What are American marathoners getting wrong?

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Well, I think it’s clear what we’re missing in this case…

not enough east african immigrants

Literally no one cares about the World athletics championship marathon. Berlin, chicago and NYC are coming up.

The top US guys only run circles

Our best marathoners were screwing around running 81 seconds laps and then getting out kicked by a French guy earlier today.

THIS.

Too affluent. Not hungry.

Their “heat training” is a joke. I ran a threshold workout last week in the morning. 88F full Sun and heat index 103F. Soaked after the run like a jumped in a swimming pool. If I ran the same workout in 60F I am easily 30-40 faster per mile.

Getting in a sauna, bathtub or wearing sweats is NOT heat training.

Forget USA, what are Kenya and Ethiopia getting wrong? Zero men in the top ten! And for women, yes they went 1-2 but where were their other four women? Nowhere to be seen!

There is nothing that gets you more prepared for racing in the heat than doing workouts in the heat. Their egos are too fragile to not hit their workout splits I fear.

Wasn’t it Frank shorter that liked to train in Florida?

USA distance runners are soft, must be perfect conditions on a perfect course. Everything is setup for “time” look at cross country which is the base for great distance running.

American cross country, find a course which is flat, fast, and like track racing, next setup the meet

To be fair, Conner Mantz would have been right there had he decided to run worlds. Clayton Young is a good runner, but not as talented as top Europeans such as Petros, Aouani, Gressier, etc.

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Anyone remember all of the whining about the Orlando Marathon Trials? I always thought that didn't bode well for the US having a tough and well-prepared marathon program.

USADA is the solution!

Other athletes are just working harder. End of discussion.

You are a joke.

I beg to differ. The World Championships are a championship. A lot of good runners don’t run it, but many do. And a lot of good runners do poorly because it’s a completely different dynamic than a rabbited commercial marathon.