The TEN - Alicia Monson wants way more than the American record. Wavelight to be set at 29:37 pace

Can’t wait to post “Schweizer is BACK, baby!!!” after she gets dragged along by Monson to just crack the soon-to-be-former AR.

I’m afraid Taylor Werner will make it 4K max. Hopefully Gebreselama and Monson coordinate ahead of time.

Any way to watch without Flotrack?

Missed Andreas Almgren of Sweden on the preview, he ran 59:23 in a recent Half Marathon, made up a huge gap on Kandie, but came up 1 second short, also has run 3:32 for 1500 and 13:01 on the Track ran 27:20 on the roads, I am thinking sub 27 is likely, Farah's European Record is unlikely but not impossible, looks like a LEGITIMATE World Class Runner meaning NOT hype like happens a lot in every sport, Might be the best runner Sweden has had (Timewise he already is) since Steepler Anders Garderud in the 1970's who set World Records and Won Olympics, Though Another Steepler from Sweden (Muhammed) ran 8:05 but did not have records or Olympics Gold, Almgren wont set World Records and probably wont win Olympic/World Medals, but after garderud Sweden has done nothing in Distance Running besides Muhammed in last 50 years, Sweden was very good at one time with Gunder Hagg and others but that very long ago.

Watch for Almgren Saturday

Mustafa Mohamed was the Swedish 8:05 Steepler

That would put Monson # 7 on the All Time List, I hope she does it.

For sure. They need to prepare for her to drop by 3k.

I'm most interested in how Megan Keith does in this race. Hitting the standard would mean a massive PB for her. She is already qualified for Paris via the XC rankings. However, UKA might choose to play their silly games and not take her unless they think she has top-8 potential. I think she will at least have to get close to the standard to guarantee selection.

Do not underestimate Miriam Dattke.

That is so smart that Keith qualified via XC. Would she get to go though? Not sure what their selection process is for 10k. I thought UKA was denying runners based on not having the standard.

Yeah, no disrespect to her, but they're using a pacer who needs to PR by ~10 seconds to get them through 5000 on pace? They couldn't find/pay any Africans with PRs in the 14:40 range to help out with this?

Last year Fulton paced Monson through 3200 so maybe that is all they need?

Last year's races. Meet starts at about 9:00

I’m surprised they couldn’t get Susan Ejore (14:55 win indoors)

I don't believe that either will be threats to Monson but I hoping to see good efforts from Schweizer and Henes as they come back from setbacks/injuries.

For the women that don't see themselves as a top medal contender, first and foremost if you don't get a qualifier, you want to place as high as possible. A third place at 30:50 is probably better than a 10th place at 30:41 for the rankings. Might be enough combined with a top 3 finish at nationals and another strong 10k from last year for someone like Henes or Kelati make the team on rankings. The second group though should be committed to working together through at least 8000m to get there on pace and let the racing begin.

More importantly 29:37 would almost be a challenging and thusly motivating goal for Shelby next year. YAY! Can't wait!!

Taylor Werner seems to be in great shape. She's been doing a lot of pacing work, when is she going to race herself?

It's so annoying that it's on FloTrack. Hasn't it been pay-per-view in previous years where you could pay to watch it in a one-off?

Your lack of focus on Weini Kelati in the article is surprising. Shes in remarkable form currently and using the conversion calculator you used for Tsigie Gebreselama, her American half marathon record converts to 30:00 or just slightly under. She could very well decide to take a shot at the American record but at the very least expect her to be someone who gets the autoqualifier. Monson didn't seem too happy about her 2 mile time a month ago so unless it was an off race or in heavy training, she might be taking on too much with the pace.