Americans who can't break 2:10 wrote:
Flagpole wrote:
What's the harm in people in the race who have no shot at the top 3? It's such a small field anyway...easy for all the realistic hopefuls to navigate. Getting TO the trials is the dream of many. Why not let the have that?
What's the harm in having drink tables manned by people dressed as clowns? What's the harm in having therapy puppies at the starting line and at the finish?
If it's a top flight sporting event then treat it thusly. If it isn't then why debate having a cutoff at all? Let in everyone with Rudy dreams who can pay the entry.
1) Clowns are silly. Therapy puppies are silly. Having 100 or so runners in a marathon is not silly.
2) I didn't say get rid of a time cutoff. 2:18 is solid. Could a 2:18 guy run out of his mind and run 2:11 at the trials and then with some subpar performances from others sneak in for 3rd? Well, I like the chance to be there.
3) To push back with your extremism, why have trials at all? Why not just choose the top 3 based on times from previous marathons?