite

Maegan Krifchin

Dakotah Lindwurm Minnesota Distance Elite

Tansey Lystad

Cristina McKnight Roots Running Project

Margareta Montoya Roots Running Project

Makena Morley

Grayson Murphy Saucony

Diane Neubauer McKirdy Trained

Angie Nickerson McKirdy Trained

Diane Nukuri ASICS

Madison Offstein

Sarah Pagano Golden Coast Track Club

Samantha Palmer

Kerri Ruffo

Rachel Schneider Under Armour

Maggie Shearer

Breanna Sieracki Minnesota Distance Elite

Emily Sisson New Balance

Joanna Stephens Atlanta Track Club

Paige Stoner Reebok Boston Track Club

Laura Thweatt Saucony / Boulder Track Club

Annmarie Tuxbury

Tristin Van Ord On ZAP Endurance

Carrie Verdon T.E.A.M Boulder

Rachel Walny

Alexis Zeis Roots Running Project

Addi Zerrenner HOKA Aggie Running Club

TW's record endures! TW ran this race four more times and couldn't get within a minute of his record. Meb got the closest at 42:49.

Alan

Standard Setter wrote:

Galen Rupp not racing?

I assume this is a joke. There was a thread about the apparent fact that Ritz raced 76 times or something (I'm just going from memory, but it was a lot) in a year. Rupp doesn't get 6 or 7 in a year. Won't his next race be the Games?

Molly Huddle scratched as well? She said earlier in the year she would run this. I thought Keira D'Amato would have run as well. It's still a good field in the women's side, the men's side is a little weak

Women's Top 3 will be....

Sally Kipyego

Grayson Murphy

Emma Bates

Who ya got?

Men's field is bleh.

No Sara Hall?

TrackFan1979 wrote:

No Sara Hall?

Sadly no. Big fan here too, but she's sitting it out as far as I know.

uh, what?? wrote:

Standard Setter wrote:

Galen Rupp not racing?

I assume this is a joke. There was a thread about the apparent fact that Ritz raced 76 times or something (I'm just going from memory, but it was a lot) in a year. Rupp doesn't get 6 or 7 in a year. Won't his next race be the Games?

I assume it's not a joke since he was on the initial start list.

OUducks wrote:

Women's Top 3 will be....

Sally Kipyego

Grayson Murphy

Emma Bates

Who ya got?

Men's field is bleh.

With the quality in the women’s field, where did you pluck Grayson Murphy from. Barely top ten.

Aussiestatman wrote:

With the quality in the women’s field, where did you pluck Grayson Murphy from. Barely top ten.

I know something you don't know.

Banned from my own Prediction Contest. A new low from the Mods.

https://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=10473331

OUducks wrote:

Women's Top 3 will be....

Sally Kipyego

Grayson Murphy

Emma Bates

Who ya got?

Men's field is bleh.

What about Rachel Schneider? She did run 31:09 in her 10000m debut in December.

OUducks wrote:

Aussiestatman wrote:

With the quality in the women’s field, where did you pluck Grayson Murphy from. Barely top ten.

I know something you don't know.

15:44 for 6th place her last time out so I'm calling BS on this one.

OUducks wrote:

Aussiestatman wrote:

With the quality in the women’s field, where did you pluck Grayson Murphy from. Barely top ten.

I know something you don't know.

Emily Sisson hasn’t run a 15k (surprising) but has a 52.03 over ten miles. The extra kilometre and a bit puts her well under 50.

Aussiestatman wrote:

OUducks wrote:

I know something you don't know.

Emily Sisson hasn’t run a 15k (surprising) but has a 52.03 over ten miles. The extra kilometre and a bit puts her well under 50.

There aren't a ton of highly competitive 15k races in the US. That ten mile PR is from 2016 so if conditions hold I expect better from her in this race. She races without a watch though so that may have an impact not knowing how fast you're going.