At this point in time, who deserves to run in the Olympics? We have very few people who can beat the women's world record holder. We weren't even this bad in the 1990s.
Anybody know what happened to Fauble. He was on 2:07:42 pace through 25k with relatively even splits & then it just shows a 22:20 5k split from 25k-30k. Usually you just start losing a few seconds/k if you overcooked it. Wonder if it was an injury or stomach problems. Seems pretty pronounced to just go from 2:07 to 22min.
Anybody know what happened to Fauble. He was on 2:07:42 pace through 25k with relatively even splits & then it just shows a 22:20 5k split from 25k-30k. Usually you just start losing a few seconds/k if you overcooked it. Wonder if it was an injury or stomach problems. Seems pretty pronounced to just go from 2:07 to 22min.
When you overcook it BY A LOT sometimes you crash really hard.
Anybody know what happened to Fauble. He was on 2:07:42 pace through 25k with relatively even splits & then it just shows a 22:20 5k split from 25k-30k. Usually you just start losing a few seconds/k if you overcooked it. Wonder if it was an injury or stomach problems. Seems pretty pronounced to just go from 2:07 to 22min.
Maybe he should have been running 2:10 pace from the beginning?
At this point in time, who deserves to run in the Olympics? We have very few people who can beat the women's world record holder. We weren't even this bad in the 1990s.
America should look at our recent results in the marathon and come to the natural conclusion that it's not worth our time. Why be good at the marathon when you can simply say "only those who can't run fast on the track run on the roads" or "wow congrats on your marathon too bad you're short"? We can do what we do with ultra marathoners and race walkers pretend those events don't exist.
At this point in time, who deserves to run in the Olympics? We have very few people who can beat the women's world record holder. We weren't even this bad in the 1990s.
America should look at our recent results in the marathon and come to the natural conclusion that it's not worth our time. Why be good at the marathon when you can simply say "only those who can't run fast on the track run on the roads" or "wow congrats on your marathon too bad you're short"? We can do what we do with ultra marathoners and race walkers pretend those events don't exist.
This. Leave the Marathon to the recreational runners who do it for fun and social activity.
Anyway, American men are obviously capable of far better than 2:11. Those latent talents are never developed (let alone discovered). Of many explanations, the best, I think, is that they have numerous far more rewarding choices for what to do in life. And so a quick brown fox will jump over them and they don't know let alone care.
Anybody know what happened to Fauble. He was on 2:07:42 pace through 25k with relatively even splits & then it just shows a 22:20 5k split from 25k-30k. Usually you just start losing a few seconds/k if you overcooked it. Wonder if it was an injury or stomach problems. Seems pretty pronounced to just go from 2:07 to 22min.
His mouth wrote a check that his butt couldn't cover.
Road to Paris doesn't open until January 2024. But based on current rankings, limiting to 3 per country, the US has three in qualifying positions in the top 65 (Fauble, Mantz, Panning). That's three spots unlocked even before the Chicago, NY, and Valencia
Anybody know what happened to Fauble. He was on 2:07:42 pace through 25k with relatively even splits & then it just shows a 22:20 5k split from 25k-30k. Usually you just start losing a few seconds/k if you overcooked it. Wonder if it was an injury or stomach problems. Seems pretty pronounced to just go from 2:07 to 22min.
Maybe he should have been running 2:10 pace from the beginning?
I guess I'll answer my own question. Throwing up @ 30k. Fauble has run 2:08/2:09 multiple times on tougher courses/with tougher conditions. Was super consistent through 25k this morning. I don't think 2:07 pace was unreasonable. The drop off was steep. Usually you go from 3:00/k to 3:05, 3:10, 3:15, 3:20, the last few 5k segments. I don't get the hate for the guy. Everyone on here always slams Americans for not going for it & now it's like people are happy he was vomiting after going through 25k faster than a lot of Americans have in recent memory.