Sara Hall - 31:33 10k in Central Park FTW

Molly stated she is not racing the Trails 10,000m.

Sara has really improved . 5 or 6 years ago she was struggling with everything in running . Trying new things , bombing races . Her steeple was a disaster . But now , she is ready to break 31 and make that team

I hope she gets it. She's the only person I'm really rooting for at the trials

Hate to break it to you but she has no chance. She should have run some 1500s to work on speed, not another 10k. She will get DROPPED in the last lap.

She could literally sit out the first 24 laps, join in fresh on the 25th lap and still not be top 3. Her 400 speed is abysmal.

Is it abysmal though ?

Sara Hall has a kick and half. London marathon 2020.

But the cool thing with Sara is that she will not sit (literally or figuratively). She will be up front pushing the pace and force everyone to race 25 laps.

aztec the moronic wrote:

Hate to break it to you but she has no chance. She should have run some 1500s to work on speed, not another 10k. She will get DROPPED in the last lap.

She could literally sit out the first 24 laps, join in fresh on the 25th lap and still not be top 3. Her 400 speed is abysmal.

Do you think she ever had the thought that she should be working on her speed? Is it possible she has been working on it and forgot to inform you?

You might be right with your next-to-last sentence, but I’m pretty sure it won’t be because she has not been working on her speed.

aztec the moronic wrote:

Hate to break it to you but she has no chance. She should have run some 1500s to work on speed, not another 10k. She will get DROPPED in the last lap.

She could literally sit out the first 24 laps, join in fresh on the 25th lap and still not be top 3. Her 400 speed is abysmal.

Eh, you might check into that theory a bit more. I think you’ll be surprised.

Btw does someone know why happened to Molly Huddle? Saw her posting her bib yesterday but didn’t see her in the top 10 results.

If Sara makes the team that would be one of the biggest stories of the Trials. I think she is a religious nutjob (in a relatively nice way) but I will root for her anyway.

teamboss45 wrote:

Is it abysmal though ?

Sara Hall has a kick and half. London marathon 2020.

It wasn’t that she was speeding up. Everyone else was just slowing down while she was maintaining.

I can't trust Sara Hall anymore, not after Atlanta.

Not a big-game player.

She hasn't run a 1500 since 2011 and it was only 4:15. She might have to close the 10k in close to 4:15 to make the team.

Cranny and Schweizer ran a 2:13 last 800 in their 30:47 race. Hall can run 2:13 with a 68 then a 65 split, even FRESH.

Her 5k PR is 15:20.......Cranny and Schwiezer closed their 30:47 in 15:10.

HALL HAS NO CHANCE

thrfer wrote:

Btw does someone know why happened to Molly Huddle? Saw her posting her bib yesterday but didn’t see her in the top 10 results.

11th place in 33:07 (16:22, 16:45)

fghrunner wrote:

She won the mini 10k today and I am pretty impressed with that time on that hilly course. Central Park is not fast. I think this probably shows more fitness than when she ran 31:1x on the track a few weeks ago, and she moved up at the end of the race so she seems to be getting some finishing speed. I now think she has really good odds of making the team.

Seidel and Lindsay Flanagan also had strong-ish showings (for marathoners) with ~32:10s. Seidel's having the OTQ in the 10k is interesting bc if she races she will be in thr 2nd heat, and if she wants to help those women out she could be the one to push the last hard early and give them a shot at breaking into the top 3 on time

The top three was really easy to predict. No surprises.