1. NY has released their elite field, Chicago hasn't and they are one month before NYC
2. Word is prize money reduced to top 5
3. I know of two recent 2:07 guys whose requests to compete were not even answered
Anyone know any inside scoop? Trouble in the Windy City?
The perfume on this turd has worn off. Even Rupp isn’t returning to this Nike event which will likely again have a watered down elite field.
I agree that something is amiss. Perhaps the journalists amongst us, the Brojos and Gault, can start turning over stones and find out.
Lou Malnatis over Giordanos wrote:
Perhaps the journalists amongst us, the Brojos and Gault, can start turning over stones and find out.
LOL
Perhaps Chicago has decided to get out of the "elite" field and go back to being more of a marathon for the masses approach.
Races that cancel their “elite field” are on a slow ride to their death.
Gilligan my little buddy wrote:
1. NY has released their elite field, Chicago hasn't and they are one month before NYC
2. Word is prize money reduced to top 5
3. I know of two recent 2:07 guys whose requests to compete were not even answered
Anyone know any inside scoop? Trouble in the Windy City?
When was the last time prize money was deeper than top 5?
Maybe they didn’t runners to be hit by stray bullets…
Prize money only top five deep is pathetic.
Being a Marathon Major, don't they have to maintain certain standards/requirements?
Top 5 plus top 10 for US.
This lipstick on a pig needs to be removed as a WMM and replace it with Valencia or another quality event like Seoul.