How well will Allie O. do at World Cross Saturday?

On the podcast they said Kelati Top 10 would be huge. So if Allie is in top 25 it would be huge. Likely top 40. And I am a fan of hers.

She is going to shock some people, she's in stellar shape and ready to enter the pain cave. She's always been better at cross than on the track and she wants this one badly, so expect her to gut out a top 20 finish, collapse at the finish line and cry for at least an hour afterwards, but it will be a job well done.

Haha

Top 20 would be literally SHOCKING! But it’d be AWESOME to see!

Wow, acne medication, 4-month suspension. Get over it.

Lucky if she finishes in the top half

Haven’t got a clue. But if there is a novelty race where you have to dress up as a dildo my money is on Spencer.

I think she is capable of doing very well. Things are kind of coming full circle - her first big breakthrough was winning NXN. What I like about Allie is her strong spirit and as Napoleon said "In war, moral power is to physical as three parts out of four." (I believe he was referring to "morale.")

Kelati won by a big margin at USAs. If even Kelati will be lucky to finish in the top ten, then Allie probably back in the 40s in a field of 120.

Kelati will be our highest finisher in all four races (yeah, not counting "mixed relay" because who cares).

Will be interesting to see how Noway's Grovdal does.

There is a 35 year old guy from Afghanistan in the senior men's race. Twenty bucks says he doesn't break 40.

I'll be watching. Thanks Peacock.

Honestly I don't have a clue how well she does but I like a guessing challenge. I'm boldly saying top ten. Really hoping she does well.

Buddy, she is not going to sleep with you so stop with the stupid Allie bashing. She had a TUE violation, admitted it, we all understood what happened, and only you can't lt it go. Why is that?

Considering that so many top elite runners are skipping it and others aren't focusing on it given it is an Olympic year, I think her chance are good of getting a top 25 finish.

Using Kelati as a guide, I don't think Allie will finish better than 40th. I don't think
Kelati will finish better than 10th and she lost to Kelati by a minute. After the top East Africans finish, nearly half the WXC field will finish with in the next minute. In a competitive XC race, a dozen athletes can finish within 3 seconds. No disrespect the Allie because I know she is on the comeback, but WXC is extremely competitive.

Top 20

There's a pretty big drop off after the first 30 people, so top 40 maybe?

Heat is going to be the real killer though vs the fitness. Last year was a killer with the weather. Tons of "fast" 10K people blew up

No better than the hobbyjogger brojos got into the Denmark shindig.

according to another thread, the course will heavily favor runners taller than a hay bale.

The discrepancy is insane, Allie’s gonna run a decent race at world cross and Spence is gonna run some random road 5k dressed like the Easter bunny or something

Allie O's "tune up race" on 16th March - 16:16 for 5K
Kelati's tune up race on 16th March - 30:33 for 10000m

She is going to World Cross, in 16:16 shape....