does any one know the recap on New Haven? any big suprises, upsets, or disappointments?
i was at Park Forest and the conditions were far from ideal. very humid...which effected most, besides the winner from Kenya who ran just short of a new course record.
Lundstrom of Team USA Minnesota was the top American (11th overall)...and looks to be in good form for Twin Cities.
It was a Michigan State day as Kyle Baker and Jim Jurcivich go 2-3. Also, Clint Verran ran a great race. I really hope Baker gets in a marathon as soon as possible. Does anyone have any insight on just how fast these times are given the course/conditions? Should we be getting excited about some fast US fall marathons or is this just same old-same old stuff? Can someone post a rundown of the top Americans and what marathon they will be running?
Chicago - Baker, Verran, Delacerda, Shay, Culpepper, Campbell, Mahon, Wiesnewski
Columbus - Jurcevich
Minneapolis - Morris, Ludstrom, Brown, Dowling, Wehrman
New York - Meb, Larson
Feel free to add to this list or correct any mistakes.
I thought Meb was doing Chicago? I could be wrong though.
kanoucci (sp.?) chicago w/tergat possible WR attempt
i highly doubt Wiesnewski will be doing a fall marathon. that is if you're speaking of the Wiesnewski who is formerly of the University of Michigan and the most recent addition to Team USA Minnesota. he ran at the Park Forest 10 in just under 54:00. i beleive he'll stick to the shorter distances aleast for the next year or so. look for something from him next fall.
i believe Meb is still undecided....as far as i know. i've heard of no commitment to New York just yet, but i've heard there is interest to run Chicago. i'm sure a decision will be made very soon if he is running either.
definitely alot of big guns from the U.S. making the move up to the marathon distance. i think it's great...especially if we really want to see someone dip back under the 2:09 range. it'll definitely be exciting over the next year and a half until the Trials in Birmingham.
I pose a question to you all: WHO DO YOU THINK HAS THE GREATEST POTENTIAL OUT OF THE MOST RECENT AMERICAN DISTANCE RUNNERS WHOM HAVE DECIDED TO MAKE THE BIG JUMP TO 26.2 MILES???
Meb and Culpepper have the best chance to really bust a big time. I think Meb could definantly run sub 2:10 at Chicago. However in the next tier, I'm really curious to see what Clint Verran and Kyle Baker can run. Both of these guys have continued to improve, PR and stay healthy for the past 2 years. Baker is absolutely on fire right now, but I'm concerned he has run alot of road races this summer. His bubble is ripe for bursting.
"jro" asked:
WHO DO YOU THINK HAS THE GREATEST POTENTIAL OUT OF THE MOST RECENT AMERICAN DISTANCE RUNNERS WHOM HAVE DECIDED TO MAKE THE BIG JUMP TO 26.2 MILES?
If you mean just the virgins, my answer is Keflezighi. But if you include one-timers, I'd say it's Drossin.
If I had a dime for every "potential" sub-2:10 runner of the last 10 years who failed to get to that mark, I'd be as wealthy as "malmo."
Spartan wrote:
Chicago - Baker, Verran, Delacerda, Shay, Culpepper, Campbell, Mahon, Wiesnewski
Columbus - Jurcevich
Minneapolis - Morris, Ludstrom, Brown, Dowling, Wehrman
Minneapolis also has a bunch of the Palo Alto Nike guys slated to run. Besides Hauser, I believe that Peter Julian, Peter Gilmore, and Greg Jimmerson are signed up to run. If this is the case, there should be a good group of guys upfront.
To Michigan Runner:
New Haven course is pretty flat and fast. Conditions were rainy and cool. Overall conditions pretty good I'd say.
Wisniewski is definitely planning on running Chicago, I've heard it from his mouth and it's posted at www.teamusaminnesota.com although i don't know why he ran the way he did at park forest.
My mistake it is .org not .com.